Bloomberg Rising housing investment is a sign that the Bank of Japan’s negative-rate policy is working, according to Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. But it also has a lot to do with tax changes, and ironically, the increasing supply of new homes might drag down Japan’s inflation rate, the opposite of what Kuroda wants. Speaking in June, …

  Bloomberg China’s biggest cities aren’t done trying to tame their soaring property markets. Shanghai, where prices of new homes jumped 27 percent in July, is preparing to discuss a fresh round of curbs including potential restrictions on mortgages and loans to developers, according to people familiar with the matter. Beijing and Tianjin are also contemplating new measures to rein …

  Bloomberg Blackstone Group LP is in a $1.8 billion deal to buy the US real estate assets of Alecta, the Swedish pension manager that is seeking to exit investments that don’t fit with its strategy, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction. The purchase mainly consists of retail and office properties, said the person, who asked not …