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The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... into the broader economy has been limited. The unemployment rate peaked, allowing anxious homeowners' to hold on to their homes and thereby putting a floor under house prices. Inventories of unsold homes start to decline. House prices start appreciating ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... straight months since late 2006/early 2007. The fall in petrol prices aided the improvement in confidence. Likewise, US new homes sales rebounded by 2.4 per cent in July and median house prices rose to US$230,7000 in July from US$230,100 in June. However ...

RMBS market on brink of collapse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... being the groups that buy the RMBS bonds that fund the mortgages that hundreds of thousands of Australians use to buy their homes, is so low that only $2 billion in RMBS bonds were bought in the first six months of this year compared with $47 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... in June, confounding expectations of a drop of 0.3 per cent. The Commerce Department said June sales of new single-family homes fell by 0.6 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 530,000 units; the market expected sales to total 505,000. Both ...

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... that the US may still be far from a turnaround. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) reported that homes prices fell by 0.3 percent in May. House prices fell by 4.8 percent in the 12 months to May and are down by 4.9 percent from ...

Mariner targets European aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... to snap more up but in the niche market of aged care infrastructure. According to HSH's forecasts, the demand for nursing homes in Germany alone will rise by an additional $20 billion by 2020. Under the joint venture, Mariner Financial, which has $1.2 ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... 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 uncertainty about the magnitude of more credit-related losses, which are likely to affect the ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... major thrust of the government's other policy responses though with pent up demand estimated to be for up to 100,000 new homes each year, it is unlikely boosting supply will trigger any pricing responses unless demand itself can be reduced.

Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... projects in Abu Dhabi, with construction and tourism alone accounting for around half. Expected to contain both businesses and homes, the city's biggest island development, the $27 billion, 27 square-kilometre Saadiyat is also expected to house numerous ...

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... increases - lifestyle factors of younger people wanting upmarket inner-city accommodation rather than actually wanting to own homes. "Generation-Y are leaving home much later than they used to - at an average age of 27 years. They don't seem to have ...