AI Driving Real Estate Revival With Personalized 3D Tours

In today’s highly competitive commercial and residential real estate markets, only those players who use emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence can thrive and contribute to the development of the industry that has been hit hard by the coronavirus, according to TAIGER, one of Asia’s fastest-growing AI companies.  “With the pandemic restricting real estate tours,…

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Lisbon, Portugal (Photo by WeSetupYourWebViewApp on Unsplash)

Lisbon’s Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Plummets, But Some Signs of Recovery

The tidal wave of travel cancellations that came along with the coronavirus pandemic upended usual accommodation patterns and put heavy pressure on occupancy levels across the world. Portugal was no exception, with its always-bustling capital now much quieter than usual and a large number of its hotel rooms and vacation rentals remaining dormant.    Exclusive…

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Global Office Market to Recover in 10 Years Despite Rise in Remote Work

The coronavirus pandemic hit the global office real estate market hard but it is expected to fully recover in the next decade despite the accelerating remote work trend, says a new study. “The structural impacts of work-from-home trends will be offset by factors such as economic growth, population growth, and office-using penetration, which means demand…

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Trump Tower in Punta del Este, Uruguay, is a 26-story apartment tower named after Donald Trump.

Luxury Real Estate: Why is Uruguay Trendy and What Does Trump Have to do With it

Montevideo, Uruguay (ViaNews) – “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”, a phrase once attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci and used as a successful slogan in advertising, that perfectly fits today’s international real estate luxury market. The latest World Travel & Tourism Council & Oxford Economics research indicates that tourist activity in 2016 “grew for the seventh…

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Portuguese new legislation for short term property rentals.

Portugal Issues new Legislation to Regulate Airbnb and Booking.com Advertized Properties

More rigorous legislation was approved in Portugal to regulate short-term rental properties. From July 1, 2017, properties posted on Airbnb, Booking, Homeaway and other platforms will need to be enrolled on the national tourism register. To be allowed to advertise on such platforms, property owners will have to fill in a required field with the…

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