Real estate attracts investors amid stock market slump
Investors shift from volatile stocks to property with May existing home sales at 5.75 million annual rate, REIT inflows surge to 2.7 billion since January. Chicago area buyers report rising demand as mortgage rates around 6.5 percent sustain activity. Real estate seen as stability in uncertain markets with first-time and second-home buyers diversifying portfolios.
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AP reports New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin launched a graft crackdown targeting auto inspection and taxi licensing agencies. A dawn roundup shut the auto inspection office with 20 employees expected to be implicated. eighty four people faced warrants, mostly taxi drivers, with bribe, fraud and malfeasance charges. Two city officials were fired, one arrested, amid claims of bribery to award taxi permits and overlook safety rules.
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