#real estate
articles
Real Estate Without Keys: Russia’s Wealthy Shift to Closed-End Property Funds
Falling rates are reviving property investment, but wealthy Russians increasingly use closed-end real estate funds for s...
Asunción Bets on Block-Scale Regeneration to Repopulate Its Historic Centre
Paraguay is using state land, tax incentives and higher housing finance limits to lure residents back to central Asunció...
Shabsels Bankruptcy Puts 50 Properties Across 22 States Up for Sale
The failed Shabsels real estate operation is selling roughly 50 Damis Holdings properties, from offices and apartments t...
San Francisco Condos Catch Up as Buyers Pay 26% Over Asking and Investor Deals Surge
Condo sales jump 25% year-over-year while multifamily trades surpass the previous three years combined, but new Fannie M...
Evergrande Founder Gets Life Sentence as Court Accepts Mainland Liquidation
A Guangzhou court has accepted liquidation of Evergrande's mainland property unit as founder Hui Ka Yan begins a life se...
Spence School’s Madison Avenue Expansion Stalls as Landmarks Commission Pushes Back
The private all-girls school’s plan to add classrooms and a nearly 40-foot vertical expansion to Carnegie Hill rowhouses...
Argentine Developers Turn to In-House Finance as Mortgage Credit Stalls
Facing sluggish sales and scarce bank mortgages, Argentine developers are offering their own payment plans of up to six ...
Bowery Grand Hotel Sells for $8.4M as NYC Files $121M in Deals
A 104-deal, $121M day in New York City included an $8.4M Lower East Side hotel sale, a Tribeca condo sold at a loss, and...
Texas GOP's Anti-Muslim Bills Converge on a 400-Acre Real Estate Project
Lawmakers, state officials and a new 'Sharia Free Texas' caucus are targeting a 400-acre Muslim-led master-planned commu...
Police and Fire Groups Oppose Florida's Property Tax Amendment 3
Florida's property tax amendment is drawing organized opposition from police, fire and sheriff groups over public safety...
Slovaks Are House-Rich but Cash-Poor, NBS Wealth Data Show
Slovak households hold most of their wealth in housing, with a median home value of about €120,000 against just €4,100 i...
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...
Franklin Templeton CEE Director: Property Is for Living, Not Investing, in a War-Risk Era
Kamil Mikołajczak, CEE sales director at Franklin Templeton, explains what a middle-class 40-year-old should do with sto...
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...
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...
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...
Peru Has No Law for Collapsed Buildings — But Owners May Still Recover Land
Peru has no specific regulation for residential building collapses, so owners would retain a land share. Selling, rentin...
Heatwaves Turn Top-Floor Paris Flats Into 'Ovens' and Reshape Home Searches
Estate agents say shutters, air conditioning and sun-protected layouts are now top search criteria as France faces its f...
Russia’s New-Build Prices Trail Inflation as Mass Discounts Stay Off the Table
Primary-market prices rose 3.6% in H1 2026, below 4.2% inflation. Analysts see no mass discounts, but demand is shifting...
Cotality: Wildfire Risk Threatens $1.4 Trillion in Western Property Value
Cotality’s 2026 Wildfire Risk Report finds 2.5 million western homes face moderate or higher hazard, with $1.4 trillion ...
Egypt Rail Investment Arm MOT to Offer 6,000 Sqm of Land to Private Developers
MOT, the Egyptian National Railways investment arm, will offer two land plots totalling 6,000 sqm in Qena and Gharbia in...
Two-Bedroom Compact Units Now Over Half of São Paulo Launches as Middle Class Downsizes
With 54% of new units in São Paulo being compact two-bedroom apartments, the expansion of Minha Casa, Minha Vida and hig...
Brazilian Investors Face Pricier, More Selective Residency Paths as Golden Visas Ditch Real Estate
A new global ranking shows investment-based residency programs are moving away from passive property purchases toward ac...
Egypt Eyes US Investment in New Cities and Water Desalination Projects
Housing minister Randa Al-Minshawi and the US chargé d'affaires discussed opportunities for US companies in Egypt’s urba...
Soilbuild Sues Brookfield Over Alleged Broken Joint Venture in $419M Singapore Deal
Singapore billionaire Lim Chap Huat’s Soilbuild Group alleges Brookfield used its due diligence work to win a solo bid f...
Nitya Capital Rescues Dallas Apartments from Foreclosure via Morgan Stanley Refinancing
Houston syndicator Swapnil Agarwal’s Nitya Capital refinanced The Interlace, a 432-unit Dallas apartment complex, with a...
Zuckerberg, Bezos, and the $170M Home: Inside Miami's Ultra-Luxury Real Estate Boom
How pandemic-era migration, Florida's tax incentives, and a stampede of tech billionaires turned Miami into the world's ...
Kokeza and Babović Linked to Genesis Capital as DK Acquisition Snaps Up Belgrade Block 26 Project for 1.1bn Dinars
A newly formed company has bought the bankrupt Genesis Capital, gaining a 2005 joint-construction agreement in New Belgr...
Spain’s Housing Market Splits: Interior Provinces Surge as Big Cities Cool
Home sales fell 2.6% in the first half of 2026, but the national figure masks a stark divide: affordable interior provin...
Spanish Home Sales Rebound 1.6% in June as New Builds Lead the Charge
Spanish housing transactions rose 1.6% year-on-year in June, snapping a five-month decline, with new-build sales surging...