Rentals homes halved in 10 years; Realtors plea with Minister to intervene

2 days, 3 hours ago

Property values to go up in Vizag from New Year

From New Year 2025, existing property owners can enjoy increased property value, but new buyers will have to shell out increased property registration charges as the State government has decided to revise existing property rates, except in Kurmannapalem area in the city. Before the new rates come into force from January 1, 2025, the government had already announced its decision …

Property Value Rates

1 week, 5 days ago

Developers, investors commit to 100,000 new homes plan

Dutch News

Housing minister Mona Keijzer, housing corporations, developers and investors have signed an agreement aimed at speeding up the construction of new housing and meeting government targets of 100,000 new homes a year. Keijzer is continuing the previous government’s commitment to build 100,000 new homes a year, of which 66% will be affordable rentals or owner occupier properties with a price …

Housing Keijzer Homes Plan

1 week, 6 days ago

Rental costs up £3,240 a year on average since end of pandemic

The Independent

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1 week, 6 days ago

Letters to the Editor: I was a small landlord who gave up on L.A. because of draconian rent rules

LA Times

To the editor: After reading your editorial on a new rent-control proposal in the city of Los Angeles, I remain convinced that the City Council, the mayor and the Housing Department do not get it. These draconian rent control policies are forcing out landlords who want to do the right thing by their tenants and can no longer afford to …

Landlord Los Angeles Rent Landlords

1 week, 6 days ago

40% of housing construction projects halted by two-thirds affordable requirement

NL Times

The construction of 40 percent of new homes is currently at a standstill because of the government requirement that two-thirds of newly constructed homes must be affordable. The surveyed project developers told CBRE that 60 percent of stalled projects could be realized if the affordability requirement was scrapped. According to Taco van Hoek of the EIB, the government must create …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

New housing target missed again last year, CBS figures show

Dutch News

The total number of apartments and houses in the Netherlands grew by nearly 82,000 last year, down 20% on the government’s target, according to new figures from national statistics office CBS. Of them, 52,200 were properties for sale, 20,200 were rental homes owned by the private sector and 8,400 were built by housing corporations, which own most of the country’s …

Properties Private Rental Homes

2 weeks, 6 days ago

An affordable home in Amsterdam attracts 450 hopeful tenants

Dutch News

The average mid-market rental property coming on the market in Amsterdam has 450 potential tenants and fewer and fewer empty homes are available for rent, the Parool reported on Wednesday. “The shortage in the mid-market sector and the enormous demand are becoming increasingly visible,” said Pararius chief executive Jasper de Groot. There is, he says, a direct link between the …

Rent Pararius

Mid-range renters out of luck in big cities; 450 candidates per home in Amsterdam

NL Times

People looking for a mid-range rental home in one of the Netherlands’ five large cities are increasingly out of luck. The development in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, and Eindhoven show the massive amount of pressure on the rental market, Pararius director Jasper de Groot told Parool. The five large cities have a high concentration of tenants and landlords and …

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House prices rise again, transactions up 15% on last year

Dutch News

Dutch house prices were up 11.5% in October when compared to October 2023, and that is the biggest increase in two years, national statistics agency CBS said on Friday. House prices have been rising steadily since July 2023 after previously peaking in June 2022. Earlier this week the Kadaster land registry office said small landlords are selling more of their …

Cbs House Prices

1 month ago

Minister defends 4.5 percent rent increase amid tenant advocacy pushback

NL Times

Housing Minister Mona Keijzer has rejected calls from tenant advocacy groups to reduce the proposed 4.5 percent rent increase for social housing tenants. The Woonbond, the Netherlands’ largest tenant advocacy group, recently withdrew from negotiations, calling the increase excessive and a burden on renters already grappling with the housing crisis. “The government has spent years systematically dismantling the social housing …

Tenants Increase Housing Rents Woonbond Keijzer Woonopstand Tenant Advocacy

1 month ago

Small landlords are selling more homes as rent controls bite

Dutch News

Small landlords are selling more of their homes, particularly in the biggest Dutch cities, but overall the number of rental properties in the Netherlands is stable, according to new figures from the Kadaster land registry. In the third quarter of this year, small landlords sold 3,550 properties to owner-occupiers, and that is the highest number in 10 years. New housing …

Landlords Rent Controls Controls Bite Rent Controls Bite Small Landlords

1 month ago

Landlords still selling off property, but total number of rentals stable: Land Registry

