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Home prices rise, seen helping economic recovery

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Home prices rose in February at their fastest rate in almost seven years, a […]

By DennisGao | 30 Apr 13 | Also posted in North America | Comments (0)

How to play resource scarcity

By Melissa Shin, From http://www.advisor.ca/investments/market-insights/how-to-play-resource-scarcity-113413 By 2050, it’s all over, says Jeremy Grantham: we’ll have either used up all cheap […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Apr 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, North America, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Dodging Soccer Balls and Sharks in Recife, Brazil

By Mark Mobius, From http://mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2013/04/03/dodging-soccer-balls-and-sharks-in-recife-brazil/ Recife, in Brazil’s northeast Pernambuco state, is known to many as the “Venice of Brazil” […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Apr 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Lack of Chinese REITs Means Mainland Investors are Missing Out

One of the unintended results of changes in China’s real estate policies in the last few years, is that it […]

By Aidualc | 19 Apr 13 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones | Comments (0)

April 2013 Economic Snapshot: Housing Ownership and Rental Trends

Do you rent or own in New York City? For our April 2013 Economic Snapshot, NYCEDC looked at the City’s […]

By MarketAngel | 17 Apr 13 | Also posted in North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Farming in the Arctic’s Future

A region with unlimited access to water (though salt water) and a climate in which the temperature rises relentlessly — what a […]

By Aidualc | 16 Apr 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones | Comments (0)

Soho China’s Zhang Xin Goes Trophy Hunting in NYC

After appearing on 60 Minutes last week, Zhang Xin, CEO of major real estate developer Soho China is now preparing to make […]

By Aidualc | 28 Mar 13 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, North America | Comments (0)

What Housing Stocks Need If They Want to Keep Flying

By Christina Scolaro Yahoo Finance   Investors looking for signs of confidence in the real estate sector can try reading […]

By zoltanakb | 27 Mar 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Existing home sales touch three-year high

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Home resales hit a three-year high in February and prices jumped, adding to signs […]

By DennisGao | 21 Mar 13 | Also posted in North America | Comments (0)

Canada Losing Debt Halo as Property Peaks Under Carney

Herbert Crockett called Cairo, Geneva and New Delhi home in his four decades as a human resources executive with the […]

By Aidualc | 15 Mar 13 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)