property bubble

A property bubble in Bulgaria seems to be on the verge of bursting, though this has still to filter through to the rest of the economy.

Immigration and the property bubble made up for these failings for a while, but no longer.

Indeed, one of the bigger ironies of the property bubble was that lenders and investors probably thought they were being relatively prudent.

The other evident stresses, like the indisputable property bubble, are manageable and far short of what brought down the American economy.

Such a change of heart would ease short-term government difficulties but double the trouble down the road should the property bubble burst.

However, a burst property bubble dragged Dubai into a serious debt crisis and put an end to its extravagant approach to growth.

Then there's the soaring cost of living, underscored by the worst inflation in three years and a property bubble that refuses to deflate.

So if the property bubble bursts, it would certainly send the heavily-indebted local governments into a financial tizzy.

The Wall Street Journal said that China's property bubble is starting to deflate after years of housing prices gone wild.

But the "economic miracle" came to a juddering halt at the beginning of the 1990s when a property bubble burst.

For fear of not partaking of the boom, some of Germany's banks allowed themselves to be heavily drawn into America's property bubble.

Let's leave aside worries of a property bubble and a new crop of bad loans. Forget the specter of protectionism.

On June 9th the Wall Street Journal put its ear to the ground and declared that "the great property bubble of China may be popping" .

China reacts angrily to any suggestion that the so-called "savings glut" in Asia fuelled the property bubble in the US.

Credit policies that inflated further an already expanding property bubble would not be helpful.

Short of knocking down the million unsold new homes left after the property bubble burst, that will not pick up for many years.

It is possible that the high interest rate will deflate its property bubble.

This building boom looks like a dangerous property bubble and a social tragedy.

The International Monetary Fund is less concerned about China's high inflation that it is with the potential of a property bubble.

The country avoided a property bubble of the kind that burst so disastrously in Spain and Ireland.

Irish bank assets became grotesquely out of line with the nation's economy during the property bubble.

Michael Geoghegan, chief executive of HSBC, this week told the FT he was also sceptical about the risk of a property bubble.

Neat timing, therefore, for a fresh report on whether China is experiencing a property bubble in its major cities.

After years of housing prices gone wild, China's property bubble is starting to deflate.

On top of that, fear over China's property bubble may be overdone.

After a bullish run over the past two years, the property bubble has burst, causing the downturn of the stock market.

Concentrated in eastern cities, China's residential property bubble is mainly the result of excessive credit expansion in 2009.

But a property bubble has prevented many citizens from finding affordable housing near Shanghai.

Preventing a property bubble will be difficult in the face of these trends.

The answer is: out-of-control banks; Irish banks ran wild during the good years, creating a huge property bubble.

Back in 2005 and 2006, Mr Roubini sounded warnings about the property bubble and the dangers of the American current-account deficit.

Why has there been a property bubble there?

A deflation of the property bubble plaguing these cities will be accompanied by a material slowdown in demand for commodities.

Depressed share prices are fuelling fears that the property bubble is about to burst.

As the property bubble burst in 2006, more people decided to rent houses rather than buy.

Depressed share prices are fueling fears that the property bubble is about to burst.

Now, investors and economists wonder whether a bursting Chinese property bubble could put China's economy in a bind.

'A property bubble is still a risk to China's economy, ' said Wang Tao, China economist for UBS.

But it also helped that Spanish banks were mesmerised by the profits to be made from their country's own property bubble.

This political incentive sows the seed for a great property bubble.

The October 14 sale coincided with remarks by the territory's chief executive warning of an incipient "property bubble" .

They hope this will let off steam and help prevent a dramatic bursting of a property bubble.

After all, record-breaking land sale prices are the root cause of the country's severe property bubble.

But foreign investment and low interest rates inflated a property bubble, raising prices to levels that could not be supported.

Like America, Spain experienced a huge property bubble, accompanied by a huge rise in private-sector debt.

A property bubble blew up, and Ireland became dangerously dependent on the revenues that flowed from it.

The question for non-Chinese residents is, what impact will a property bubble burst have on the global recovery, or the trade imbalance?

Misallocation of resources by both central and local authorities threatens to create a major property bubble.

