International Finance

Tag : Housing

Wealth Management

Tapping into the wealth in our property to fund retirement

Alice Watson Retirement Advantage responds to UK government’s white paper on housing February 8, 2017: The new white paper on housing by the UK government plans to explore ways to stimulate the market to deliver new homes for older people. The white paper states that there are barriers to people moving out of family homes...
Wealth Management

US home sales finish strong in 2016

RE/MAX National Housing Report on MLS Data from 53 Metro Areas January 19, 2017: Capped off by a strong December, 2016 was the best year for US home sales since the recession, according to the January 2017 RE/MAX National Housing Report. Home sales in 2016 were the highest in the housing report’s eight-year history, topping the sales...
Banking

Providing Services to Rural Migrant Workers in China

To ensure rural migrants have easy access to social services in cities, the government set up migrant workers’ service centers, With subsidies and other incentives, the government encourages local employers to improve living conditions. July 29, 2013: Every year in China, millions of rural residents migrate to cities for work. But when they do, many of...