Most scientists involved in making the fat-busting drugs of the future believe that a commercially viable option is at least ten years away, but we do know a bit about how they might work.
With few homes on the market - and fewer still at prices that buyers can afford - sales of existing homes have fallen more than 15 percent in the past year, to their lowest level in over a decade.
In its most prosperous cities, already giddy prices continue to shoot up, while unsold flats pile up in markets where valuations were low to begin with.