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30.08.25 - 03:12
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These Are The World′s Most Unaffordable Housing Markets (ZeroHedge)
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These Are The World's Most Unaffordable Housing Markets
Buying a home is becoming increasingly out of reach in many of the world's top cities. Property prices have greatly outpaced incomes over the past few decades, pushing affordability to historic lows.
In this infographic, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu ranks the world's most unaffordable housing markets using the house price-to-income ratio.
Data & Discussion
The data for this visualization comes from the 2025 edition of the Demographia International Housing Affordability Report. It compares 94 major housing markets worldwide, highlighting where residents face the steepest barriers to homeownership.
Hong Kong is Still the Least Affordable
Hong Kong tops the global list with a staggering house price-to-income ratio of 14.4. This means the typical home costs more than 14 years worth of household income.
Limited land supply and strong demand from global capital continue to keep prices out of reach for most residents. Despite gov...
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29.08.25 - 23:21
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Baltimore Real Estate Faces "Black Swan" Event, Hard Money Lenders Warn (ZeroHedge)
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Baltimore Real Estate Faces "Black Swan" Event, Hard Money Lenders Warn
Baltimore has become ground zero for many failures of the Democratic Party. The so-called progressive utopia pitched by Democrats over the years has proven to be a massive lie, leaving behind a crime-ridden, deindustrialized city plagued by drugs, murder, and a collapsing population now at 100-year lows.
The latest failure to emerge from Baltimore, however, isn't tied to the failed social-justice agenda of leftists in City Hall. In fact, cracks are quickly forming in the residential real estate market.
Bloomberg reports that Baltimore is emerging as the first major crack in the hard-money lender residential real estate market bubble. This was fueled by years of overinflated appraisals, overextended loans, and now lenders slamming on the brakes.
Unlike traditional mortgages, private mortgage lenders are non-bank companies or investors that provide real estate loans, often outside of the traditional mort...
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29.08.25 - 18:42
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Rayner set to hit English councils that block new housing with tougher sanctions (The Guardian)
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Local authorities could be forced to approve new developments or risk giving planning control to WhitehallAngela Rayner is poised to introduce tougher sanctions on councils in England that block local housing developments.Councils could be forced to approve new housing developments – overturning locally agreed plans – under stricter rules or risk handing over control of their planning departments to Whitehall officials. Continue reading......
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29.08.25 - 10:12
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Japan Housing Starts Fall 9.7% (AFX)
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TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - Japan's housing starts decreased sharply for the fourth straight month in July, data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism showed on Friday.Housing st......
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