NL Times

Investors sold more homes than they bought in the third quarter of this year, the Land Registry reports. In the four largest cities, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht, private investors sold over 1,700 homes and bought fewer than 300. Business investors sold just as many homes and bought around 750. According to the Land Registry, the introduction of purchase …

Homes New Construction Land Investors Sold Number Private

1 month ago

Preferential tax policies to boost home sales

China Daily

Preferential taxation policies unveiled by Shanghai and Beijing are expected to further enable the recovery of local real estate markets by lowering purchase costs and boosting market confidence, industry analysts said on Tuesday. The new policies will reduce personal income taxes and deed taxes in home transactions, which can make trading costs more reasonable and help in stabilizing market expectations," …

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Preferential tax policies to boost home sales

China Daily

By WANG YING in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-20 11:08 A building under construction in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY Preferential taxation policies unveiled by Shanghai and Beijing are expected to further enable the recovery of local real estate markets by lowering purchase costs and boosting market confidence, industry analysts said on Tuesday. "The policies, which are aligned with the …

Housing Tax Shanghai Beijing Zhang Liu Policies

Preferential tax policies to boost home sales

China Daily

A building under construction in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY Preferential taxation policies unveiled by Shanghai and Beijing are expected to further enable the recovery of local real estate markets by lowering purchase costs and boosting market confidence, industry analysts said on Tuesday. "The policies, which are aligned with the central government's deployment, have shown the municipal governments' resolution in stabilizing the …

Housing Market Tax Shanghai Beijing Zhang Liu

Preferential tax policies to boost home sales

China Daily

A building under construction in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY Preferential taxation policies unveiled by Shanghai and Beijing are expected to further enable the recovery of local real estate markets by lowering purchase costs and boosting market confidence, industry analysts said on Tuesday. "The policies, which are aligned with the central government's deployment, have shown the municipal governments' resolution in stabilizing the …

Housing Market Tax Shanghai Beijing Zhang Liu

1 month, 1 week ago

Preferential tax policy implemented to spur residential property sector

China Daily

By WANG YING in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-15 09:06 Preferential tax policies — including lowering transaction costs — have been announced to actively support housing demand and ease financial strain among real estate developers, according to an announcement jointly published by the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Taxation and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Housing crisis leaves Victorian town Castlemaine with just 10 homes to rent

ABC

In the past year, Shantelle Podhaczky has made a bed in all sorts of places including train stations, and on the loungeroom floors of her friends' houses. Heather Holst says more social housing is "the one big solution" that will fix the rental crisis. Ms Holst said an adequate supply of social housing was "the one big solution" that would …

Housing Market Australia Social Housing Tenancy Castlemaine Tyrone

1 month, 3 weeks ago

What Rachel Reeves’s Budget really means for the housing market

The Independent

Rachel Reeves’s measures in the Budget will undoubtedly have an impact on homeowners, aspiring buyers and landlords – but there were probably fewer drastic changes than many people anticipated. In a move that directly targets landlords and wealthier homeowners, the chancellor confirmed that stamp duty for second homes will increase from 3 per cent to 5 per cent from 31 …

London Tax Budget Second Stamp Duty Landlords Second Homes

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Number of house sales in pipeline at highest in four years, says Zoopla

The Independent

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2 months ago

‘Buyers’ market’ as property asking prices rise more slowly than usual

The Independent

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Growth Market Property Budget Price Last Year Buyers

2 months ago

Corporate Landlord Scrutiny: Kamala Harris Aims to Take on Billionaires and Drive Down Housing Costs

CNN

Vice President Kamala Harris has pledged to take on corporate landlords and address the issue of housing affordability. Her campaign promises to provide down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers and to drive new housing construction. However, the extent to which corporate investors have a significant impact on the housing market is unclear, as they are a relatively small share of …

Government Law Economy Housing affordability Atlanta

2 months, 1 week ago

Asking rents ‘hit fresh records but more properties undergoing price reductions’

The Independent

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Sign Last Year Reductions Rightmove Rents Hit Fresh Records

2 months, 1 week ago

Harris and Vance have found a new culprit for the housing crisis

Politico

Industry experts, however, say kicking investors out of the housing market is exactly the wrong approach. “Nobody wants to run for office saying the reason young people can’t buy their first homes is old people are staying in them too long or paying all cash — that would be politically suicidal.” The battle underscores a broader political dynamic at play, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Victoria sees record fall in rental stock as investors leave the state

