Fitch: Stimulus Fuels China's Housing Sales in Early 2016
Mar 23, 2016 08:16 am UTC| Research & Analysis Real Estate
Credit easing, lower down-payments and tax cuts fuelled 20% and 23% yoy growth in contracted sales in Chinas housing market in the first two months of 2016, respectively. Demand was strong from Tier 1 and some Tier 2...
Renminbi series: Chinese property market, recovering or overheating?
Mar 21, 2016 08:59 am UTC| Commentary Real Estate Economy
Since mid-last year, property prices in China is going through steady rise in prices. According to latest data overall property prices are up 3.6% in February. This price rise has been steady since mid of last year and...
We've built an entire house in a lab to dispel common energy efficiency myths
Mar 19, 2016 03:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
What does making a house energy efficient actually mean? We know its important: homes account for around a quarter of total energy consumption, and most of this is used for heating and hot water. So anything you can do to...
Chinese property prices warm up faster in February
Mar 18, 2016 11:01 am UTC| Commentary Real Estate
House price in China edged up again in February and at faster pace this time around, with more than 65% of the cities reporting a price rise. According to the survey, 47 of the 70 large cities surveyed, reported increased...
US homebuilding continues on modestly positive course
Mar 17, 2016 06:09 am UTC| Commentary Economy Real Estate
US housing starts in February increased 58k units to 1,178k, surpassing expectations of a moderate increase to 1,150k. Data for the previous two months have been revised to add 37k units to the overall tally. The...
Moody's: Spanish mortgage securitisation volumes starving covered bonds of collateral
Mar 15, 2016 00:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis Real Estate
The high volume of Spanish mortgage securitisation has reduced the amount of collateral for Spanish covered bonds (cédulas hipotecarias), which is negative for covered bondholders, says Moodys Investors...
Housing policy is captive to property politics, so don't expect politicians to tackle affordability
Mar 10, 2016 04:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbulls recent warnings that house prices would fall steeply under a Labor government confirm the underlying politics of housing policy in Australia. The default position for politicians is to...
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