Real Estate

Bloomberg London homes are less affordable than ever before, despite slowing price growth and government attempts to cut the cost of housing for first-time buyers. It now costs the average Londoner 14.5 times their annual salary to purchase a home, the highest level on record, according to a report by researcher Hometrack. Cambridge, Oxford and the English seaside town of ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s red-hot housing market shows no signs of cooling anytime soon. Prices in the city have climbed 11 percent this year, defying skeptics waiting for the bubble to burst and government attempts to rein in the world’s most expensive housing market through a raft of taxes and mortgage curbs. If anything, the frenzy has intensified in recent months ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), the educational arm of Dubai Land Department (DLD), and Awards International, have announced the launch of the second edition of the Gulf Real Estate Awards, which targets all companies operating in the real estate sector in the GCC. The awards programme follows the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin ...

Dubai / WAM Nasdaq Dubai will add Emaar Development to its futures market as soon as the company lists its shares on Dubai Financial Market (DFM), following its initial public offering, IPO. The listing is expected to take place on November 22. Investors will be able to trade futures on Emaar Development in order to take a position on the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The third edition of Dubai Property Show in Mumbai successfully concluded in India. Dubai Land Department’s flagship event registered visitor footfall of 5,108 people and generated enquiries worth AED 1.8 billion. “Indians truly understand the worth of property investment and that’s why they are always enthusiastic about this asset class. The exhibition received a very encouraging ...

Bloomberg Sino Land Co. was part of a consortium that swooped in to buy residential land in Hong Kong from the government for HK$17.3 billion ($2.2 billion), described by local media as a record for that type of property. Shimao Property Holdings Ltd., Wheelock Properties Ltd., K Wah International Holdings Ltd. and S E A Holdings Ltd. were the other ...

Bloomberg As investors wonder whether Sweden’s housing market is headed for a correction, the country’s first mortgage fund is about to enter the $370 billion Swedish home-loan industry. Stabelo plans to pool capital from Swedish institutional investors in exchange for fixed-income securities. That money will then be lent to home buyers. The fund starts offering its products this week and ...

Bloomberg The proportion of London home sellers dropping their asking price is rising as the property market slumps further. With more than four in 10 revising lower, the average price cut of 6.7 percent reflects “initial over-optimism and a tougher market,” Rightmove Plc said in a report published on Monday. New vendors coming to the market in November are also ...

Dubai / WAM Emaar Properties on Sunday reported a significant year-on-year increase in both profits and Dubai property sales in the period from January until the end of September. The property recorded AED4.347 billion ($1.184 billion) in net profits in the first nine months of 2017, up 20 percent from AED3.620 billion ($986 million) during the corresponding period of 2016. ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emaar Malls, the shopping malls and retail business majority-owned by Emaar Properties, recorded a net profit of AED1.506 billion ($410 million) during first nine months (January to September) 2017, a growth of 6 percent over the net profit of AED1.422 billion ($387 million) during the same period in 2016. Total revenue for first nine months was ...