China Increases Bank Reserve Requirements A Third Time for 2010
As of May 10, China will increase the reserve ratio requirement for banks 50 basis…
Housing
Dr. Duru Changes begin to Canada’s mortgage insurance guarantee framework
Two months ago, Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, announced that Canada would change its “mortgage…
China Gets Even Tougher on Real Estate Inflation
Reuters reports that “China Steps up Fight Against Property Speculation“: “Provincial and municipal governments in…
Apartment rents are rising
WSJ: Apartment rents rose during the first quarter, ending five straight quarters of declines and…
writejesse No signs of catastrophe in housing market
Scott Grannis at Calafia Beach Pundit notes that the Case Shiller Home Price Index continues…
S.F. Bay Area year-over-year median home price rises 25% in February
Yep, you read it right. The S.F. Chronicle: A total of 3,582 existing single-family homes…
REITs power higher
Traders are betting that the real estate recovery is for real. Higher commercial and residential…
Real estate investment trusts hit 52-week high
If residential housing is about to resume its decline and commercial real estate is about…
Sacramento’s Supply of Resale Homes Drops Below Three Months
Keep Sacramento on the list of cities that is still not seeing a wave of…
Foreclosures are slowing
Many analysts have been predicting a tidal wave of foreclosures in 2010, but so far…