In 2007, celebrity power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie purchased this 1800s mansion in New Orleans, sparking a wave of high-profile home buying in the city.

BBC: New Orleans�� film industry blooms

But as China's coastal provinces -- which were first opened for Western-style economic reform in 1979 -- grow more expensive, more companies are moving factories into rural areas, sparking a new wave of development and giving workers more options closer to home.

CNN: China's workforce at a crossroads

Syracuse needs a home grown Under Armour, or White Wave Foods, or Starbucks, relatively new companies whose headquarters provide large numbers of jobs in Baltimore, Dallas and Seattle.

FORBES: Syracuse Can Rise Again, But Only If The Entrepreneurs Return

Sales of new homes are at 47-year lows, down 80% from the number being sold in 2004, and a wave of foreclosed homes will be hitting the market over coming months, giving new home sales even more competition.

FORBES: New Home Sales Were Not A Positive

Questioned about Europe, Mr Cameron confirmed comments by the home secretary in the Sunday Times that a government review was looking at introducing possible controls to limit a new wave of economic migration.

BBC: Conservative conference: Cameron rules out 'mansion tax'