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By Diana Hubbell Travellers have long looked towards Asia – with its shimmering azure waters and near-limitless selection of palm-fringed white-sand beaches – in their search for paradise. Intrepid hippies put the area on the map as a tourist destination in the 1960s. The intervening years, meanwhile, have seen rustic bamboo beach shacks edged out by a growing phalanx of upscale hotels and resorts. Indeed, these days it is just as likely to be high- powered investors making for the region’s resort destinations as singlet-wearing backpackers and other holidaymakers.   Countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia and the Philippines, can ably cater to the most demanding of buyers, with sumptuous properties ranging from secluded island hideaways to palatial residences with easy access to first-class restaurants and highly developed transport infrastructure . MORE: The Mediterranean is still the dream second home for wealthy Asianssztbauwa Investors who are as keen on po...

Competition for housing is soaring, affordability is weakening and the U.S. housing recovery is grinding to a crawl — and, in large part, the baby boom generation is to blame. No, they're not doing anything immoral or illegal; in fact, they're not doing anything at all, and that is precisely the problem. They're not moving. Baby boomers, the enormous group born between 1946 and 1964, are staying in their big suburban homes far longer than previous generations did at this age, and that is having repercussions down the housing supply line . If baby boomers don 't downsize out of big suburban homes , younger buyers eager to upsize, especially in this improving economy, can't find a home to buy. As the competition from young millennials heats up at the entry level, the logjam at the top of the market only heats that competition and pushes prices ever higher and out of reach. So, why don't boomers move? Some if it is because their empty nests have filled back u...

PHOENIX (March 14, 2011) — Join Vaseo Apartment Homes on March 26 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for a March Madness- inspired basketball tournament and barbecue. Three local schools — North Canyon High, Mountain Sky Junior High and Lookout Mountain Elementary — will compete in the tournament, vying for a first-place prize of $1,000, a second–place prize of $750 and a third-place prize of $500. In addition, a second basketball tournament will be open to the community, with prizes up to $1,000. "Schools are the foundation of our community," says Robert Klein, President of Klein Financial Corporation and representative for Vaseo Apartment Homes ' ownership. "Vaseo is proud to demonstrate our long-term commitment to our children, our schools and the greater Phoenix community though this family event. We proudly invite our neighbors to join us for a fun-filled day of food, music and games, as Vaseo officially launches the 'Vaseo Cares' program." During the ev...