Putting some housing things into perspective. From the (less than credible) NAR:
Total housing inventory at the end of April rose 9.5 percent to 2.54 million existing homes available for sale, a seasonal increase which represents a 6.6-month supply at the current sales pace, up from a 6.2-month supply in March. Listed inventory is 20.6 percent below a year ago when there was a 9.1-month supply; the record for unsold inventory was 4.04 million in July 2007.
Meanwhile, half a world away, from a just released report in Beijing News (google translated):
The Beijing Public Security Bureau Population Administration Department said yesterday that have checked the information of the mobile population 725.5 million, mark the rental housing 1.39 million, checking vacant houses to 3.812 million.
So, broadly speaking: US: 2.5 million available homes; Beijing - onecity in China - has 3.8 million??
That is all.
