VOA慢速英语2011-US Housing Market Slow to Recover From Co

CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week on our program, we look at the American housing market after the collapse that pulled the economy into a rec

英闻天下——507 Apartment Rental Market Recovering in Cities

The latest stats from the National Bureau of Statistic shows apartment rental rates have increased by some 3.7-percent in March across China. CRI's Wang Xiao has more on the rental market in the major cities, including Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing.

英闻天下——584 A Look at Housing in Third-tier Cities

China's real estate market in major cities is warming up, with home prices rising, and more people buying new apartments. However, this is not the case across the country. In smaller cities, real estate agents are finding it increasingly difficult to

英语博客：Housing Market Up.

Sales of low-priced(1) homes here continue to feed(2) a housing market that has buyers eager(3), sellers satisfied and some real estate agents scrambling(4) to keep up the pace.Put an entry-level home on the market and - wham! Its gone in no time, sa

Beijing sees 7.6 pct housing price decrease in 2012

BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Beijing has seen an increase in the number of residential apartments sold in the city and witnessed a drop in prices for newly built homes in 2012, the Beijing Real Estate Association said on Sunday. The capital sold about

2007年VOA标准英语-US Housing Market Continues To Slide

By Mil Arcega Washington 28 March 2007 watch Housing Market Stocks fell after the release of a Standard Poor's report on Tuesday showing the worst decline in prices for single family homes in the US in more than 13 years. The drop in housing values

VOA标准英语2009年-Weak US Housing Numbers Reported

By Michael Bowman Washington 20 October 2009 Weak U.S. housing data is tempering enthusiasm stoked by upbeat earnings reports from some of America's best-known corporations. From technology giant Apple to construction-equipment maker Caterpillar, a

美国国家公共电台 NPR The New Housing Crisis: Shut Out Of The Market

NOEL KING, HOST: Ten years after the housing market collapsed, a different crisis has emerged. Back then, a decade ago, lots of people were losing their homes. Today people who want to buy or in a lot of cases even just rent are being priced out of t

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Homebuyers Face A Friendlier Housing Market, Thanks To Cooldown

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The housing market is cooling. Sales of both new and existing homes are dropping. What does that mean for homebuyers and the overall economy? NPR's Camila Domonoske explains. CAMILA DOMONOSKE, BYLINE: This summer, Sara Murawski's r

英闻天下——41 Expert Interprets China's Property Market in 2013

Runaway real estate prices in China have been a significant source of public complaint in recent years. To curb the soaring housing prices, the government has implemented a string of policies since early 2010. However, the property market has shown s

道琼斯指数再创新高

NEW YORK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended narrowly mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average eclipsing previous day's closing record, as April's housing data came out well above market consensus. The Dow inched up 13.51 points, or

VOA标准英语2012--Realtors' Association Welcomes GOP Debate on Housing Market

Realtors' Association Welcomes GOP Debate on Housing Market More than four years after the housing bubble burst, the U.S. housing market is still struggling to recover. Among the hardest hit states are California, Nevada and Florida, where foreclosur

Stricter measures issued to cool China's property market

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Amid expectations of rising housing prices, China's central government on Friday rolled out specific rules to further tighten control of the property market. The government said in an online notice that homeowners who sel

2016年CRI China to Further Promote Housing System Encouraging Renting and Purchasing

China to Further Promote Housing System Encouraging Renting and Purchasing A recent survey by the Global Cities Business Alliance, a London-based non-profit, has found Beijing is - by far - the most expensive city in the world to rent an apartment. C

英闻天下——133 Sluggish Property Market in Third-tier Cities

As major Chinese cities continue to record a rebound in home prices, smaller, third-tier cities are being hit hard by a sluggish market. All over the country, city planners and investors are suffering the consequences of overexpansion. In east China'

英闻天下——147 A Look at Housing in Third-tier Cities

China's real estate market in major cities is warming up, with home prices rising, and more people buying new apartments. However, this is not the case across the country. In smaller cities, real estate agents are finding it increasingly difficult to

2017年CRI 8 Chinese cities step up housing tightening

8 big cities in China have rolled out further property tightening measures in the latest efforts to rein in housing price rises. Those second-tier cities have tightened housing controls since Friday, with most banning home sales within 2 to 3 years a

Beijing expected to reach target goal on housing price control

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Beijing has seen a declining trend in newly built ordinary apartments in the past 11 months of this year, said a report released by the Beijing Real Estate Association on Friday. That average price of 13,914 yuan (about 2,

Chinese banks to hold differentiated housing loans

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China's four biggest state-owned banks said Thursday they will continue implementing the differentiated housing loan policy. The four state-run lenders, dubbed the Big Four, are Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Ch

2016年CRI Deputies Discuss Uneven Home Market Recovery

Reducing housing inventories has been set as one of the five main goals of the supply-side structural reform program established at this year's Central Economic Work Conference. Deputies attending this year's National People's Congress have been reco