Cheap Village House In Sofia - ID 2983

Only 13 Per Cent Of Russians Plan To Buy Home In Near Future 03/04/2008
The prospects of Russian customers to acquire a new housing unit remain relatively stable. However, like in 2007, only 13 per cent of the residents were planning to improve their living conditions or to buy a new residence in the next seven years, according to an opinion poll, conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (RPORC). Sustainability of housing demand could be attributed to a number of factors, such as the relatively strong development of Russian economy, successful mortgage programmes and improved lending conditions, according to RPORC. Plans for buying a new dwelling could be impacted by deferred demand or the increased residential prices, the study's authors commented. The survey shows that this year the number of Russians, willing to buy housing for... more

Building Green Is Costly But Is The Future Building Green Cee 24/04/2008
With some exceptions, design, construction and operation of energy efficient buildings is a costly undertaking. Yet it will drive market transformation and become the norm in the future. This was the message of the second panel of the Build Green CEE conference in Bucharest. Cost parameters aside, energy sustainable buildings have many underlying tangible and intangible benefits that are slowly winning investors and changing perceptions of the green concept. In a second address to the public, Joana Barata Correia, this time in her capacity as engineer at Europewide shopping mall developer and operator Sonae Sierra, gave examples of her company's "green shopping mall" concept, visible during the design, construction and operation stages and creating value with less impact. As... more