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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... US overnight also adds to uncertainty, with fewer people applying for unemployment benefits last week, but sales of new homes fell significantly in January. That saw a mixed session in the US, with the Dow losing 0.31 per cent to 12,068.5 and the Standard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... It was the best performing company among the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones industrial average. Homebuilder Beazer Homes USA Inc fell one per cent after reporting that new orders declined last quarter. Avon Products Inc fell 5.5 per cent after ...

Affordable housing project targets investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... between the buyer and PAIL, according to the company. PAIL said it will purchase and develop a parcel of land for around 100 homes, but will sell only 50 per cent, therefore the cash receipts from the sale has funded the holding of the other 50 per cent ...

Commercial property regains appeal: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... "Institutional investors such as superannuation funds, high net worth individuals and syndicators are in the market looking for homes for mandates up to and in some cases in excess of $1 billion as confidence returns," said David Harrison, managing director ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... home sales rose by 7.6 per cent to an annual rate of 4.13 million in August. Good. But not so fast, the number of existing homes sold remains the second lowest in 15 years. July was the first lowest since 1995 when sales dropped to 3.83 mil units annualised. ...

CalPERS taps Brazilian real estate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010

Darby buys into Mexican housing

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... specialised financial entities in Mexico," he said. Mexico's housing finance sector reportedly needs to finance 20 million homes by 2020 with a housing deficit of around 750,000 new homes per annum. Controladora Vertice is the third investment for Darby-ProBanco ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Houses continue to burn in America. Yes Virgie, we learned yesterday that no one wanted to buy old houses (existing homes) in the States after the government stopped giving would-be homeowners free money. Last night, we found out that neither were they ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... concerned," he said. Wall Street closed lower for a fourth consecutive day after data showed sales of previously occupied homes fell in July to their lowest level in 15 years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index closed 133.96 points lower, by 1.3 ...

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... - the longest in 11 years -- to clear the supply of existing houses, up from 8.9 months in June. The inventory of unsold homes increased by 2.5 per cent to 3.98 million units in July. Worse, the shadow inventory of unsold homes is not included in this ...