The U.S. Treasury Department released proposed regulations Thursday, October 22, spelling out how a federal restriction on large institutional investors purchasing single-family homes would operate when the underlying law takes effect January 7, 2027. The proposal...
Spain has put a sweeping housing decree into effect that reaches from distressed-mortgage portfolios to rent contracts and construction finance. The rules, published October 7, are already operative while lawmakers face a separate parliamentary ratification decision....
Bloomberg Philanthropies is offering U.S. cities grants of $450,000 to $750,000 to speed housing approvals, expand accessory dwelling units and revive stalled development. The program was initially presented as a 15-city effort. By Friday, one of those cities —...
The International Monetary Fund is urging China to strengthen fiscal support and address its prolonged property downturn, warning that weak domestic demand and deflationary pressures threaten the country’s economic outlook.At the IMF and World Bank annual...
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on October 13 to review a New York City zoning dispute involving a $100-per-square-foot fee to convert certain artist-designated SoHo and NoHo lofts to unrestricted residential use. The decision leaves a New York Court of Appeals ruling...