China real estate loans see rapid growth in Q3 BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Financial institutions stepped up lending to the real estate sector in the third quarter as the result of a warming market, statistics from the central bank showed Monday. Fi...
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week on our program, we look at the American housing market after the collapse that pulled the economy into a rec...
NB: This is not a word for word transcript Yvonne: Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer and this is 6 Minute English. Today, I've been joined by Alice. Hi Alice! Alice: Hi Yvonne! Yvonne: Now Alice, everyone seems to have something to say about estate agents or...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A new report from the panel overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program warns that some 3,000 small and mid-sized banks may be forced to cut back their lending because of commercial real estate loans g...
Three world champions are among the five athletes on the U.S. Nordic Combined team for the Vancouver Olympics. Todd Lodwick, Bill Demong and Johnny Spillane hope to bring the United States its first Olympic gold medal in the event that features ski j...
房地产 Real Estate 随着越来越多的人涌进城市，北京的发展导致了房地产市场泡沫经济的出现。 Listen Read Learn The development of Beijing has left a bubble economy in housing construction as more people move into the city. This bubble economy has arisen...
For NPR News, this is All Things Considered. I'm Michele Norris, and I'm Robert Siegel. If you think the real estate market in this country is out of control. Here's some advice: Don't move to China. Prices there are rising so fast, the government i...
THIS IS AMERICA - Biltmore Estate By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, March 21, 2005 (MUSIC) ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. This week, Rich Kleinfeldt and Shirley Griff...
THIS IS AMERICA -June 10, 2002: Biltmore Estate By Paul Thompson Broadcast: VOICE 1: It was built more than one-hundred years ago near the mountains of North Carolina. It is still the largest private...
Mr. Taylor : Have a seat, Mr. Younger. What can I do for you? Mr. Younger : I have a house in Seattle. It's about 400 sq.ft., including the house and the yard. I'm looking for somebody who will buy it...
