owner-occupiers

With speculators mostly out of the market, owner-occupiers were reluctant to sell, holding down supply and so supporting prices.

Fewer Property Deals Being Done in Hong Kong Polly Hui 2012

If they are owner-occupiers they cannot sell their homes and move, such is the trap they are in.

Landlords to be given new powers to evict 'neighbours from hell' 2011

They're not buying for renting anymore, they're owner-occupiers.

Hardy Irish Souls Tiptoe Quentin Fottrell 2010

SHANGHAI— China Vanke Co., the country's largest property developer by market share, said Monday its third-quarter net profit rose 32% from a year earlier, supported by resilient sales of its mass-market homes as the government's cooling measures have had a smaller effect on purchases by owner-occupiers than those by luxury-home buyers, who often buy for investment purposes.

China Vanke Profit, Revenue Rise Esther Fung 2011

SHANGHAI—China Vanke Co., the country's largest property developer by market share, said Monday its first-half net profit rose 5.9% from a year earlier due to strong housing demand from owner-occupiers amid continuing tightening in the broader property sector.

China Vanke Net Profit Rises 5.9% Esther Fung 2011

But "if there is a triggering event such as a further deterioration of the euro-zone debt woes, owner-occupiers may start selling, resulting in a sudden fall in prices that could be much sharper than in 2008," he said.

Fewer Property Deals Being Done in Hong Kong Polly Hui 2012

Using a simple model, he shows that an increase in the size of required deposit from 5% to 10% may cause the average first time buyer to have to save for an extra four years, leading to a temporary slump in the number of first time buyers and a permanent fall in owner-occupiers.

Osborne Must Move Fast on Housing Simon Nixon 2011

Harley Dale, chief economist at the HIA, said the data were strong evidence that home owner-occupiers and investors may be returning to the home building market, offsetting a drag on the sector from the withdrawal of government stimulus late in 2008.

Australian Economy Shows Recovery James Glynn 2010

The government's tightening measures including higher mortgage rates and down-payment requirements have primarily targeted speculators who are mostly active in the pricier end of the market, rather then the mass-residential sector, which is dominated by owner-occupiers.

Vanke's Property Sales Rise 28% 2010

At the moment, however, this relationship has broken down and it's not hard to see why: the market has been rigged in favour of existing owner-occupiers at the expense of those trying to get on the housing ladder.

House prices have nowhere to go but down 2010