2023年房市在政府啟動打炒房、中央銀行接連升息下，市況一度冷卻；下半年在新青安優惠房貸、自住及長期置產需求不減等因素激勵下，2023年房市交易量雖力守在30萬6971棟，仍較2022年減少3.5%，且創4年新低。

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There's a shortage of homes for sale. Many homeowners are hesitant to put their houses on the market because they scored an ultra low mortgage rate in recent years, and selling would mean giving it up. Supply is even more constrained than demand, meaning buyers are competing for a limited pool of homes. That's propping up values for both homes that are already for sale and those that could hit the market in the future.

• An anticipated fall in interest rates and modest economic revival will spur inflows from overseas investors looking to capitalize on “increasingly attractive pricing levels, according to new research from Savills.
• U.S., Israeli, Japanese and Taiwanese investors are set to lead that charge, spearheading a 20% rebound in real estate investment activity in 2024.
• “Certainly, it looks like we’ve gone beyond the worst and we’re having a little bit of creep on the recovery,” Rasheed Hassan, Savills’ head of global cross border investment, told CNBC.

• Inflation in the 20-nation euro zone eased to 2.6% in February, flash figures showed on Friday, but both the headline and core figures were higher than expected.
• Core inflation, stripping out volatile components of energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, was 3.1% — above the 2.9% expected.
• The February figures will be a mixed bag for policymakers, as core inflation is holding above 3% even as the headline rate moves toward the ECB’s 2% target.

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• The personal consumption expenditures price index excluding food and energy costs increased 0.4% for the month and 2.8% from a year ago, as expected.
• Headline PCE, including the volatile food and energy categories, increased 0.3% monthly and 2.4% on a 12-month basis, also in-line.
• Personal income rose 1%, well above the forecast for 0.3%. Spending decreased 0.1% versus the estimate for a 0.2% gain.
• Initial jobless claims totaled 215,000 for the week ended Feb. 24, up 13,000 from the previous period and more than the 210,000 estimate.