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31.12.25 - 07:24
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UK house prices: first-time buyers ′will drive 2026 sales′ amid interest rate cuts (The Guardian)
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Rent rises likely to slow after rapid increases in recent years, lenders and estate agents forecastFirst-time buyers are expected to drive the UK housing market in 2026, with further interest rate cuts likely to improve stretched affordability.The for-sale market should accelerate moderately, with prices rising by 2% to 4%, while rent rises are likely to slow from the rapid increases of recent years, according to lenders and estate agents. Continue reading......
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30.12.25 - 19:48
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"Massive Abuse": HUD Audit Flags $5B In Improper Housing Assistance During Biden′s Term (ZeroHedge)
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"Massive Abuse": HUD Audit Flags $5B In Improper Housing Assistance During Biden's Term
A new report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development has found that more than $5 billion in federal rental assistance during fiscal year 2024 went to potentially ineligible recipients, including nearly 30,000 deceased individuals and thousands of non-citizens, according to MSN and the NY Post.
The audit, conducted by HUD's Office of the Chief Financial Officer, reviewed nearly $50 billion in housing aid and identified $5.8 billion — about 11% — as “questionable.” More than 200,000 tenants were flagged, including 29,715 listed as deceased, 9,472 non-citizens, and 165,393 households receiving payments above local eligibility limits, particularly in large metro areas such as New Orleans. Officials said suspicious payments appeared nationwide, with heavy concentrations in New York, California and Washington, DC.
“A massive abuse of taxpayer dollars not only occurred under P...
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30.12.25 - 17:30
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Beijing trims property resale tax in fresh push to stabilise housing market (SCMP)
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Mainland China will cut or waive value-added tax (VAT) on the resale of homes by individuals from Friday, in its latest move to shore up a property market that has been stuck in a prolonged slump.
Under the new rules, individuals who sell a residential property within two years of buying it will pay VAT at 3 per cent, down from 5 per cent, according to a joint statement released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration.
The policy does not apply to corporate......
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30.12.25 - 15:54
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"Stark Reversal" From Pandemic: US Home Price Growth Slowest Since Q2 2023 (ZeroHedge)
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"Stark Reversal" From Pandemic: US Home Price Growth Slowest Since Q2 2023
Home prices in America's largest 20 cities surged 0.32% MoM in October (far higher than the +0.1% MoM move expected) but for context, this is the weakest annual home price growth since the March through July 2023 period, when the market was absorbing the initial shock of the Fed's rapid rate hikes
Source: Bloomberg
“October's data show the housing market settling into a much slower gear, with the National Composite Index up only about 1.4% year over year – among the weakest performances since mid-2023,” said Nicholas Godec, CFA, CAIA, CIPM, Head of Fixed Income Tradables & Commodities at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
"This broad stagnation suggests that elevated mortgage rates – still hovering around the mid-6% range in late October – are finally overwhelming the market's earlier supply-driven resilience. Would-be buyers are facing the highest borrowing costs in decades, and that affordability sque...
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30.12.25 - 09:45
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Wie Justizministerin Hubig Immobilienbesitzer bekämpfen will (Tichys Einblick)
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Das Jahr 2025 endet für Immobilieneigentümer so, wie es im Ganzen verlief: als Phase der schlechten Nachrichten und bösen Überraschungen – wobei sich einiges erst in den kommenden Jahren auswirken dürfte. Kurz vor Weihnachten verkündete Bundesjustizministerin Stefanie Hubig eine Neuerung, die Vermieter betrifft, und darüber hinaus potenzielle Investoren abschreckt. Eine Inflationsanpassung von Mieten per Staffelmietverträge
Der Beitrag Wie Justizministerin Hubig Immobilienbesitzer bekämpfen will erschien zuerst auf Tichys Einblick....
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30.12.25 - 08:12
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Plymouth had UK′s steepest rise in house prices in 2025 (The Guardian)
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Average property price in city rose by 12.6%, while Stafford and Wigan also had double-digit growthUK house prices rose fastest in Plymouth this year as investment in shopping and amenities lured buyers to the south-west city, a survey of 2025 housing hotspots shows, as the central London market struggled with weaker demand.The average property price rose by 12.6% in Plymouth during 2025, the steepest rise anywhere in the country, taking the typical home price to £278,808. The data, from Lloyds Banking Group, showed Stafford and Wigan also had double-digit growth. Continue reading......
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