41. Property stocks such as DBS Land Ltd. and some bank shares have been rising as concern about weaker currencies and higher interest rates in the region eased. 42. Property stocks were mostly higher. 43. Property stocks are the most vulnerable to rate increases because developers borrow heavily to finance projects. 44. Property stocks continued to move lower on concern the real estate market has topped out. 45. Property stocks dropped amid concern higher interest rates will discourage people from buying homes. 46. Property stocks fell. 47. Property stocks have been battered by concern that high interest rates, brought on by efforts to protect the peso, would mean expensive mortgages and slow sales. 48. Property stocks have been trounced. 49. Property stocks have been weighed down by government curbs to stem rising home prices, which dampened demand and stabilized selling prices. 50. Property stocks pulled the Hang Seng higher for a second day. |