ABC

Victoria is experiencing the sharpest fall in rental stock since record keeping began in 1999, suggesting an investor sell-off is gaining pace. PIPA Victoria board director Cate Bakos said legislative changes around minimum rental standards and increased land taxes were driving investors from the state. Rents plateauing despite falling stock CoreLogic head of research Tim Lawless labelled falls in rental …

Property Stock Fall State Investors Cent Melbourne

2 months, 1 week ago

Endorsement: No on Proposition 33. This rent control measure could make the housing shortage worse

LA Times

In California, about 55% of renters pay more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities. A 1995 state law called the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act restricts local governments’ ability to expand rent control, and there have been multiple efforts, including two unsuccessful ballot initiatives, to amend or repeal it. More than 20 cities and counties in California, including …

Housing Cities Control California Los Angeles Counties Proposition

2 months, 3 weeks ago

To renovate an apartment — and not jack up the rent: These property owners have found a way

LA Times

Mariana Puche Hernandez in front of her apartment in East Los Angeles that’s been renovated and kept affordable by a local community land trust. A recent Times investigation found U.S. public pensions are investing billions of dollars into riskier real estate funds that acquire apartment buildings, renovate them and, on average, raise rent faster than other landlords in the surrounding …

Community Property Money California Los Angeles Units Public

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Number of house sales was 5% higher in August than a year earlier

The Independent

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Market Mortgage Rates

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nearly a fifth of homes on the market have previously been rented – Rightmove

The Independent

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Homes Sale Landlords Rental Rightmove

3 months, 3 weeks ago

High rents are forcing small businesses into tough choices like raising prices or changing location

Associated Press

NEW YORK — While many costs have come down for small business, rents remain high and in some cases are still rising, forcing many owners into some uncomfortable decisions. “Every time the rent goes up, we have to raise prices, to keep up with the cost,” said Adelita Valentine, owner of HairFreek Barbers in Los Angeles. “A lot of people …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 1 in 10 homes in the US are worth $1 million or more — a record high

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Realty draws hope from data

China Daily

A residential property project is under construction in Hefei, Anhui province. The sector is required to implement the new measures well, aim to promote the stable and healthy development of the property market, digest the existing inventories, optimize the newly developed properties, actively support the acquisition of existing commercial housing for government-subsidized housing, ensure the delivery of residential properties and …

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4 months, 1 week ago

China's property market shows signs of warming despite price drop

China Daily

A realty agent introduces a residential property model to a potential homebuyer in Hai'an, Jiangsu province. XU JINBAI/FOR CHINA DAILY BEIJING - Major Chinese cities saw home prices fall in July compared to the previous month, though the declines continued to narrow, aided by favorable policies, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics released on Thursday. While those …

China Housing Property Cities Price Points Sector Nbs

5 months ago

More signs that the Dutch rental housing market is shrinking

Dutch News

More evidence has emerged that small private landlords are selling their rental homes because of tough new rules on rent controls and higher taxes, according to figures from estate agents association NVM and landlords lobby group VGM. “They are unable to buy their rental flat, and they face murderous competition to find another affordable home.” “We hope the new housing …

Rent Rental Nvm

5 months ago

More signs that the Dutch rental housing market is shrinking

Dutch News

More evidence has emerged that small private landlords are selling their rental homes because of tough new rules on rent controls and higher taxes, according to figures from estate agents association NVM and landlords lobby group VGM. “They are unable to buy their rental flat, and they face murderous competition to find another affordable home.” “We hope the new housing …

Rent Rental Nvm

5 months ago

It won’t be popular, but there’s only one answer to tackling soaring rents

The Independent

Despite the efforts of successive governments, the dream of home ownership has grown more and more out of reach for years. However, the above figure for average rents, covering the second quarter of the year from property website Rightmove, is up nearly 7 per cent compared with a year earlier. True, the pace of increase has slowed a bit – …

London Labour Cent Rents Rent Rightmove

5 months ago

Buy-to-let mortgage market shrinks for the first time in almost three decades

The Telegraph

The value of buy-to-let mortgages has shrunk for the first time in three decades as soaring borrowing costs and strict lending rules force landlords to exit the market. Data from UK Finance showed the number of outstanding mortgages to landlords has fallen for the first time since 1996, when bespoke loans for property investors were first introduced. There were a …

