Falling property prices only add to conundrum The good news is this slowdown is more or less in line with the central government's plan to target inflation and curb soaring property prices by tightening credit. For Australia, the ramifications of a significant slowing of the Chinese economy are … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald [...]
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India Raises Rates for 10th Time Since 2010 to Tame Prices
India Raises Rates for 10th Time Since 2010 to Tame Prices India’s central bank raised interest rates for the 10th time since the start of 2010, extending the longest streak of monetary tightening in a decade after inflation accelerated. Stocks and rupee fell. Read more on BusinessWeek
20% down prices out buyers, Kerry says
20% down prices out buyers, Kerry says US Senator John F. Kerry yesterday urged financial and housing leaders to reconsider a proposal that would require some home buyers to make down payments of at least 20 percent to obtain low-interest mortgages. Read more on Boston Globe
Bay Area homes sales and prices fall in April
Bay Area homes sales and prices fall in April The Bay Area housing market lost momentum in April when sales fell to a three-year low and the median sales price slipped on a year-to-year basis for the seventh-straight month. Read more on Contra Costa Times
Home prices, sales fall again
Home prices, sales fall again The South Sound housing market still is looking for momentum in the new year as sales, median prices and pending sales all fell in the year-over-year April period, according to Northwest Multiple Listing Service data released Thursday. Read more on The Olympian
Mortgages follow food and gas prices up
Mortgages follow food and gas prices up Mortgage interest rates were mixed this week with the most popular type of loan inching up as investors feared a tighter credit market in the wake of rising inflation. Read more on Bankrate.com
Bank of Canada warns on capital flows, prices
Bank of Canada warns on capital flows, prices Canada’s top central banker said on Saturday the commodity price boom could last for decades and urged his emerging market peers facing inflationary pressures not to delay raising interest rates for too long. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
Supply surge drives down house prices
Supply surge drives down house prices The housing market intelligence agency reports that prices dropped -0.1 per cent across England and Wales, and is predicting further falls during the rest of the year. Read more on InsideHousing
Lower prices and sales plunge reflect weak housing market
Lower prices and sales plunge reflect weak housing market Auckland’s residential property market is weak, economists say, with the city’s largest estate agency saying sale numbers and prices are down on this time last year.Barfoot & Thompson said the June total of 665 sales was 16 per… Read more on The New Zealand Herald
Auckland house prices dropped in June but rents rose
Auckland house prices dropped in June but rents rose Auckland’s housing market dropped 16% in June, which is mostly a seasonal trend, says real estate agents Barfoot & Thompson Read more on TVNZ