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Such low yields could signal the top of the property market in central London. Those sorts of yields are breathtaking. The problem is that when you get to the top of Mount Everest there is only way to go. - Michael Marx , Reuters, Jul 26, 2013

Ultra-low yields suggest London property crash around the corner By Tom Bill LONDON | Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:56pm BST (Reuters) - Voracious investor demand for the best London real estate is approaching record levels that could trigger a price crash in popular areas such as upmarket Bond Street, property experts said this week.

Here Comes the Next Hot Emerging Market: It is called "the United States." - Jason Zweig , Wall Street Journal, Jul 24, 2013

July 24, 2013 Italy May Retail Sales Almost Flat on Month, -1.1% on Year By Manuela Mesco ROME--Italy's retail sales in May increased by 0.1%, compared with April, national statistics institute Istat said Wednesday. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130724-702696.html

http://www.realtytoday.com/articles/4593/20130724/brookfield-asset-management-raises-4-billion-real-estate-fund-surpassing.htm Posted by Rapti Gupta on Jul 24, 2013 09:47 AM EDT Brookfield Asset Management Raises $4.4 Billion for Real estate Fund Surpassing Target Brookfield Asset Management Inc, the Canadian asset managing firm, has reportedly raised $4.4 billion for its global real estate fund. The amount is one of the largest since the financial crisis and has surpassed the $3.5 billion target, the company actually affixed, according to several media reports.

Jul 23, 2013, 2:22pm EDT Atlanta's CRE debt woes improving Douglas Sams Commercial Real Estate Editor- Atlanta Business Chronicle Atlanta’s commercial real estate sector continues digging out of debt, another sign a broad recovery is speeding up. http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_talk/2013/07/atlantas-cre-debt-woes-improving.html

July 22, 2013, 12:46 a.m. ET Investors, Analysts See End of Commodity 'Supercycle' Popular Bet in Global Financial Markets—That Prices Would Keep Rising—Is Unraveling Investors are suffering mounting losses as a decadelong rise in commodity prices unravels amid slowing emerging-markets economies, rising supplies of oil and metals and the eventual end of central-bank stimulus policies that propped up prices for raw materials. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324144304578619672666497416.html