Which of the following statements is true according to what you hear?

In several metropolitan areas, from Miami to Riverside, Calif. , where the real estate market is white hot, rapidly rising prices are luring a growing number of ordinary people into buying and selling residences they do not intend to occupy, despite warnings from some economists that prices cannot continue to rise as steeply as they have in the last few years.

Controversy has arisen over policing the new anti-smoking law.   Bar and restaurant owners face hefty fines of up to nearly 3,000 dollars if any of their clients light up. Many say they will refuse to call the police to deal with transgressors who also face a 350-dollar fine.