But some analysts say the policies have come too late to head off a property bubble.

China does face a host of risks, including a property bubble, mounting local government debt and potential rises in bad loans.

Its problems were caused by a burst property bubble and can be solved, the Germans hope, by export-led growth.

In April, I told readers I would let them know when China's property bubble was about to burst.

However, it warned that food-driven inflation, a property bubble and declining credit quality all posed risks.

This has spurred a rapid rise in property prices, which are now approaching heights last seen during the 1997 property bubble.

The economy is also vulnerable to a collapse of the property bubble.

In Britain, another post-property-bubble economy, the rate is also rising markedly.

The US property bubble was first, the credit market next, then the global equity market and now the bond market.

The economy has been hit by the global credit crunch, a burst property bubble and collapsing tax revenues.

If the property bubble bursts, it will directly hurt millions of middle-class Chinese, and the economic growth chain will be broken.

For the government, the private data suggests that the work of pricking China's property bubble has only just begun.

When Japan sanctioned the international use of the yen in the 1980s it set the stage for a damaging property bubble.

"China's property bubble is bursting, " says Andy Xie, an independent economist.

The danger posed by urban development is not only the creation of a property bubble but also of widespread political conflict.

'We have without a modicum of doubt a credit-driven property bubble going on in China right now, ' particularly in commercial real estate.

A property bubble emerged because the money supply was rising rapidly and didn't go into CPI related goods and services.

A few months ago, she warned that the government was creating a property bubble.

[. . . ] I think it's really wrong to view China as an enormous macro property-bubble story.

In the 1980s, Japan's economic ascent provoked both fear and admiration but the boom unravelled after the property bubble burst.

Chinese housing prices soared from late 2008 to 2010, prompting concerns that a property bubble could trip up the fast-growing economy.

But that risks stifling growth or bursting the property bubble.

Only two years ago a property bubble collapsed, rocking the banking system and sending GDP plunging by 14. 1% in 2009 (see story).

A property bubble, many reckon, is the biggest threat to China's economy.

It was not until 1991 that the property bubble burst.

Japan created a huge share and property bubble in the 1980s by relaxing its strict banking regulation.

We have something called the Australian Property Bubble, which means that real estate prices are inflated.

But, the world has gone through a property bubble during a period of inflation.

The party ended in 2008, when the property bubble popped and the global economy tipped into recession.

The risk that a property bubble could cause a wider financial crisis hinges on more than housing prices.

I am not suggesting that property bubble is limited to the Anglo-Saxon economies.

China's property bubble has a new casualty: the corpses of Shanghai.

Only two years ago a property bubble in the country popped, rocking the banking system and sending GDP plunging by 14. 1% in 2009.

Beijing has been waging a nearly two-year campaign to head off a property bubble.

Mr Liu said most of China was not experiencing a property bubble.

There is no property bubble in Portugal.

Bad things can happen once a property bubble bursts.

But the fall in interest rates increased the risk that a credit-fuelled property bubble would emerge.

The tightening that accompanied it burst the US property bubble in 2006.

As some analysts argue, Beijing probably doesn't want to ease policy at this stage for fear of inflating the property bubble again.

The massive property bubble is creating ahuge dilemma to China.

In the short term, there is plenty of evidence that a property bubble is building in big cities like Shanghai, and inflation is on the rise.

In 1998, China's little-noticed property bubble burst, too.

The second risk is the collapse of China's property bubble.

Some fear a property bubble or a banking crisis.

The worry now is that a bursting property bubble might do damage to China's lenders, ruin local exchequers and cast a pall over its economy.

A special angle in China's property bubble is its role in local government finance .

Faced with mounting inflation and the risk of a property bubble, Beijing started to tighten policy late last year.

Reports of expats packing their bags and heading back to Britain when the property bubble burst last year were wildly exaggerated.

Is there a property bubble emerging in China?

Few people in China have experienced a property bubble.

But why is this about globalization, rather than simply being one more story about a property bubble?

The latest reports show China's property bubble beginning to lose air. The Wall Street Journal reports:

Observers now say: Hong Kong has another property bubble on its hands.

One popular view is that if China's property bubble bursts it will drive down the share prices of Hong Kong-listed property firms.

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