The Japanese government is planning to create a centralized database to identify and manage foreign ownership of real estate. The Japan News, citing unnamed “multiple government sources,” reports the creation of a nationality registration system is designed to make...
The owners of luxury properties in England valued at more than £2 million ($2.6 million) are facing new surcharges of at least $3,300 beginning in 2028. The BBC reports the new “mansion tax” comes on top of the existing council tax and will be divided into four bands....
Sutton Group, a Canadian-owned real estate brand, is acquiring Homicity Inc., an Ottawa-based real estate technology company. The financial aspects of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Jamie Blades, founder and CEO of Homicity, will join Sutton...
The Alberta-based real estate finance firm and investment manager KV Capital has continued its expansion across Canada with the opening of an office in Toronto. The new office is the company’s third location, joining its Edmonton headquarters that opened in 2006 and a...
An affordability challenge in rural America, Canadian and American renters consider the pursuit of homeownership, and Arkansas realtors helping communities facing food insecurity. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week...
In order to pay for a typical Ontario home, families earning the local median income need to devote more than 50% of their after-tax earnings to monthly mortgage payments if they live in the province’s 14 urban centers – and that share rises to more than 110% if they...
