Innovation centres have been popping up around China and are set to more than double to nearly 5,000 in the next five years, according to internet research firm iiMedia. The only problem for local governments is that entrepreneurs are not moving in. Many centres are in small Chinese cities or ... Read More »
The latest numbers from Royal LePage suggest that Vancouver remains Canada’s hottest real estate market, strongly outpacing the rest of the country during the second quarter of 2016. According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released Wednesday, the aggregate price of a home in Greater Vancouver rose 24.6 per ... Read More »
The importance of planning for the future to take care of one’s financial needs post retirement or non-earning years is well understood and realised. The next thing that comes to mind is how should one plan for it. One needs to make a portfolio which appreciates and generates income for ... Read More »
A vacant and blighted house next to a well-kept occupied house in a once thriving east-side neighborhood in Detroit seen in 2013. The real-estate market is one of the most important parts of the American economy.And there’s a lot of disagreement about where it’s going next. Housing is one of ... Read More »
You know about home prices and rents soaring across the Puget Sound region and Washington — but you might be surprised at the latest type of property to get swept up in the state’s real-estate wave: farms. The average sale price of high-quality Washington farmland has increased 25 percent in ... Read More »
T. Rowe Price has been managed since its 1997 inception by David Lee, using a strategy that’s focused on the long term and thoroughly grounded in fundamentals. With the help of a small team of analysts, Lee seeks out REITs (and some real estate operating companies) that are managed well, ... Read More »
Indian real estate, these days is buzzing with two words – affordable housing. Government’s initiatives towards achieving their dream of ‘Housing for all by 2020’ have paved way for this revolution. Today, sector is flooded with affordable homes being launched by every developer to get a pie of this big ... Read More »
Indiabulls Real Estate said that it has raised Rs 25 crore by issuing non-convertible debentures (NCDs). Last month, the Mumbai-based company had announced that it proposed to raise up to Rs 200 crore through issue of NCDs on a private placement basis. So far, the company has raised Rs 131 crore in three tranches. ... Read More »
The latest numbers from Royal LePage suggest that Vancouver remains Canada’s hottest real estate market, strongly outpacing the rest of the country during the second quarter of 2016. According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released Wednesday, the aggregate price of a home in Greater Vancouver rose 24.6 per ... Read More »
In last week’s Notebook, we predicted that multifamily property sales in the Twin Cities metro are likely to eclipse last year’s record for total sales volume and that many of those deals are by well-funded national investment firms. Aeon, a Twin Cities nonprofit organization, has also been an active and ... Read More »
In the wake of rising cost burden of home buyers, comes a ray of hope in the form of a recent decision of the Delhi High Court in the case of Suresh Kumar Bansal Vs Union of India & Others 2016-VIL-284-DEL-ST. The High Court held that in a scenario where ... Read More »
The Fair Housing Act (the “Act”) unequivocally prohibits intentional discrimination by housing providers, but last year, the United States Supreme Court ruled that housing providers may run afoul of the Act, even absent the intent to discriminate. In the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in TX Dept. of Community Affairs v. ... Read More »
