1.   Any suggestion of an imminent crash in property prices is pure speculation.

2.   Given the rise in Berlin property prices, choosing a site is as important as getting major funding.

3.   It has a shortage of office space, soaring property prices, huge traffic problems and relatively high unemployment.

4.   Rising property prices or share prices cause homeowners and shareholders to feel more wealthy - this is known as the wealth effect.

5.   Stagnant for three years, property prices are beginning to move.

6.   Stock exchanges and property prices collapsed, so the debts became overwhelming.

7.   The company has been clobbered by falling property prices.

8.   The consequence was to redistribute money from the rich south, where property prices were high, to the poorer north.

9.   This means fresh consideration of factors like tax regimes, property prices, travel convenience and even lifestyle.