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30.01.26 - 14:00
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The Guardian view on leasehold reform: Labour must stand up to property investors | Editorial (The Guardian)
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A ground rent cap is a good start, but ministers need to go further in reforming an unjust systemChanges to lease agreements, leading to steeply increasing ground rents over recent years, are an outrage. An estimated 18% of leaseholders in England and Wales – around 1m households – have a so-called “modern ground rent” lease, with escalating charges that make it impossible in many cases to remortgage or sell. Cost-of-living pressures, including food and energy price rises, make it all the more urgent that their situation is addressed. Angela Rayner was right to argue in the Guardian last week that ministers must pick a side.This market should never have been allowed to develop in the way that it has. An investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority found no evidence that leaseholders get anything for these annual fees – which are separate from service charges that pay for the maintenance of common areas. Campaigners for leasehold abolition are right that the rent-seeking behaviour of fr...
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30.01.26 - 12:24
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UK Mortgage Approvals Lowest Since Mid-2024 (AFX)
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LONDON (dpa-AFX) - UK mortgage approvals declined to the lowest in one-and-a-half years in December, the Bank of England reported Friday.Net mortgage approvals for house purchase fell by 3,100 to ......
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30.01.26 - 12:12
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Hang Lung flags ′tough slog′ for property, as it looks to mainland malls for growth (SCMP)
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Hong Kong developer Hang Lung Properties is pinning its medium-term outlook on a recovery in mainland Chinese consumption, even as it warned that both the city's and China's property markets remain under strain.
The commercial landlord, residential developer and hotel owner said it expected a “tough slog” for the broader sector despite signs of improvement in operating conditions, particularly in the second half of the year.
Net profit attributable to shareholders fell 16 per cent to HK$1.8......
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30.01.26 - 08:42
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Berlin′s Real Estate Market: Socialism On The Rise (ZeroHedge)
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Berlin's Real Estate Market: Socialism On The Rise
Submitted by Thomas Kolbe
Germany's debt crisis continues to tighten the political leeway of the Federal Republic. The latest push by Berlin's SPD for stricter real estate regulation clearly signals the direction ahead: Parties at the brink are choosing state-controlled economics over a market-driven turnaround.
The German capital, Berlin, functions as a political testing ground and as ground zero for the united left of the Federal Republic. Like a magnifying glass, Berlin's state politics reveal the broader response patterns of German politics to current social and economic challenges. The city's real estate market now demonstrates trends likely to define the political character of the years to come.
Faced with dramatic housing shortages, steadily rising rents, and exploding property prices, policymakers respond with even stronger regulation and rent controls. This is a policy of artificial scarcity, as investors systematically retreat f...
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