A report from Metronews in Canada. "Despite a recent slowdown in Vancouver’s housing market, developers are maintaining their rosy view for the industry in 2017. Vancouver’s single family detached market has slowed considerably, and seen downward price adjustments, following the province’s introduction of a tax on foreign buyers last July. The policy move came after home prices in some areas rose more than 40 per cent. Brian McCauley, president of Concert Properties, pointed out that Metro Vancouver condo sales rose 52 per cent in 2016, and prices rose 22 per cent in the last quarter of 2016 compared to the same period one year earlier."

"He did acknowledge that 13,000 condos were sold in the first half of 2016, compared to 6,000 in the second half of the year. 'You can draw your own conclusion,' he said."

From Globes Israel Business News. "Prices dropped 3.8% in the third quarter of 2016 in Ra'anana, and fell further in October-November. 'We're already no longer in a housing market with rising prices. Prices in Ra'anana, for example, are on a downtrend,' a developer in a National Outline Plan 38 company active in the town said several weeks ago at a real estate conference on urban renewal. 'It is more difficult today to sell housing in Ra'anana,' another developer active in the city said on different occasion. When contractors and developers say prices are going down, it is worth paying attention."

"In order to understanding what is happening in Ra'anana, a city that has had the highest housing prices in the Hasharon area for many years, we examined the demand prices, the actual deals, the trends in recent months and years, and the planned future inventory. The results indicate that something is indeed happening in the pearl of the Hasharon area."

From The Namibian. "First Capital Treasury Solutions yesterday echoed FNB Namibia's announcement of an expected slowdown in house price growth. Milner Siboleka, First Capital assistant portfolio manager and economist, told The Namibian that over the years house prices have grown faster than the fundamental indicators of national income that support demand in the country."

"'This has prolonged for a long time; hence chances of slowing price growth are inevitable this time around given the present dwindling trends of factors that support demand. In any given case a rapid price growth that is faster than the growth of population incomes is unsustainable over time,' said Siboleka."

The Malaysia Chronicle. "The high-end residential segment, particularly strata units, is heading towards a price correction this year after a rapid rise in prices driven by the now-banned Developer Interest Bearing Scheme (DIBS). Some of the units bought with DIBS and other forms of rebates are back in the market today, at prices that are much lower than the original selling prices two years ago, and CBRE-WTW managing director Foo Gee Jen said this is particularly apparent in Johor Baru, Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu."

"Foo observed that sellers are a lot more realistic today and the gap between asking and concluded prices is narrowing. 'I believe strongly that the price correction has started. A lot more developers are taking note of that. A lot of them are suffering, some of the high-end products are not moving and if you go into their showroom it is very quiet.'"

The Australian Financial Review. "The large crowds of Chinese buyers prowling at auctions during the peak of the recent Sydney and Melbourne residential boom have all but disappeared, but property agents and lenders say they have not gone away. Chinese buyers featured prominently in the east coast boom of 2012 to 2016 but local banks' clampdown on foreign lending, China's capital transfer restrictions and the Foreign Investment Review Board's surveillance of rule-bending Chinese buyers have pushed many out of the Australian market in the past year."

"China's increased control on foreign exchange at the end of 2016 did not help. Chinese property website ACProperty has experienced a 30 per cent fall in inquiries, and while Chinese interest was still high, the 'time taken to commit' was longer, co-founder Esther Yong said."

"Even the luxury market – where funding is generally not needed – has been hit hard. Chinese luxury agent House18's Michael Zhu said one of his clients, with strong credentials, took two months to clear his purchase of an $8 million home with FIRB. In the end, the vendor backed out of the sale. Mr Zhu said there had been a 20 to 30 per cent drop in clients."

"But many potential buyers are preparing for the next round of investments in Australia, off the plan platform iBuyNew chief executive Mark Mendel said. 'Active investors are still keen to buy and they are educating themselves on finance opportunities outside the market. For the rest if the banks start lending again, they will be back tomorrow, 100 per cent,' he said."