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Chinese cities rolling out new housing policies

Chinesecitiesrolledoutnewmeasuresforthesecondquarterinabidtoreinintheirpropertymarkets,asNationalBureauofStatisticsfiguresshowednewresidentialhomepricesremained

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Saudi Arabia wants mortgage market to grow to $134 billion by 2020

SaudiArabia’shousingministryhassetatargetforthemortgagemarkettoreachatotalvalueof502billionriyals($134billion)by2020fromacurrent290billionriyals,thekingdom’shou

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Grenfell Tower fire | UK may have breached human rights, says UN

TheUKgovernmentmayhavefailedtocomplywithitsinternationalhumanrightsobligationsovertheGrenfellTowerfire,whichkilled79peopleandlefthundredshomeless,theUnitedNatio

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China to add more rentals to ease housing headache

Chinawillbuildmorerentalhousingforpeopleincitieswherehousingpriceshaveleftpeopleunabletoaffordhomes.Besidesimposingpurchaserestrictionsandhighermortgagerateslas

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China speeds up introduction of property tax

Aspartoftheplantocontainhousingprice,Chinavowstostepuphousingsystemreformandcreatealong-termmarketmechanism.Whenandhowapropertytaxwillbeleviedhaslongbeenapublic

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Libyan navy rescues 450 migrants off western Libyan coast

LibyannavalforcesonThursdayrescued450illegalAfricanimmigrantsoffthecoastofthecapitalTripoli,Libyannavyspokesmansaid."CoastGuardpatrolsmanagedtorescue450illegali

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China's home prices remain stable in October

China'spropertymarketremainedstableinOctoberwithhomepricesfallingorpostingslowergrowthinmajorcitiesamidtoughcontrolpolicies,theNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)sa

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Chinese cities, companies jump on bid to spur rental housing

MajorChinesecities,developersandthefinancialsectoraremovingquicklytojoinagovernment-ledcampaigntodeveloptherentalhousingmarket.Thiscomesasthecountry'stopauthori

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China greenlights first housing rental quasi-REIT

Chinarecentlygavethegreenlighttoanewfinancingproductthatisbasedonrentalincomefromapartmentsinmajorcities.Thenewproductismodeledonthelinesofquasi-RealEstateInves

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Eight Chinese cities increase tightening of housing markets

EightmajorcitiesinChinahaverolledoutfurthermeasuresinthelatesteffortstoreinintheincreasingcostofhousing.SinceFriday,thesecond-tiercitiesofXi'an,Chongqing,Nancha

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Beijing launches affordable housing scheme

BeijingfloatedonWednesdayaplantoofferlow-costhousingtothecitizensthroughaschemethatallowspropertyrightstobesharedbetweenthegovernmentandbuyers.Accordingtoadocum

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Business giants contribute to Seattle’s growth surge

AftersittingquietlyintheshadowofcitieslikeSanFranciscoandLosAngelesfordecades,SeattlebecamethefastestgrowingcityintheUS,thankstothepresenceofgiantslikeMicrosoft

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China: A novel way of cooling the housing market

PresidentXiJinpinghassaid"housesarebuilttobelivedin,notforspeculation".Inthiscontext,thepilotforjointpropertyrightshousingimplementedbyBeijingMunicipalCommissio

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11 most beautiful new homes around the world

Everyyear,theWorldArchitectureFestival(WAF)celebratesthemostincrediblenewbuildingsfromaroundtheworld.The2017finalistsinthehousingcategory,locatedincitiesfromTok

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London economy suffering 'wobble' over Brexit worries

London'seconomyiswobblingfromtheearlyeffectsofBrexitjudgingfromthecapital'sfalteringhousingmarket,fewerEuropeanUnioncitizensseekingworkandweakerjobcreation,acco

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Strong public rental housing program can curb realty prices

YearsofrisinghousingpriceshavemadeChina'srealestatesectoranathematomanyyoungpeopleandabuttofjokesonmanyonlineandsocialmediaplatforms.Inresponsetopublicappealsto

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Hong Kong to increase housing supply, seek development-conservation balance: chief executive

​The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government aims at expediting the increase of housing supply and seeking a balance between land development and conservation, Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said Wednesday.