Korea puts house in order
In a desperate bid to curb high housing prices, South Korea unveiled a set of harsh measures on Wednesday that center on raising ownership tax rates and offering more residences.
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Home building hints at cooling National home-building trends are sobering: Higher building-material prices, the largest supply of homes on the market in a decade and an expected drop in sales.read more...
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