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23.02.26 - 02:36
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Hong Kong homebuyers face dwindling discounts as property market stabilises (SCMP)
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May Chan is looking for a home that she can call her own.
The freelancer wants to buy a flat, but high mortgage rates as well as uncertainty in the property market kept her from taking the plunge.
“I would like to buy a flat, if I can afford it,” she said. “It would certainly help if there are discounts.”
Now that mortgage rates have stabilised and there is less uncertainty about property prices, she hopes to find a reasonably priced home.
With Hong Kong's residential property market stabilising......
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21.02.26 - 11:48
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′Psychological torture′: Spanish tenants fight back against housing ′harassment′ (The Guardian)
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Court in Madrid will soon decide whether developers are using construction to force people out of their homesWhen the Madrid building where Jaime Oteyza had lived since 2012 was sold to an investment fund two years ago, a local tenants' union swiftly warned him what to expect.First the tenants would be told that none of their rental contracts – regardless of their expiry date – would be renewed, the union said. Then, as the 50 or so families in the building grappled with what to do next, a series of construction projects would probably be launched in the building to ramp up pressure on them to leave. Continue reading......
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20.02.26 - 16:57
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2025 New Home Sales Highest Since 2021 (ZeroHedge)
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2025 New Home Sales Highest Since 2021
US New Home Sales dipped 1.7% MoM in December (after a 15.5% MoM surge in November)...
...but ended the year at 745k - the highest SAAR since 2021...
"New" home sales have notably decoupled from "used" home sales in the last few years as homebuilders incentivize buyers (reducing margins) and lower prices (reducing revenues)...
Lower mortgage rates support modest further improvements in sales...
Will this be Trump's lead on housing affordability?
Tyler Durden
Fri, 02/20/2026 - 10:24...
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