Currency changes likely to have more impact on French property market than Hollande
The election of socialist Francois Hollande as the new President in France is unlikely to have much of an impact on the country’s property market, according to experts.

Pinellas property tax bills total $300,000 from the top four delinquent homeowners
By Katherine Snow Smith, Times Staff Writer Friday, May 18, 2012 Donna Aloi took home $24 million in lottery winnings. Thousands of property owners throughout Florida are struggling to pay their mortgage, insurance and taxes. But those who owe the most to Pinellas County in delinquent 2011 property taxes aren't the people you would think are living paycheck to paycheck. The tax bills were sent ...

Angelina Jolie 'buys Brad Pitt £1 million helicopter'
The couple's French property reportedly has a helicopter landing area.

Intact Financial to buy Westaim unit for C$530 million
TORONTO (Reuters) - Intact Financial Corp will buy Jevco Insurance Co from Westaim Corp for C$530 million ($538.5 million) to expand its already major presence in the Canadian property and casualty insurance sector. Toronto-based Intact, which has been an acquisition leader in an industry that is facing fast consolidation, said on Wednesday that 48.6 percent of Westaim shareholders have agreed ...

French Quarter Inn owners: Reports of a boutique hotel are greatly exaggerated
Original plans called for a Comfort Suites in Overton Square, but neighborhood opposition ended that effort.

Piramal to buy U.S. drug data firm for $635 mln
By Kaustubh Kulkarni MUMBAI (Reuters) - Drugmaker Piramal Healthcare (PIRA.NS) is buying U.S.-based healthcare data provider Decision Resources Group for $635 million to boost research and development, ...

Maybe not tomorrow, but soon: Casablanca's old core crumbles
When the French seized Casablanca in the early 1900s, they turned the historic Morrocan port into a classic of colonial architecture that would be immortalised in the 1942 namesake film.

UK seniors boost SA property
Some of the most expensive properties in South Africa have been bought by foreigners, it’s true. It is also true that the Western Cape especially is home to small colonies of Germans, French and British expats. You can even buy proper Austrian meatloaf and German magazines in Constantia.

Fancy buying an entire English village with haunted castle, a Lordship title, and 70 homes?
LORD OF THE MANOR: Islands and French vineyards have been very much sought after by the super rich in recent years. Now, there is another reason to splurge on property.

Casablanca's historic buildings under threat
When the French seized Casablanca in the early 1900s, they turned the historic Moroccan port into a classic of colonial architecture that would be immortalised in the 1942 namesake film.