81. Real estate shares rose amid expectations Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will become prime minister and call for reforms to help the sagging property market, traders said. 82. Returns in Europe will vary because it is made up of different countries with different laws and with property markets in different phases of the business cycle. 83. Rising borrowing costs are adding to concerns that the upper-income property market could face a glut as early as next year. 84. Real estate shares rose amid expectations Hashimoto, as prime minister, will call for reforms to help the sagging property market, traders said. 85. Shares in some construction companies rallied amid optimism the property market may recover after a six-year recession. 86. Shares of real estate companies rose on optimism the spending plan will help revive the moribund property market. 87. Shares traded higher on optimism that housing and construction companies would benefit from measures to stimulate the housing and property market in the LDP plan, traders said. 88. Singapore stocks fell yesterday on concern about the property market after City Developments and Singapore Land Ltd. reported half-year results. 89. Sobrepena said Sun Hung Kai wants to invest in the Philippine property market and prefers to do it through listed companies. 90. Since the middle of the year, a slumping property market and higher interest rates have combined to strip a fifth off property prices. |