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The Central Bank of U.A.E has limited the percentage of mortgage amount borrowing to 50 percent for foreign investors. Reasons attributed for the cap was to control aggressive lending that was causing bad debts for the banking sector. Major Borrowers to Reduce Bank Deposits
Wall Street dealers expect hedge funds, insurance companies and other borrowers to pull some cash from commercial banks when a financial crisis-era deposit insurance program expires at the end of the year, the Federal Reserve said on Thursday. Home Prices Rose For Ninth Straight Month
U.S. single-family home prices rose in October for nine months in a row, reinforcing the view the domestic real estate market is improving and should bolster the economy in 2013, a closely watched survey showed on Wednesday. Scouts Can Lease Public Land, Despite Stance on Gays
The Boy Scouts of America can lease public land from the City of San Diego for a cheap rate, even though the scouts prohibit atheists, agnostics and homosexuals from becoming members, a U.S. appeals court ruled. Existing Home Sales Rise to Fastest Pace in Three Years
Home resales rose sharply in November to their fastest pace in three years, a sign the recovery in the housing market is gaining steam. U.S. Home Building Permits Approach Four-and-Half-Year High
U.S. homebuilding permits touched their highest level in nearly 4-1/2 years in November, pointing to strength in the housing market, even though groundbreaking activity dropped. Two Killed as Sicilian Apartment Buildings Collapse
Two people were killed and 10 were injured when two apartment buildings collapsed overnight in the historical center of Palermo in Sicily, Italian emergency services said on Tuesday. China Home Prices Rises Quicken, Uptrend Takes Hold
China home prices showed fresh signs of recovery taking hold in November, the fourth month in the last five to show a rise as a two-year long government campaign to curb prices frays. Israel Approves 1,500 More Settler Homes in East Jerusalem
Israel approved plans to build 1,500 more Jewish settler homes in east Jerusalem on Monday, an official said, days after provoking international protests against a project for another 3,000 such homes on land it captured in the 1967 Six-Day War. UBS Faces $1.5 Billion Day of Reckoning Over Rate Rigging
UBS AG will pay around $1.5 billion to settle charges that a group of traders at its Japanese unit rigged Libor interest rates, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday as the Swiss bank prepares for a deal with regulators.
