REAL ESTATE

A property tax seems inevitable for China's major cities, but levying such a tax could cost the nation some of its economic growth.

The 450-meter (1,476-foot) Tower Infinity will use an LED façade system and optical cameras to become "invisible."

There have been signs that Dubai real estate prices are rising too fast, too soon.

In several new communities, infrastructure and economic opportunities lag the pace of property development, making it difficult to attract residents.

Given capital controls, U.S. companies have turned to the safest asset possible to retain the value of their Venezuela-generated profits: real estate.

Increasingly, architects are employing their talents in making life better for poor or otherwise marginalized people.

The government's taxes to rein in the skyrocketing real estate prices are largely considered ineffective.

Many analysts predicted that summer 2013 would be a complete washout for the post-Sandy Jersey Shore. So was it?

But are the taxes motivated by wanting to stabilize the market, or to fill government coffers?

Myanmar's real estate market is experiencing an unprecedented boom, but do your homework before investing there.

The Realtors Ass'n reported that home prices continued to rise even as mortgage interest rates climbed to the highest in two years.

Commercial real estate development lagged significantly in 2013 and traditionally picks up after the residential housing recovery.

With a new city plan and an already amazing Changi International Airport, Singapore has ambitious plans.

Anti-corruption measures, a slowing economy and oversupply are hurting China's luxury hotels.

Following announcement of Hanthawaddy International Airport in the city, land prices in Bago are rising in a hurry.

Analysts expect revenue for the home improvement and hardware chain to increase 5.5 percent, up from a 2.1 percent a year ago.

The discoveries of illegal, lavish rooftop structures in China don't stop.

The smallest town in the U.S. was sold to a Vietnamese businessman for $900,000.

An official newspaper in China said a new obsession with towering buildings is only for vanity instead of function.

Even as foreign investors become keenly interested in the country's booming real estate market, Myanmar's wealthy are taking their cash to London.

Many of China's homes and buildings are constructed without the appropriate permits. This one certainly was.

Citigroup shareholders had claimed in November 2007 that the bank misled shareholders about mortgage-backed assets.

If the IPO is successful, it may signal that investors are confident the U.S. housing market's recovery will continue.

55,000 foreclosured were completed in June 2013, more than double the 21,000-per-month average in 2007.

The benchmark Case-Shiller home price index, which jumped 12.2 percent in May, has posted monthly gains since February 2012.

The civil fraud trial centers around the role of Paulson & Co. in shaping a mortgage bond transaction, which the hedge fund bet against.

In southern Philadelphia, one person has been seriously burned and seven others have been hurt. No deaths have been reported.

The opening of a big facility in Arizona and another in Japan, near Tokyo, will also boost Simon's second-quarter bottom line.

As Chinese real estate prices continue to soar, investors are moving their money to Detroit in hopes of turning a profit.