Bloomberg Pessimism is back in vogue in the oil markets, as investors bet sputtering trade talks and swelling US output can kill crude’s rally. Hedge funds lifted bearish bets on West Texas Intermediate crude by 39%, the biggest short-selling surge in more than eight months. Meanwhile, bets on a rally retreated for the second straight week. Crude futures slipped to …

Bloomberg Prices are set to rise for another decade in the world’s least affordable property market, Hong Kong, according to UBS Group AG. Inflows of residents will be key as the Greater Bay Area project integrates a group of mainland Chinese cities with Hong Kong, property analyst John Lam wrote in a research report. The extra buyers will be “more …

Bloomberg House price growth in the UK remained weak in April as the slump in southeast England and London depressed the market, the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors showed. The index was unchanged as a dip in new buyers weighed on prices, the report said. Expectations for the next three months are for flat or declining …