11.   And they get more house for their money, thanks to cheaper land prices.

12.   And to be sure, most land prices are still falling.

13.   And with land prices continuing their six-year slide, even companies with land are finding it hard to secure loans.

14.   And with land prices starting to stabilize, investors are less concerned that more banks could fail because of their problem loans, he said.

15.   Any sign a decade-long slide in commercial land prices has halted may be good news for banks and developers, traders said.

16.   Any sign the slide in commercial land prices has halted may be good news for banks and real estate companies, traders said.

17.   As land prices rise near populous areas, for instance, cavernous stores may not be as viable.

18.   Banking and real estate stocks rose amid hopes that the government will do more to lift sagging land prices and help lenders clean up their unrecoverable loans.

19.   A greater supply of yen would help slow falling Japanese land prices.

20.   A drop in land prices spooked investors.