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China property market shows further signs of stabilising

China’s property market is showing further signs of stabilising, with prices in some cities rising strongly last month as government measures to boost demand feed through. Of the 70 cities tracked by official data, 20 experienced an increase in new home prices last month, the highest level in more than a year. The average price […]

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Israel:Kahlon announces plan to lower housing prices

Finance minister focuses on deregulation, speeding up construction and disincentivizing property investment. Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon on Wednesday announced what he called the first phase in a plan for reducing Israel’s skyrocketing housing prices. He is expected to bring his initial proposals to a vote in the Housing Cabinet on Monday. In a statement, Kahlon […]

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US:Home Depot’s bullish outlook for the housing market in 4 slides.

Recently  the “businessinside” highlighted that many economists on Wall Street consider the housing market the bright spot of the economic recovery. And America’s largest home-improvement retailer also expects the sector to improve. In a European Investor Meeting presentation on Monday, Home Depot outlines its outlook for the US housing market, which it expects will improve as residential investment picks up, […]

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America’s Most Overvalued And Undervalued Housing Markets

It’s no secret that the Texas economy has been on fire in recent years. Thanks to the unconventional oil boom, last year the state’s oil output reached levels not seen since 1976. That sparked a surge in new home construction and a simultaneous run-up in housing costs in many metro areas. Unfortunately, the local economies […]