Last month, Moody's Investor Services said its commercial real estate price index fell 2.1% in September, likely resulting from the credit squeeze.
In mid-August, the government announced new measures aimed at curbing rapid real estate price rises by restricting lending for luxury flats and increasing the supply of land for development.
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Last month, Moody's Investor Services (nyse: MCO - news - people ) said its commercial real estate price index fell 2.1% in September, likely resulting from the credit squeeze.
When it comes to selling real estate, price is everything.
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Residents say the farther north on the island you go the higher the price of real estate.
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That was when I bought my house, when there was a pullback in the price of real estate.
Its inaugural issue, in April, 1998, featured an explosive cover story detailing the case of Qiong Min Yuan, a real-estate company whose share price had quadrupled before it was charged with overstating profits.
Tully says to beware of "bubble" real estate markets, where the price of a house completely diverges from the fundamentals that determine the value of a home personal income and rental rates in a particular market.
Those who want to present the bullish view will give you sales or price numbers for real estate for the first half or the last year.
This is a tall order as the central government endeavors to tamp down price inflation and runaway real estate markets in major cities.
If you are a real estate agent working with upper-end price range clients, there is no reason not to pull out all the stops.
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Ran Morgan, from the real estate consultancy Knight Frank, said the price had been dropped within recent weeks in an effort to "ignite dormant interest" among prospective buyers.
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Still, serious caution is in order--in the real estate slump of 1990, Hovnanian's price-to-book ratio dropped as far as 0.3.
With a speculative real estate market taking off in Indian cities, the official price the government pays could be well below the market one.
That lifted the share price of his Hong Kong-listed real estate-led flagship Wharf Holdings by 77% in 2012, triple the rise last year in the property-heavy Hang Seng stock index.
Despite the price increases, FIPE says there is no real estate bubble in Brazil.
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The real estate sector, both commercial and residential, remains wobbly as price decreases and slow sales persist.
The home has had several price cuts, but with its new celebrity real estate status, the homeowners may have better luck selling.
Plastering institutional investors with low-interest greenbacks raises the price of assets notably stocks and real estate creating high incomes for wealthy taxpayers that can then fill the coffers of these states.
And the price paid for this "very nice piece of real estate" was much lower than its real worth.
High prices for the precious metal, price volatility, a fragile labor market, depressed real estate prices and volatile stock market all contributed to hesitant consumer demand and fragile consumer confidence, WGC said.
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"We see a stabilizing trend in the ultra-luxury segment, as high-net-worth buyers pursue the very best properties at opportunistic price points, " says Bill Fandel of Peaks Real Estate Sotheby's International Realty, who handled the sale of the Bootjack Ranch, via an e-mail.
DLF, India's largest real estate company, is still quoting a third below its July 2007 listing price.
Ah, but when we got to the price, it was clear you paid for that extra real estate.
Trends in luxury real estate rarely correspond to the housing market at large, where foreclosure and price statistics remain discouraging.
Real estate bulls often point to the strong resurgence of buyer activity and home price gains in South Florida, particularly in Miami.
Some buyers who have a great deal of experience buying real estate prefer not to have representation because this gives them wiggle room in negotiating price.
Investors will get another data point from the housing market on Tuesday, the Case-Shiller Home Price indexes, which should show continued strength in the residential real estate sector.
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Real estate was once China's favorite investment, but government efforts to contain price increases and keep housing affordable have led to price stagnation and even declines in some cities.
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Some of the worst real estate markets are also the ones where homes on the market are seeing the biggest price reductions.
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