The program is expected to help in absorbing the supply scheduled to come to the market According to Property Finder, the current short-term visas linked to employment hold back expats from investing and owning real estate in the UAE, with many opting instead to remit their savings back to their home countries. The UAE’s decision […]
UTSUNOMIYA, Japan — The decline seemed unstoppable: Land prices in the city of Utsunomiya fell every single year from 1993 to 2016, dropping more than 70% over that span. Yet, since 2017, prices in the community 100 km north of Tokyo have been rising, albeit at an annual pace of less than 1%. Utsunomiya is […]
A few days ago, the Kenya Bankers Association, released the latest House Price Index (HPI) of the 1st Q of 2019. This report marks clearly the declining trend that the housing market has been experiencing over the last two years in the most incontrovertible and uncontested way, a negative growth of 2.78% marking the weakness of […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives at a Nairobi hotel for the official launch of the Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Image: PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta has launched the Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company in partnership between the government and the private sector. The initiative is aimed at reaching the goal of adequate, safe and […]
Real estate markets in Asia-Pacific grew at a record-breaking pace in the first quarter of this year — thanks in part to China and despite a global decline, according to real estate consultancy JLL. The region recorded a new first-quarter high of $45 billion in real estate transaction volumes, according the company’s Global Capital Flows report for the first quarter of […]
The property market was even more buoyant in the first few months of 2019 than during the “Ramaphoria” period that gripped South Africa at the start of 2018, according to new data from bond originator BetterBond. “Consumers and investors have maintained their enthusiasm for SA real estate even in the face of all the economic […]
he global property boom is over as slowing growth, high prices and rising risks point to the end of the long recovery from the financial crisis, UBS has warned. Rock-bottom interest rates have kept prices rising but the result is that buyers are stretched and are facing record low returns on investment in prime property. Prices […]
The Bank of England now expects property prices to fall by 1.25 per cent this year, after predicting a 0.25 per cent annual increase in February. In its latest inflation report, the Bank said property price growth had been weak since the 2016 EU referendum, adding that ‘Brexit-related uncertainties’, as well as other factors, had […]
Britain’s housing market suffered a fifth month of “subdued” growth in the face of continued Brexit uncertainty, but first-time buyers showed signs of life, Nationwide reported. House prices were just 0.9pc higher in April than the same month last year, although this was an improvement on the 0.7pc annual growth seen in March. April marked the fifth month in a row that growth […]
GETTY When we come across a market overflowing with two years’ worth of inventory supply, we’re sure of one thing: Real estate prices have hit their lowest. As supply increases across major cities in America, buyers can afford to patiently scout for the right investment opportunities. Gone are the days of fighting over a limited […]
