| China’s home prices rose for the eighth consecutive month in April, Soufun Holdings Ltd. said today, defying government steps to cool prices.
The latest gain underscores the challenge facing Premier Wen Jiabao, who said May 1 that the nation is “determined” to bring down housing prices in some cities to a “reasonable” level. Home prices rose 0.4 percent in April from March and climbed in 77 of 100 cities tracked by the nation’s biggest real-estate website owner..............................................Full Article: Source
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