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2010-11-21 — bloomberg.com
"Financial Secretary John Tsang on Nov. 19 announced some of the toughest measures yet in a yearlong battle to rein in home values that soared more than 50 percent since the beginning of 2009, sparking outcries that housing was becoming unaffordable and prompting the International Monetary Fund to warn last week that asset inflation may derail the city’s economy."
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