All news on the topic: Real estate

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How a US real estate trust helped push Prospect Medical Holdings into bankruptcy
U.S. hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings collapsed this year due to prolonged neglect and overwhelming debt.
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Gen-Z locked out of homeownership as prices soar sixfold
Gen-Z are being “locked out” of homeownership, campaigners have warned, as first-time buyers now face paying up to six times more for a home than their parents.
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EU sanctions misstep shields Lukashenko-linked developers from penalties
The Karić family, renowned for their extensive construction projects in Minsk and their connections with the family of Aleksandr Lukashenko, avoided the sanctions enforced by the European Union on their construction business empire.
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Georgia’s former defence minister Juansher Burchuladze arrested on money laundering and abuse of power charges
Georgia’s former Defence Minister, Juansher Burchuladze, has been arrested on charges of money laundering and abuse of power following an investigation linking him to a criminal case involving his former deputy, brother-in-law, and another high-ranking state official, the country’s State Security Service announced Thursday.
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Ukrainian Monobank owner Oleg Gorokhovsky’s family owns over 950 sq. meters of property in Diamond Hill and Koncha-Zaspa
In the spring of 2024, the wife of Monobank co-owner Oleg Gorokhovsky became the owner of a luxurious estate, nearly 700 square meters in size, near the dam of the Kyiv Reservoir. A year before the full-scale invasion, the banker’s family acquired land in Koncha-Zaspa.
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Ex-Peruvian leader Alejandro Toledo receives new jail term in Latin America’s biggest corruption case
A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to a second prison term for money laundering and corruption linked to bribes he received from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.
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“Scam of the Century”: How Ukrainian real estate agent Yana Rudkovska sold Dubai a pit instead of a skyscraper
Dubai has long been considered a place where money turns into concrete and glass. In just twenty years, the desert here has transformed into a capital of skyscrapers, and the real estate market has become a symbol of stability.
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Ukrainian project Yana Rudkovska’s Yana Yard in Dubai exposed as a multimillion-dollar scam
In the promotional brochures, Yana Rudkovska’s project looks like a typical premium off-plan in Dubai: renderings with rooftop pools, panoramic windows, and the promise of "completion in Q4 of next year."
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Luxury hotels and hidden millions: the secret life of Ukrainian police advisor Yevhen Koval
The position of Advisor to the Head of the Department of Ensuring the Activities of the Head of the National Police might seem like an internship for a final-year student.
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House of killer Wayne Couzens put up for sale for £280,000
The family home of convicted officer Wayne Couzens has been put on the market for £280,000, and it includes a garden hot tub.
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Brad Pitt buys $12 million mansion with pool, marble kitchen and ocean view
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has broadened his extensive real estate holdings by acquiring a Hollywood Hills mansion for $12 million (nearly 500 million UAH) from Dave Keuning, guitarist of the rock band The Killers.
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EU under fire for delisting UAE from money laundering blacklist despite enforcement gaps
Transparency International and several MEPs criticized the EU Commission’s decision on Tuesday to remove the UAE from the list of countries that pose a threat to the EU financial system, arguing that the country has not yet met the required standards.
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House where the Pope grew up sold for record-breaking price
Childhood home of Pope Leo XIV sold to Chicago suburb for 70% above asking price
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The secret past of Sergio Gor: Trump’s staffing chief was born in the USSR, not Malta
The birthplace of the U.S. President Donald Trump’s director of personnel has become a topic of media speculation, driven by his refusal to answer the question.
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In the UK, the largest drop in housing prices in over two years has been recorded
Increase in stamp duty has helped weaken demand, as average price drops by 0.8% in June, says Nationwide
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Daphne murder convict Agius laundered €2M in property deals despite court-ordered asset freeze
While under a court-ordered asset freeze, Robert Agius’s wife set up a company that was able to buy and sell properties worth millions of euros. Another company he co-owned also engaged in significant real estate transactions.
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The Trump family’s business and crypto: investors from China, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia pay for access to the president
Donald Trump recently offered crypto investors an enticing yet costly lunch, with attendees paying an average of $1.7 million for the privilege of dining with him.
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Nigel Farage asserts to have ’purchased a house’ in Clacton, in fact owned by his girlfriend
Reform UK leader said he’d ‘exchanged contracts’ to buy property last November, but it’s in name of Laure Ferrari
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€100M ICO and a Riviera villa: investigation exposes schemes of Bankera founders
An investigation by OCCRP and Lithuania’s 15min has prompted authorities to launch a probe into the founders of Bankera, a crypto-finance firm that raised over €100 million in a 2018 initial coin offering (ICO).
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Villas, hotels, and penthouses: how Sierra Leone’s first lady’s family bought luxury real estate in Gambia for $2.1 million
Since Julius Maada Bio assumed the presidency of Sierra Leone in April 2018, his wife, Fatima Bio, and her close relatives have acquired luxury properties in Gambia.
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How the Bankera crypto project in Lithuania turned investors’ money into villas and personal loans
Initially a standout in Lithuania’s cryptocurrency industry, the Bankera digital coin raised tens of millions but has since seen its value plummet.
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Andrew Tate collaborated in casinos with suspected Romanian organized crime figures
Recent documents revealed by reporters indicate that Andrew and Tristan Tate participated in a profit-sharing agreement with a casino company whose owners are currently under investigation for establishing a violent organized crime group.
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Legal fraud in Romania: Swindler lawyer Victor Birca defrauds clients and disappears with their money
Romanian police have launched an investigation into Moldovan and Romanian citizen Victor Birca regarding his fraudulent activities against citizens of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.
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Significant setback for Tyson Fury as the boxing legend’s real estate company is dissolved
Tyson Fury’s property company has been struck off because he failed to file any accounts.
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Vitaliy Yusufov and Nikolai Shikhidi: how did the Kuban developer become a tool of grand corruption in Russia?
When investigators began probing the large-scale asset withdrawals of Igor Yusufov from Russia last year, one of his counterparts was found to be a small Kuban entrepreneur, Nikolai Shikhidi.