Property prices in Iceland increased faster last year than in any other European country surveyed. The increase in par value of houses was higher even than in Norway, where a property boom is in progress.
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Iceland property prices increased fastest in Europe last year
Posted on 29 February 2012.
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Icelandic households among the most indebted in Europe
Posted on 11 December 2011.
Icelandic households are among the most indebted in Europe, when debts are compared to earnings. The potentially worrying figures may have reasonable explanations, an economics professor says.
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Elderly Finns executed in Brazil
Posted on 09 December 2011.
A retired Finnish couple and their friend have been found shot dead in a sugar cane field near their winter home in Brazil.
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Recovery in Icelandic housing market
Posted on 08 September 2011.
The embattled Icelandic property market appears to be making a comeback after it nearly ground to a complete halt during the banking crisis.
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Icelandic mortgage provider in European spotlight
Posted on 19 July 2011.
The supervisory arm of the EFTA, the ESA, has given Icelandic authorities a six-week deadline to implement changes to the public sector Housing Finance Fund — the country’s biggest mortgage lender. A formal investigation could take place if the deadline is missed.
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Strong recovery in Icelandic housing market
Posted on 05 May 2011.
Many more properties were sold in the Reykjavik region last month than in April last year. According to new figures from Statistics Iceland, the number of residential property sales in the capital region rose by 86 percent year-on-year and the value of property sales in the month also shot up by 86 percent from a [...]
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New York Times on trail of Icelandic real estate bargains
Posted on 17 March 2011.
According to a New York Times article, foreign investors are profiting from good house buying deals in Iceland because of the property market depression following the banking crash.
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Battered Icelandic housing market shows signs of life
Posted on 02 January 2011.
Turnover of properties in Iceland increased by 16 percent last year compared to 2009 and there were a quarter more purchase agreements signed. However, the number of properties sold was still some four-times lower than in 2007.
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More Members of Parliament against the Icesave deal
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British and Dutch stance on Icesave hardening
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President of Iceland calls for scrutiny of economic failure at Global Leadership Summit 2013 in London
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Riots shake Stockholm for three consecutive nights
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Central bank starts buying forex
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A Government of the Progressive Party and the Independence Party has been formed and took office today
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Stash of Viking coins discovered