JAPAN:Amid turmoil, housing market may get boost from refinancing rush

The Bank of Japan’s adoption of negative interest rates two weeks ago hasn’t provided a lasting boost to stock investors or weakened the currency, but it has spurred some optimism for the housing market. With interest rates and bond yields dropping to record lows due to the BOJ’s decision, the Japanese people are starting to […]

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Japan’s ‘quiet property bubble’ faces end as transactions slide

The number of property transactions in the nation has tumbled, rents have been muted and inflation expectations have waned — all of which has prompted a growing number of analysts and economists to turn bearish on property prices, which have been recovering since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power in 2012. Deutsche Bank AG’s […]

manager No Comments February 10, 2016 12:03 pm