
U.S. new home sales fall in December
Sales of U.S. newly-constructed homes fell more than projected in December.

Japan books 3.25 bln USD goods trade surplus in December
Japan logged a goods trade surplus of 359.0 billion yen (3.25 billion U.S. dollars) in December.

Nervous investors wiped more than half a billion dollars off real estate business Domain.

U.S. Congress approves bill to end gov't shutdown
The U.S. Congress on Monday approved a stopgap spending bill to end a three-day government shutdown.