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Cost of living arequipa peru in 2026: a central one-bedroom averages about US$362 a month, less than half the Lima figure, and utilities cost about US$24. The post Cost of Living Arequipa Peru 2026: Less Than Half of Lima appeared first on The Rio Times.
Cost of living punta del este in 2026: a central one-bedroom averages about US$1,094 a month, roughly 49% above the same flat in Montevideo. The post Cost of Living Punta del Este 2026: Half Again Above Montevideo appeared first on The Rio Times.
New US residential construction declined unexpectedly in August to one of the weakest paces since the pandemic, reflecting a plunge in starts of multifamily units.
Bess Freedman, CEO of Brown Harris Stevens, discusses a growing divide between affluent buyers and everyone else in the housing market. In response to a comparison with luxury consumer spending, Freedman says high-end real estate can often keep moving even when broader economic pressures, including Federal Reserve policy and higher mortgage rates, weigh on typical buyers. She speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Hong Kong authorities have rolled out 11 new initiatives to encourage residents to have children, including an expanded cash bonus scheme and a reduced down payment for subsidised housing for parents with newborns. In the latest policy address delivered on Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that the HK$20,000 (US$2,550) newborn bonus scheme, expiring on October 24, would be extended for another three years. He added that the cash bonus for second and subsequent children would...
Hong Kong authorities are expected to provide more incentives to encourage under-enrolled public schools to merge to survive, while announcing housing measures and tax reductions to tackle the falling birth rate in this week’s policy address, the South China Morning Post has learned. A government source told the South China Morning Post that the policy address by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Wednesday would offer additional incentives to encourage the merger of subsidised schools amid the...
Buying property in Argentina as a foreigner is free in cities. Rural land still sits under Law 26.737, which survived repeal and reform. The post Buying Property in Argentina as a Foreigner Legal Rules appeared first on The Rio Times.
European cities will gain more leeway to curb short-term rentals such as Airbnb under new EU plans that aim to bring down housing costs in tourism hotspots. The European Commission laid out conditions on Wednesday under which local authorities can limit short lets, under a proposal seeking to address Europe’s “housing crisis”. “Short-term rentals are a part of the problem in many cities,” Dan Jorgensen, the 27-nation bloc’s housing commissioner, told a press conference in Brussels. Though hugely...
Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japan's land ministry will introduce a program to provide low-interest loans to businesses that renovate vacant houses and offer them as rental housing for families with children and low- and moderate-income households, in a move to facilitate the effective use of empty homes across the country. The increasing number of vacant homes has become a serious problem ...
New Zealand’s ruling National Party pledged to widen access to low-deposit mortgages for first-home buyers if it wins November’s election.
Operators of over 60 per cent of subdivided flats in Hong Kong have applied for a three-year grace period to give themselves more time to comply with a regulatory regime rolled out six months ago, the housing minister has said. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin said on Thursday the applications involved more than 70,000 subdivided units from about 20,000 complete flats, as of Monday. This was more than double the 34,000 applications received as of August 10. Monday marked the deadline for...
A Hong Kong advocacy group has urged the government to let residents use a portion of their mandatory pension savings for home purchases, one of several proposals submitted ahead of the policy address later this month. The Federation of Public Housing Estates noted on Wednesday that recent cuts to administration fees for the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) – the city’s compulsory retirement scheme – would generate higher savings for its 4.8 million members, making this an ideal time to relax...