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Cormac Doyle

Property Reporter

253 Articles

About Cormac

Cormac reports on real estate: house prices, rents, construction activity and the financing conditions that drive all three. He tries to keep the difference between a market story and a supply story visible, and follows how policy changes reach buyers, renters and builders.

Areas of Expertise

Housing markets commercial property construction financing

Latest Articles

Bulgarian Housing Construction Loses Momentum After Strong Start to 2026
Real Estate

Bulgarian Housing Construction Loses Momentum After Strong Start to 2026

Bulgarian municipalities issued fewer housing permits in Q2 2026 than in Q1, but annual activity remains high, data show...

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How to Choose a Russian Residential Property That Actually Holds Value
Real Estate

How to Choose a Russian Residential Property That Actually Holds Value

Residential property can be a stable long-term asset, but not every flat beats inflation. The key is location, entry pri...

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ARA Hires Former NAR Lobbyist John Blount to Lead Federal Advocacy Push
Real Estate

ARA Hires Former NAR Lobbyist John Blount to Lead Federal Advocacy Push

The American Real Estate Association has hired John Blount, a former NAR lobbying chief, to turn its 30,000 members and ...

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Northeast Metros Dominate Hottest US Housing Markets as Inventory Stays Tight
Real Estate

Northeast Metros Dominate Hottest US Housing Markets as Inventory Stays Tight

Rochester, Hartford, Boston and Buffalo lead the nation in single-family market heat, with supply as low as one month an...

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Real and RE/MAX Shareholders Approve Merger, Forming Real RE/MAX Group
Real Estate

Real and RE/MAX Shareholders Approve Merger, Forming Real RE/MAX Group

Real and RE/MAX shareholders approved the acquisition, and closing is expected in about two weeks pending a British Colu...

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Reverse Mortgage Industry Asks CFPB for Dollar-Based Loan Disclosures
Real Estate

Reverse Mortgage Industry Asks CFPB for Dollar-Based Loan Disclosures

NRMLA wants the CFPB to replace percentage-based TALC tables with dollar illustrations and merge TILA and HECM disclosur...

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Asunción Turns to an 11-Year Urban Manual to Rebuild Its Historic Core by 2037
Real Estate

Asunción Turns to an 11-Year Urban Manual to Rebuild Its Historic Core by 2037

A new design code, a US$105m World Bank programme and an awarded first construction phase aim to repopulate Paraguay's c...

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Shau Kei Wan Tenant's Year with Mould: Five Steps to Document and Recover
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Shau Kei Wan Tenant's Year with Mould: Five Steps to Document and Recover

A tenant says a HK$11,000-a-month Shau Kei Wan flat leaked from day one and was overtaken by black-green mould. The case...

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Hong Kong Home Prices Slip 0.84% as Weak Sales Pressure All Districts; Rents Rise for Third Week
Real Estate

Hong Kong Home Prices Slip 0.84% as Weak Sales Pressure All Districts; Rents Rise for Third Week

Hong Kong's home price index fell 0.84% to 120.79 as weak new-project sales pushed owners to widen discounts, while rent...

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DFW Industrial Leasing Sets First-Half Record at 40.3M SF on Data Center Demand
Real Estate

DFW Industrial Leasing Sets First-Half Record at 40.3M SF on Data Center Demand

Dallas-Fort Worth signed more than 72M SF of new industrial leases over 12 months, pushed average rents up 13% to $9.19 ...

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Long Island IDA Housing Tax Breaks Face Mounting Opposition as Supply Gap Widens
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Long Island IDA Housing Tax Breaks Face Mounting Opposition as Supply Gap Widens

Developers warn that moves to strip housing from IDA charters could stall multifamily projects in a region already permi...

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Norway's Builders Lose Polish Workers as Germany Faces 400,000 Construction Job Gaps
Real Estate

Norway's Builders Lose Polish Workers as Germany Faces 400,000 Construction Job Gaps

A NAV-backed survey puts Norway's skilled construction shortfall at 4,750 workers, while Germany reports up to 400,000 m...

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A $4.95 Million Condo Noise Suit Has Kept a Brooklyn Bridge Park Restroom Closed for Six Years
Real Estate

A $4.95 Million Condo Noise Suit Has Kept a Brooklyn Bridge Park Restroom Closed for Six Years

One Pierhouse owner's fight over flushing toilets and hand dryers turned into 382 court filings, two sound tests with op...

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New York’s Flood Defenses Are Coming Into View, but the Hardest Work Is Still Ahead
Real Estate

New York’s Flood Defenses Are Coming Into View, but the Hardest Work Is Still Ahead

From East River Park’s flood walls to Red Hook’s raised courtyards, New York is rebuilding for storms. The real challeng...

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Monarch Sells 153-Unit Golden Complex for $32M as It Exits Colorado
Real Estate

Monarch Sells 153-Unit Golden Complex for $32M as It Exits Colorado

Las Vegas-based Sierra Parkway paid about $209,000 per unit for Fox Hill Apartments. Monarch cites expiring depreciation...

