Because St. Maarten has only about 37,500 residents, he said, it responded like a niche market to the crisis, with prices leveling off but not dropping precipitously.
"I do think you'll see prices leveling off for a while, because of the war and the economy," Ms. Klemm said.
With home prices leveling off and the Federal Reserve pushing up interest rates, that big source of consumer credit may be on the verge of shrinking sharply.
Moreover, there is lots of price-leveling competition: The mall has 55 stores, for example, selling nothing but women's shoes.
THE real estate market in the New York metropolitan region has stepped down from its relentless quest for historic peaks to a sort of high-altitude base camp, several observers of housing trends say, with price increases leveling off -- somewhat -- and demand moderating.
Price increases, leveling off of speed increases, less privacy, more tracking - on all services.
Analysts said the surveys show that California's gas prices are leveling off after nearly two months of increases, but they noted that gasoline prices tend to rise fast and fall slowly.
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The thefts are likely to continue until gas prices begin leveling off, Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.
