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When Tammy Crowder’s phone rang late one evening in February 2018, her eldest sister, Joy, sounded panicked. Their mother, Cleveland Hager, had slipped and fallen on her side, injuring her …
When the State Comes for Your Estate Read More
China’s leaders are wrapping up a weeklong key conclave at which they admitted more was needed to revive a sluggish economy battered by an ailing housing market, poor domestic demand and record-high …
China wraps up national congress with eye on sagging economy Read More
A concrete skeleton looming over Hamburg’s harbor was supposed to be the crown jewel of a historic revitalization project, but on a rainy day this week, cranes and forklifts stood …
Billionaire Benko’s Property Woes Risk Leaving Scars in Hamburg Read More
Just weeks after the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history ripped through the coastal town of Lāhainā, Native Hawaiian taro farmers, environmentalists, and other residents of West Maui crowded into …
The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict Read More
“The money I now spend in the supermarket to buy three day’s worths of food for my family, last year was enough for an entire week’s worth of groceries,” Anna …
Greece: Cost of living crisis hits ordinary households hard Read More
Taichung, Taiwan – Around a tiled square on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Nanjing, a cluster of apartment buildings rise like concrete columns towards a grey sky. At first …
Crumbling buildings and broken dreams: China’s unfinished homes Read More
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With tired faces, residents of a homeless shelter in Argentina’s capital pass through the main entrance and line up to receive a hot drink and …
Rising poverty grips Argentina as runaway inflation takes its toll Read More
Zurich has become one of Europe’s hottest housing markets, with prices surging past London and Paris and showing how local shortages can offset interest rate hikes. With demand in the Swiss …
Google Recruiting Propels Zurich Home Prices Past London, Paris Read More
Over two-thirds of properties in the UK held by overseas shell companies still do not publish information about the identity of their owners. That’s according to new research from the London School …
New report exposes high number of anonymous UK property owners Read More
There has been much talk for a while about offices heading for the buffers. The nightmare scenario is many thousands of office buildings being deemed virtually worthless as leases come up for …
Offices: how bad will the coming property crunch be? Read More