Bloomberg A multimonth slide in Toronto home prices slowed in October, as sellers stepped back in hope the market will improve if they wait. The benchmark price for a home in Canada’s largest city fell 1.1% in October to C$1.1 million ($802,217) according to data released Thursday by the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board. That’s the smallest decline in ...
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Japan’s trading houses reaping bumper profits from commodities
Some of Japan’s biggest trading houses reported bumper profits and flagged more to come as they benefited from higher energy and commodities prices. Sumitomo Corp. raised its full-year net income forecast by almost half to a record of 550 billion yen ($3.7 billion). Marubeni Corp. upgraded its profit guidance to an all-time high, while Itochu Corp.’s second-quarter profit beat analyst ...
Read More »To buy or rent, that is too big a question
Brooke Sample Remember when New Yorkers began fleeing the city at the beginning of the pandemic, escaping to their summer homes in the Hamptons or snapping up houses in the country? Those who dreamed of living in New York suddenly saw an opportunity to make it happen as landlords dropped rents in a desperate effort to fill now-empty units. Unfortunately, ...
Read More »Airbnb shares fall on muted fourth-quarter bookings forecast
Airbnb Inc. shares fell after the company gave a disappointing outlook for bookings in the fourth quarter, suggesting that consumer preferences are shifting away from higher cost rentals that thrived during the pandemic and back to urban and the cross-border destinations. The San Francisco-based home-sharing platform said it expects the pace of nights and experiences booked will “moderate slightly†in ...
Read More »UK house prices fall the most since start of Covid pandemic
UK house prices fall the most since the start of the pandemic in October as political and market turmoil sent shock waves through the property market. The average value of a home dropped 0.9% to £268,282 ($309,500), the Nationwide Building Society (NBS) said on Tuesday. It was the largest decline since June 2020 and much sharper than the 0.3% reduction ...
Read More »Miral unveils new brand identity, announces portfolio worth $3.5b
Abu Dhabi / WAM Miral on Wednesday unveiled its new visual identity and first brand campaign, signifying a new chapter of growth. It also announced its portfolio of projects under construction worth over AED13 billion ($3.54 billion) on Yas Island and across the emirate, with three new projects coming soon. The new visual identity was revealed at an internal event, ...
Read More »Dubai reports AED8b in realty deals in 7 days
Dubai / WAM A total of 2,703 real estate transactions worth AED8 billion were conducted during the week ending October 21, according to figures released by the Dubai Land Department. 147 plots were sold for AED1.12 billion, and 2,023 apartments and villas were purchased for AED4.79 billion. The top transactions were a land Fourth sold for AED85 million in ...
Read More »Dubai reports AED2.2bn realty deals in one day
Dubai / WAM Dubai real estate market recorded 479 sales transactions worth AED1.65 billion, in addition to 82 mortgage deals of AED406.61 million, and 37 gifts deals amounting to AED137.63 million on Wednesday, data released by Dubai’s Land Department (DLD) showed. The sales included 437 villas and apartments worth AED1.44 billion, and 42 land plots worth AED210.44 million, while ...
Read More »Dubai week-long real estate deals reach AED7.3bn
Dubai / WAM A total of 2,338 real estate transactions worth AED7.3 billion were conducted during the week ending October 14, according to figures released by the Dubai Land Department. A total of 106 plots were sold for AED1.76 billion, and 1,791 apartments and villas were purchased for AED3.81 billion. The top three transactions were two lands sold for ...
Read More »Toronto home prices down 17%
Bloomberg Toronto home prices dipped again in September and have now fallen as much as 17% from their spring peak, as evidence grows that buyers and sellers are growing wary of doing deals. The benchmark price for a home in Canada’s largest city fell a further 1.2% from August, adding to the string of declines that began in April, ...
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