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Whether China’s real estate market is a bubble that could pop is a question being asked by Brazilian iron ore traders and hedge fund managers in the City of London
Evictions spark wave of violence in China
A byproduct of China’s property boom is rampant corruption and collusion between developers and officials and the use of police and hired thugs to force out homeowners
China land price fall threatens local finances
Beijing’s efforts to cool the country’s sizzling residential property market may be working too well. Local authorities are struggling to find ways to fund infrastructure projects
Index of 100 cities gains ground
After China’s statistics agency abandoned the 70-cities property index this year, SouFun, a leading property web portal, has started to fill the gap
Fate of China property is global concern
While official figures show 89% home ownership in the cities analysts argue that Chinese property constitutes the single most important sector for the health of the global economy
Beijing’s ‘new deal’: subsidised housing
Beijing is embarking on a subsidised housing programme that is being described as the country’s ‘new deal’, designed to both ease social unrest and also maintain the rapid investment and construction-led growth of the past decade
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Chinese real estate is crucial for the health of the entire global economy. This map shows how the price of property has risen across China from 2000-2010
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US housing: Sunset Boulevard
As Americans struggle to shake off the hangover from the property bubble, officials are questioning policies that have long promoted ownership as a national birthright, writes Suzanne Kapner
Give the falling property market a push
For any number of reasons, David Cameron should be taking steps to drive down the price of housing, writes Neil O’Brien
Global real estate has made a modest recovery
UK leads the way in capital value increases as money flows back into real estate (PDF of top 50)
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If any concrete proposals emerge on mortgages, they will probably focus on the issue of how to help struggling homeowners
Global luxury property
Cracks in the top-end real estate sector appear
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