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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... worth these days? Supply and demand determines market value. Right now, there are more sellers than buyers. Sure US house prices appear undervalued given their massive fall over the past year and a half. But did anyone stop buying when they were well ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... economic news. Figures showed the US economy shrank 0.5 per cent in the third quarter, alongside a record fall in US house prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 38.07 points, or 0.45 per cent, to 8,481.46 at the close. The Standard & Poor's ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... partly recover from May's 1.6 percent fall. US: In the US, the housing market again takes centre stage this week. US house prices are expected to show a continued decline. The US House Price Index, out on Wednesday, is forecast to fall by 0.6 percent ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... nervousness that things could get much worse as the possibility of more banks and financial institutions collapsing, and US house prices continuing to dive as mortgage financing dries up at the same time as foreclosed homes are being liquidated. The ...

Under-building down under

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... average of 4.7 months since 2000), and the economy in general having slowed, there is now downward pressure on US house prices". This means house prices in the US look set to continue their downward slide In contrast, Australia's economic growth since ...

Home sweet home

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... US biggest cities fell by 3.9 per cent in the year to July, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index. US house Prices posted the biggest year on year drop in 37 years while new home sales plunged by 8.3 per cent, worse than the market expectation ...

Private equity, hedge funds at risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... "suspension bridge." He said that while the current global financial structure was strong enough to withstand weakening US house prices and a few sub-prime issues, the markets had to worry about "whether we are reaching a broad-based level of financial ...
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