Uk Finance Landlords Risked Outstanding Mortgages

5 months, 1 week ago

Rental housing supply plunges while rents for new contracts soar

Dutch News

The number of rental homes not covered by strict income rules has plunged by a third on a year ago, while rents for new contracts are up almost 10%, according to new research by housing platform Pararius. The drop means home hunters using the Pararius website have almost 7,000 fewer rental properties to choose from than they did a year …

Rent Rental Housing Supply Pararius

5 months, 1 week ago

Rental housing supply plunges while rents for new contracts soar

Dutch News

The number of rental homes not covered by strict income rules has plunged by a third on a year ago, while rents for new contracts are up almost 10%, according to new research by housing platform Pararius. The drop means home hunters using the Pararius website have almost 7,000 fewer rental properties to choose from than they did a year …

Rent Rental Pararius

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Housing association: Lack of affordable housing cannot be solved with expensive rents

NL Times

The lack of affordable housing cannot be solved with expensive rental apartments, according to the housing association, which defends the interests of tenants and people looking for housing. An investigation by the real estate association also revealed that the so-called "sold-out" houses are often expensive rental properties. The NVM is concerned about the lack of alternatives for tenants who cannot …

Housing Association Nvm Expensive Rental

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Your guide to Proposition 33: Effort to expand rent control

LA Times

Both sides have accused each other of misleading advertising. In it, the speaker — identified as a renter and single mom — says that “33 repeals a hundred affordable housing laws, including the nation’s strongest rent control law” — a reference to the state rent cap law. Instead, the measure only removes prohibitions that currently bar municipalities from expanding rent …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

House prices likely to rise more slowly than household incomes, says Zoopla

The Independent

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Real estate sector hopes for continued govt support for affordable housing, increase in corpus for SWAMIH Fund in Budget

Hindustan Times

With the Union Budget 2024-25 set to be tabled next month, the real estate sector hopes that interest stimulants previously extended to homebuyers and developers of affordable housing that have expired in the last two years would be renewed to give a boost to the segment. With the Union Budget 2024-25 set to be tabled next month, the real estate …

Homes Credit Budget Urban Fund Estate Real

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Home owners selling up and making hundreds of thousands of dollars

ABC

In short: Median profit made on a home sale was $265,000 in March quarter. Australian property resales reached their highest rate of profitability, since July 2010, in the first quarter of the year, according to CoreLogic's Pain & Gain, March Quarter 2024 report. "Despite the slight drop off in the median nominal gain, the rate of sellers making a profit …

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6 months ago

Yellen announces efforts to boost the housing supply as high prices create a crunch

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced new steps to increase access to affordable housing as still-high prices on groceries and other necessities and high interest rates have dramatically pushed up the cost of living in the post-pandemic years. The investments include providing $100 million through a new fund to support affordable housing financing over the next three years, boosting the …

Housing Congress Trump Treasury Biden Yellen Affordable

6 months ago

Yellen announces efforts to boost the housing supply as high prices create a crunch

LA Times

The Biden administration announced new steps to increase access to affordable housing as still-high prices on groceries and other necessities and high interest rates have dramatically pushed up the cost of living in the post-pandemic-emergency years. They include providing $100 million through a new fund to support affordable housing financing over the next three years, boosting the Federal Financing Bank’s …

Housing Congress Trump Biden Yellen Affordable High Prices

6 months ago

Homebuyers tempted by small, older inner-city properties

China Daily

Once shunned by the market, small and older homes, typically referring to secondhand properties in core urban areas with a history of over 20 years, are now gaining popularity in China due to improved affordability and favorable financing conditions. There has been a noticeable increase in inquiries and transactions for small and older homes, said Chen Yingjie, an agent at …

Homes Properties Estate Real Hangzhou Chengdu Small Older

6 months, 1 week ago

Broker fee ban for renters: New York City real estate agents are losing their minds right now.

Slate

Hundreds of real estate brokers were spilling off the sidewalk and into the street around New York City Hall. Everyone in attendance was gathered to object to a New York City Council bill that would save tenants from having to pay fees to real estate brokers who were hired by landlords—i.e., brokers that tenants did not hire. The New York …

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Rentals homes halved in 10 years; Realtors plea with Minister to intervene

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