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For small businesses, owning a building can provide stability in uncertain times

by Justin Ho
Dec 4, 2024
If a business can afford it, owning a physical location can give its owners more flexibility — and plenty of tax advantages.
Businesses that own their buildings reap more tax advantages than homeowners, says Lorilyn Wilson, who owns an accounting business. Above, small shops on Main Street in Seal Beach, California.
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China’s consumption is ticking up, but can it be sustained?

by Jennifer Pak
Nov 29, 2024
Retail sales growth was the highest in eight months in October, but the property slump continues.
Shoppers line up for local food specialties in central China's Changsha city. The food business has been struggling, but cosmetics, sports and recreational products sold well in October.
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He bought a property in China. Nine years later, he got the key.

by Jennifer Pak
Sep 24, 2024
Chen Peng wanted a home to attract a wife. Condo projects fraught with financial and legal battles made him wait nearly a decade.
Chen Peng recently moved into a new condo in Zhengzhou city that lacked any amenities or finishing touches. Its bare-bones condition allowed him to afford the down payment, which he made almost a decade ago.
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Church? Apartments? As youth population drops, developers reimagine schools

by Stephanie Hughes
Oct 18, 2022
Following the 2008 recession, people had fewer kids. Now, districts need fewer schools and are selling them to people with big dreams.
A potential buyer looks out the window of the empty library in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary/Middle School in northwest Baltimore, which has been closed since 2020.
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Many Chinese homebuyers are paying mortgages on homes they may never live in

by Jennifer Pak
Sep 14, 2022
With real estate firms in financial distress, thousands of people are left with unfinished condos. Some are trying to fight back.
Last year, musician Chen Peng took Marketplace to the development in Zhengzhou where he bought a two-bedroom condo. The development remains unfinished today.
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Evergrande investors in China are worried but holding on

by Jennifer Pak
Oct 26, 2021
Evergrande is among the three biggest property developers in China and it seems to have the backing of the Chinese communist party.
Evergrande founder Xu Jiayin overlooking China's communist party 100th birthday celebrations on Beijing's Tiananmen square. This photo was widely circulated in China's business press and boosted the perception that Evergrande is too big to fail.
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Evergrande crisis hits China's investors, homebuyers

by Jennifer Pak
Sep 23, 2021
The Chinese property giant Evergrande was known as a risky business operator, but for years investors didn't seem to care — until now.
Evergrande could manage its debt while real estate values climbed, but in many places sales have weakened and regulators have made it harder for developers to borrow.
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How two New York bodegas explain a glut of shopfronts for rent

by Janet Babin
Nov 16, 2018
One couldn't afford rent in a hip neighborhood; the other survives on pricey specialties.
American Deli Market in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn recently closed after about 20 years in business.
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Voters in a California city weigh taxing vacant properties to help ease homelessness

by Farida Jhabvala Romero
Oct 11, 2018
If the Oakland measure is approved, it would be the state's first such tax.
Homeless advocate Candice Elder checks in with Dorothy Smith at an encampment in Oakland in August. Smith, who raised her children in the city, said her disability benefits are not enough to afford housing.
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Why sports teams are getting into the real estate business

by Andy Uhler
Oct 3, 2018
The Green Bay Packers are the latest team seeking gains from a stadium adjacent development.
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