Roh Repeats Pledge To Contain Real Estate Prices (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)

Roh Repeats Pledge To Contain Real Estate Prices (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Tuesday reiterated his pledge to contain rising real estate prices, saying the government will present follow-up measures soon after its anti-realty speculation bill is approved by the National Assembly.

Real-estate sales cool in South Florida even as median prices rise (Sun-Sentinel)
A cooling in the South Florida real estate sales market continued in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties in August as median prices continued to rise slightly statewide, new figures by the Florida Association of Realtors indicate.

The Big Real Estate Riddle -- Is Now a Good Time?: Chet Currier (Bloomberg.com)
The Big Real Estate Riddle -- Is Now a Good Time?: Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- To all would-be home sellers who aim to time the top in real estate prices, best of luck.

Portland Home Prices Continue to Climb as Competition for Real Estate Heats Up (Smart Growth Online)
Last month's median home price across the Portland region is up 14.8 percent since August 2004, the city is in the midst of another condo construction surge, the competition for suburban real estate ''is turning into a brawl,'' and the notion of where the suburbs end ''is steadily expanding, as homebuyers canvass farther-flung areas in search of bigger houses at better prices'' and suburban