How a couple who set out to buy an apartment for $13,000 ended up the owners of a derelict villa by mistake and transformed it into a dream home

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Claire Segeren and Cal Hunter in front of the Victorian villa in Dunoon, Scotland.

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The US housing market hits a record value of $47 trillion as the inventory shortage fuels a price boom

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US housing market

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Country Garden, one of China's real-estate behemoths, could look at restructuring its debt after missing key interest payments this week: JPMorgan

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The company logo of Chinese developer Country Garden is pictured at the Shanghai Country Garden Center in Shanghai
Chinese developer Country Garden missed bond coupon payments on Monday, igniting concerns about its liquidity.

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Investors are now eyeing Country Garden chairperson's huge $5.3 billion fortune for help with the struggling property developer's dues

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Country Garden chairperson Yang Huiyan's next move is under scrutiny after the real-estate giant missed two missed bond coupon payments.

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The head of one of the biggest property developers in China was once Asia's richest woman. But her wealth has plunged by 84% since mid-2021 — and now her company's teetering on the brink of a crisis.

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Asia's once-richest woman lost 84% of her wealth — more than any billionaire since the COVID-19 pandemic — as China's property sector teeters on yet another crisis.

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China's property sector is in dire straits as yet another developer reportedly runs into trouble

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A man walks outside a property agency featuring posters of the latest high-rise apartment buildings in Hong Kong February 13, 2015.

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The most interesting part of China's stimulus announcement was the omission of a key phrase that ignited the 2020 crackdown on the real-estate sector

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Local residents look at a model of a Poly Real Estate Group housing project at a real estate showroom on May 25, 2023 in Sanya, Hainan Province of China.
China's once free-spending property buyers are now cautious about their real-estate purchases amid the country's post-COVID economic slump.

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Chinese developers jump after central bank pledges more support for embattled property sector

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FILE PHOTO: Headquarters of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, is pictured in Beijing, China September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee
The People's Bank of China headquarters in Beijing.

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YouTuber and entrepreneur Simon Squibb spent $32,000 winning an auction for a stairwell in London

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Simon Squibb stands in front of the stairwell he bought at auction.
Simon Squibb paid $32,000 at an auction for this stairwell in London.

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Homebuyers had 45,000 fewer homes to choose from in July as the US housing market remains as tight as ever

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Homes are seen for sale in the northwest area of Portland, Oregon March 20, 2014. REUTERS/Steve Dipaola
Homes are seen for sale in the northwest area of Portland

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