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Heron Bay's 3,100-Home HOA Delays Rules Vote After Packed Meeting Backlash
Real Estate

Heron Bay's 3,100-Home HOA Delays Rules Vote After Packed Meeting Backlash

A chaotic, in-person-only meeting at one of Broward's largest HOAs forced the master board to delay proposed leasing and...

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Minor International Puts $1 Billion Singapore Hotel REIT on Hold
Real Estate

Minor International Puts $1 Billion Singapore Hotel REIT on Hold

The Bangkok-based hotel group blames inflation, interest-rate uncertainty and Middle East conflict for the indefinite de...

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Kazakhstan's secondary commercial property market carries hidden legal defects in up to 25% of assets
Real Estate

Kazakhstan's secondary commercial property market carries hidden legal defects in up to 25% of assets

Buyers of Kazakh business premises risk inheriting land-use, servitude and unauthorised-rebuild liabilities. A full lega...

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Slovak Retail Pipeline Adds 56,000 sqm by Year-End as Mall Rents Rise 11%
Real Estate

Slovak Retail Pipeline Adds 56,000 sqm by Year-End as Mall Rents Rise 11%

CBRE Slovakia reports 10 new retail projects, mostly western retail parks, as prime mall rents hit €78/sqm and tenant sa...

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Saudi Arabia Details Licensing Steps for Egyptian Contractors Eyeing Vision 2030 Projects
Real Estate

Saudi Arabia Details Licensing Steps for Egyptian Contractors Eyeing Vision 2030 Projects

Saudi Arabia's investment ministry has published the licensing pathway Egyptian construction firms must follow to regist...

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Egypt Sets Compensation Rules for Owners of Distinctive-Style Buildings
Real Estate

Egypt Sets Compensation Rules for Owners of Distinctive-Style Buildings

Egypt's cabinet approves a framework for compensating owners of architecturally distinctive buildings barred from demoli...

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MBA: Q2 Delinquencies Ease to 4.37%, Yet FHA Serious Arrears Jump
Real Estate

MBA: Q2 Delinquencies Ease to 4.37%, Yet FHA Serious Arrears Jump

MBA data shows the Q2 2026 mortgage delinquency rate fell to 4.37%, but serious delinquencies rose for a fourth straight...

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Egypt Opens Investor Applications for 10th of Ramadan Land Before 15 August
Real Estate

Egypt Opens Investor Applications for 10th of Ramadan Land Before 15 August

The housing ministry is offering investment plots in Hada'iq 10th of Ramadan under a usufruct system, with a 15 August d...

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L&G Enters U.S. Development With 201-Unit Multifamily Project in Concord, Mass.
Real Estate

L&G Enters U.S. Development With 201-Unit Multifamily Project in Concord, Mass.

London-based L&G will start construction this fall on its first U.S. ground-up development, a 201-unit Concord project w...

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Halo Vista Developers Launch 780K SF Industrial Push to Court TSMC Suppliers
Real Estate

Halo Vista Developers Launch 780K SF Industrial Push to Court TSMC Suppliers

Mack Real Estate Group and McCourt Partners are launching 780K SF of industrial space at Halo Vista, directly targeting ...

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Houston Luxury Home Sales Jump 9.4% as Active Listings Hit Record
Real Estate

Houston Luxury Home Sales Jump 9.4% as Active Listings Hit Record

Sales of $1 million-plus homes rose 9.4% in July while Houston set an active-listings record of 40,750—evidence of a mor...

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Atlantic Pacific Leases Two Miami-Dade Public Sites for 614 Apartments
Real Estate

Atlantic Pacific Leases Two Miami-Dade Public Sites for 614 Apartments

Two land-lease deals would let Atlantic Pacific Companies add 364 income-restricted school-site apartments and 250 Overt...

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Hillwood Closes 618 Acres for $1.2B Lantern Community Near Pilot Point
Real Estate

Hillwood Closes 618 Acres for $1.2B Lantern Community Near Pilot Point

Ross Perot Jr.'s Hillwood has acquired the land for Lantern, a 2,000-home community near Pilot Point, and will delay con...

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LA County ADU Construction Hits Record, Making Up 38% of New Housing in 2025
Real Estate

LA County ADU Construction Hits Record, Making Up 38% of New Housing in 2025

USC: LA County completed 10,230 ADUs in 2025, or 37.5% of new housing, but the region remains far short of its 812,000-u...

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DePaul’s $42M Athletic Facility Leads Chicago’s Weekly Construction Permits
Real Estate

DePaul’s $42M Athletic Facility Leads Chicago’s Weekly Construction Permits

A $42.4 million DePaul athletic center, a 73-unit Lincoln Square addition and a Digital Realty data-center upgrade headl...

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