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 »
HYANNIS – Barnstable County Register of Deeds John Meade has compiled the latest sales numbers from June; Meade says they reflect a trend of the last several months where both volume and value increased. Sales volume was up 3.3% over June of last year and value was up 14% over the ... Read More »
New Delhi: Indian retail real estate has become attractive again for global investor as private equity (PE) investment in this segment has reached USD 149 million in the first five months of this year and likely to break previous record of 2008, according to property consultant JLL. During the entire ... Read More »
New Zealand has slipped down the ranks, now sitting at sixth in the world for real estate transparency. Two years ago, New Zealand was in fourth place, but the latest Global Real Estate Transparency Index by JLL shows the country is now in sixth place. JLL New Zealand head of research Justin Kean said the decline reflected improvements made by other nations, rather ... Read More »
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 »
LONDON — The British pound dropped sharply Tuesday to a 31-year low on concerns that the country’s decision to leave the European Union will cause a steep slide in U.K. commercial real estate values and hurt the wider economy. Markets were jittery after three financial firms stopped trading in their ... Read More »
Australia is now the world’s second most transparent real estate market, according to the recently released JLL Global Real Estate Transparency Index 2016, supporting the solid investment fundamentals that have attracted high levels of foreign investment into Australia. The index, compiled every two years, ranks countries by looking at factors ... Read More »
The ease of doing business in Australia, with its stable and transparent regulatory and legal system, strong ethical governance and high professional standards, has led to a significant rise in foreign capital inflows for the residential and commercial sectors, according to JLL. The world’s 10 most transparent markets account for ... Read More »
Traditionally Indian individuals have been buying properties – both residential as well as commercial, for capital appreciation and regular income through rentals. However, over time the manner in which investors look at this sector has changed and many new investment options in real estate have been made available. Over last ... Read More »
U.K. real estate is beginning to shake from the Brexit earthquake. Investors are pulling money out of commercial property, and shares in housebuilding companies are falling fast. Three big asset management firms have halted trading in real estate investment funds in the last 24 hours, the latest sign of turmoil ... Read More »
NEW DELHI: Kochi will become a highly- preferred real estate destination in the country driven by various infrastructure development projects in the city, which has been included in the list of Smart Cities programme, says a report. “Kochi hits a six to become the next highly preferred real estate destination ... Read More »
NEW DELHI: A group of home buyers has claimed that the draft rules for the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act circulated by the government recently ignores the interest of buyers in ongoing housing projects and should be reconsidered. The group, under the banner ‘Fight for RERA,’ pointed out that ... Read More »
