Australia home prices brake in April after blistering run
By: Swati Pandey SYDNEY: Home price rises slowed sharply in Australia’s major cities in April, in a welcome respite for policymakers who have been alarmed at the risks of a… Read more »
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Vancouver home prices climb again, condos rise the most
By: Nicole Mordant Home sales in the Vancouver region’s once red-hot housing market fell sharply in April compared with a year ago but prices, which had dipped slightly in recent… Read more »
New Zealand house prices rise 11% in April, slowest growth in two years: QV
By: Charlotte Greenfield WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s sizzling housing market cooled slightly in April to post its slowest growth in almost two years, government property valuer QV said on Wednesday. Quotable… Read more »
Toronto house prices, listings surge in April but sales dip
OTTAWA: Toronto home prices and new listings surged in April from a year earlier while sales fell, the Toronto Real Estate Board said on Wednesday, suggesting the market may be… Read more »
China’s March home prices defy curbs, further tightening expected
By: Yawen Chen | Elias Glenn BEIJING: Prices in China’s sizzling property market, a major driver of growth in the world’s second largest economy, accelerated in March on a monthly… Read more »
New US home construction slows in March
WASHINGTON: Construction of new US homes slowed in March to its slowest pace in four months, with the pace of building falling sharply in the Mid-West, the Commerce Department reported…. Read more »
Sri Lanka battles labour shortage amid massive building boom
COLOMBO: Cheap Sri Lankan labour has built skyscrapers and condos across the Gulf for decades but now contractors at home are desperate for workers as the island nation experiences an… Read more »
Irish house prices post fastest growth since 2015
By: Conor Humphries DUBLIN: Irish residential property prices posted their fastest annual growth in almost two years in February, lifted by sharp increases outside the capital Dublin, the state statistics… Read more »
China Q1 property investment rises 9.1% y/y
By: Kevin Yao | Yawen Chen BEIJING: Real estate investment in China rose 9.1 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, official data showed, as the pace of… Read more »
No more flashy buildings! Oil blues force Saudis to scrap half-done plans
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s government is ordering its ministries and agencies to review billions of dollars’ worth of unfinished infrastructure and economic development projects with a view to shelving or restructuring… Read more »