Within Hours, Plans for a Quiet Corner of China Send Home Prices Soaring

By AILIN TANG April 3, 2017 SHANGHAI — Until it became the subject of China’s latest property-buying frenzy, sending shares of construction companies soaring and leading the authorities to close local real estate offices, the area around...

Within Hours, Plans for a Quiet Corner of China Send Home Prices Soaring

By AILIN TANG April 3, 2017 SHANGHAI — Until it became the subject of China’s latest property-buying frenzy, sending shares of construction companies soaring and leading the authorities to close local real estate offices, the area around...

Simplifying Shelter: Why Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing

Simplifying Shelter By CONOR DOUGHERTY February 10, 2017 Suppose there were a way to pump up the economy, reduce inequality and put an end to destructive housing bubbles like the one that contributed to the Great Recession. The idea would be simple, but not...