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ORA Developers doubles UAE land bank with $8.1B Ghantoot acquisition
ORA Developers has purchased 4.8 million sqm of land in Ghantoot from Modon Holding, bringing its total UAE holdings to 9.6 million sqm. The parcel is earmarked for a AED 30 billion ($8.1 billion) mixed‑use development under the BAYN masterplan.
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NY Developers Dish on Future of Offices at TRD Roundtable
From artificial intelligence to flight-to-quality to residential conversions, there’s no shortage of intriguing storylines in today’s Manhattan office market. Developers and landlords had plenty to say about it at The Real Deal roundtable event last week. The division between top-quality spaces and those that fail to stack up was a leading topic with the current landscape being shaped by a bifurcated market of winners and losers. “These are extraordinarily good times,” Cushman & Wakefield global brokerage chair Bruce Mosler said of the office market writ large. “When you look at Class A invested and new development, we’re achieving record rents.” […] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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A Model For Europe? Switzerland Moves To Strengthen Country Against Foreign Property Owners And Migration
A Model For Europe? Switzerland Moves To Strengthen Country Against Foreign Property Owners And Migration Via Remix News, Foreign property owners will see their access to Swiss housing significantly reduced, as the Federal Council has decided to require authorization for their purchases. With foreigners accounting for more and more real estate transactions in the Western world, Switzerland’s tough measures may be a template for other nations. The new measure aims to combat the housing shortage, especially as the population is set to vote in two months on the Swiss People’s Party’s (SVP) initiative “No 10 Million Swiss Francs,” reports Blick, based on a statement from the ATS Swiss Telegraphic Agency. The Federal Council intends to require authorization for the purchase of primary residences by nationals of countries outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), it stated in a press release. If these owners relocate, they will have to resell their property within two years. Foreign owners will also no longer be able to acquire commercial properties for the purpose of renting them out. The aim is to prevent purchases made solely for investment purposes. The purchase of shares in publicly traded residential real estate companies and units in real estate funds will also no longer be systematically permitted. The government also plans to tighten regulations on holiday homes. The annual quotas that cantons have to authorize purchases by foreign owners will be reduced. Sales between foreign nationals will again require authorization. Any acquisition of holiday homes by non-Swiss buyers will reduce the cantonal quota by one unit. “These proposals aim to refocus the Koller Law on its primary objective,” the Federal Council writes. The draft bill is open for consultation until July 15. This series of measures was decided in response to the Swiss People’s Party (SVP/UDC) initiative “No Switzerland with 10 million inhabitants.” The agrarian party wants to curb population growth by capping the resident population at 10 million. The Swiss People’s Party (UDC) behind the proposal stated that rising immigration had resulted in “housing shortages and rising rents, traffic jams on the roads, crowded trains and buses, falling standards of schools, increasing violence and crime, electricity shortages, income stagnating per capita, ever-higher health insurance premiums, indebted social services, and increased pressure on the beauty of the landscape and the preservation of nature.” If the new limit is exceeded, measures regarding asylum will have to be taken. And the free movement of persons agreement concluded with the EU could be terminated. The Federal Council is clearly opposed to this text, which would jeopardize the agreements with Brussels reached at the end of 2024 after years of negotiations. The package still needs to be approved by the Swiss and European Parliaments. The Swiss people will then have their say. With the amendment to the Lex Koller, “the Federal Council is closing a loophole in the stock market exploited by foreign investors,” the Socialist Party emphasized in a statement on Wednesday. According to the parliamentary group, this decision “sends a strong signal.” Filling this gap “is a long-awaited step forward for tenants and those wishing to acquire home ownership,” said the co-president of the Socialist Group, National Councillor Samuel Bendahan (VD), quoted in the press release. According to him, “foreign investors could easily enter the Swiss housing market via the stock exchange, circumventing the Lex Koller, without authorization or oversight.” “It was high time to reverse the relaxations of the Lex Koller that have driven up prices, and thus rents, over the past few decades,” adds National Councillor Christian Dandrès (GE). Across Europe, housing affordability has become a major issue. On one end, mass immigration has fueled tight housing markets, driving up housing prices and rent. At the same time, foreign investors are increasingly buying up more and more property, pricing out natives. In cities like Paris, foreigners own nearly 4 percent of residential housing stock. In other countries like Germany, foreigners buying up property is also an issue, but it is difficult to ascertain how much of the housing stock is owned by foreigners, as they often buy the property through a company registered in Germany and through numerous layers of shell companies. Read more here... Tyler Durden Fri, 04/17/2026 - 06:30
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Mortgage Rates in 2026 Predicted to Drop: These 3 Signals Tell You It's Time to Buy
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Three Floors of Moinian’s W Downtown List for $22M
An Asian investor is looking to unload three floors of residential units at the W Downtown Residences. The Singapore-based seller — operating behind an anonymous LLC — is seeking $22 million for a block of 24 furnished studios and one-bedrooms at 123 Washington Street in the Financial District. The units are currently in use as extended-stay hotel rooms at the mixed-use hotel-condo, according to marketing materials from Howard Hanna NYC. The listing is bundled as a single “master unit” under the condo declaration, allowing the owner to run short-term rentals of 30 days or more without seeking board approval, according […] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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Global Tensions Add Pressure to Major City Housing Markets
In the final auction weekend before the US-Israeli war with Iran began, Sydney produced its weakest early-March result since SQM Research’s records began in early 2020. Amidst a weak clearance rate result of 45.9%, SQM Research Managing Director Louis Christopher concluded on X (formerly known as Twitter) that: “Just calling it straight – this is The post Global tensions add pressure to major city housing markets appeared first on MacroBusiness.
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Since the only corner of the US housing market that has any distressed borrowers are in the FHA loans, I was curious if the credit quality of FHA borrowers deteriorated over the past few years. The 2025 HMDA data is now available. https://t.co/QulBCJysuh
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Overpricing is not working, but buyers respond to well-priced homes. Only 21.6% of pendings needed a reduction before getting into contract in April. In contrast, 33.7% of active listings in the Sacramento region have had a price reduction. https://t.co/x4ayQ8T7U2