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Chinese stocks currently look “very, very attractive,” but are unlikely to see a quick turnaround in the next few months, according to UBS Global Wealth Management’s Kelvin Tay. “I think China is cheap. If you look at the performance of China this year, on a relative basis, it has actually underperformed by about 40% against

As many as one third of 40 Chinese property developers rated by Fitch Ratings could suffer a cash squeeze in a severe scenario where home sales revenue drops by 30% next year, says the ratings giant. “The longer the stresses on China’s property sector last, the greater the risk of a loss in consumer confidence,”

In this article WRBY W M DKS DG BIRD A Dollar General store in Creve Coeur, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wayfair sees a chance to make a pivotal move. The furniture and home goods retailer plans to open three stores in Massachusetts next year. Chief Marketing Officer Bob Sherwin said low

Construction materials for a new home being built by CastleRock Communities in the Sunfield neighborhood of Buda, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Matthew Busch | Bloomberg | Getty Images At some point the price is just too high. That may be increasingly the case for potential buyers of newly built single-family homes. Sales

A For Sale sign is seen in front of a home in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The already competitive housing market is getting even more so, and that is now cutting into mortgage demand. Even a small drop in interest rates couldn’t bring more buyers in, although it did boost refinance demand

Attendees crowd an aisle on the trade show floor during the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Jan. 6, 2015. Steve Marcus | Reuters Canceled Broadway shows. Shuttered restaurants. Lines of people wrapped around the block at walk-in medical clinics. Businesses sending their employees home. It sounds like a flashback to March

HOUSTON, TEXAS – AUGUST 12: A newly sold home is shown on August 12, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Home prices have climbed during the pandemic as low interest rates and working from home has become more abundant. Home prices around the country continue to surge in the second quarter as strong demand continues to overwhelm

Migrant workers build a scaffold at the construction site of Huayang Commercial City Phase II in Huai ‘an City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Feb. 7, 2021. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s struggling real estate developers face a growing number of repayment deadlines in the next few months. Real estate giant

A for rent sign advertising a row house in northeast Capitol Hill, is pictured on Monday, August 26, 2019, in Washington D.C. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images  Demand for single-family rental homes is so strong that rents have nowhere to go but up, and they are rising at an increasingly fast

Image Source | Getty Images Fast-growing prices in the housing market, as well as low interest rates, are enticing more investors to buy homes, renovate them quickly and sell them for a profit. But while home flips are rising and investors are expecting growing returns, the profits are falling. Close to 95,000 homes were flipped

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images It looks like it’s going to be another competitive year for homebuyers in 2022. While the market isn’t expected to be as frenzied as this past summer, prices are still predicted to rise. Zillow is forecasting 11% home value growth in 2022, down from a projected 19.5% in 2021.

A sign marks the entrance to the headquarters campus of Sears Holding in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Getty Images The beleaguered department store chain Sears is considering a sale or a redevelopment of its massive corporate headquarters in suburban Chicago, as its retail footprint keeps dwindling. Transformco, the parent company of Sears and Kmart, said the

Getty Images While household debt reached a record $17 trillion in the second quarter of 2021, many American households have felt less financial stress this year thanks to Covid-19-related government policies. That’s according to the federal Financial Stability Oversight Council, which released its annual report for 2021 on Friday. The council was created by legislation

In this article COLM CLBK The days of rock-bottom rates are nearly over. The central bank will aggressively unwind last year’s bond buying sooner than originally planned after recent reports on inflation continued to show a sharp rise in prices. While the Federal Reserve said Wednesday that interest rates will stay near zero for now,