The exclusive suburb of Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ocean View new villa development at Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

The Iceberg apartment building in the new quarter Aarhus East constructed by the expansion of the harbour area, Aarhus, Jutland Peninsula, Denmark, Europe

The new Pearl property development in Doha, Qatar, Middle East

The new Pearl property development in Doha, Qatar, Middle East

Old traditional tenement housing in the shadow of new modern high rise apartment blocks at Mahalaxmi in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

New build houses new development in County Cork, Ireland. EU funds led to 'Celtic tiger' investment in the Republic

Repro thatched cottages in new development in County Wexford, Ireland. EU funds led to 'Celtic tiger' investment in the Republic

Home improvement, cottage renovation and newly built dry stone wall constructed of new Cotswold stone by traditional methods at period property, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom, Europe

New construction by the newly built ITC Grand Central Sheraton Hotel in Parel district of central Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

New development for booming property market, Santa Maria, Sal (Salt), Cape Verde Islands, Africa

New housing in Connemara, County Galway

Property in rainforest high on the Eastern Escarpment at Jamberoo, Illawarra region, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

African American woman in front of new house

Oozells Square, in background Ikon gallery, Birmingham, England

Warning sign, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Two identical houses side by side, ready for moving in, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

New modern bathtub, faucet and towels hanging abstract

New York City skyline real estate Manhattan skyscrapers with Central Park aerial view in New York, USA, North America

New constructions, settlement, town houses, building boom, Benidorm, Costa Blanca, Alicante province, Spain, Europe

Aerial photo, new construction site for residential houses east of the village, Wiblingwerde, Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde, Maerkischer Kreis, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Small old villa, squeezed between new apartment tower buildings, Blankenberge, North Sea, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Houses, new constructions, settlement, Altea, Costa Blanca, Alicante province, Spain, Europe

A LAotian-American female monk with shaved head makes an offering of rice during worship as the Laotian American community celebrates the Buddhist new year by gathering at a property in suburban East Hartford Connecticut on April 28, 2007. Several shrines are set up on the property. The celebrants leave offerings of food, flowers and money, pray, dance, and feast for a day. Immigrants from Laos, including the Hmong people, are refugees from the Vietnam War era, when they helped United States in the war.