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Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launches the programme virtually from his camp office; beneficiaries, most of whom are women, describe it as early Dasara gift; house titles for 4,000 poor families soon, says Collector
Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu also launch a pilot project for construction of government-led 3D concrete-printed houses
Chief Minister Naidu and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will launch the project at Burripalem near Tenali; each house is estimated at about ₹6.5 lakh, against the PMAY-G unit cost of ₹2.39 lakh
Hong Kong authorities are facing calls to increase the proportion of private housing in selected districts and work more closely with developers to expand accommodation for non-local students. The government forecasts annual demand for non-local student housing at 2,310 flats over the next decade, 45 per cent higher than last year’s estimate, according to the latest Long-Term Housing Strategy progress report, released on Monday. The Housing Bureau attributed the projection to an average annual...
Eusebio Garre, Director & Head of Funding, IDB Invest and Yuri Kuroki, Head of Funding, IFC, discuss how inflation, higher rates, energy volatility and weaker growth are affecting investment in infrastructure, housing and essential services and how development finance institutions can respond, with Bloomberg’s Olivia Raimonde at the 2026 Canadian Finance Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Residents who lost their homes in Hong Kong’s deadly Tai Po fire started choosing their replacement flats on Tuesday, with some calling on authorities to introduce stamp duty waivers to help ease their financial burden. After last November’s blaze at Wang Fuk Court, authorities rolled out a HK$7.8 billion (US$994 million) plan to buy back flats at the eight-block subsidised housing estate. Under the scheme, participants can use the cash compensation to buy a flat on the private open market or...
Cost of living arequipa peru in 2026: a central one-bedroom averages about US$362 a month, less than half the Lima figure, and utilities cost about US$24. The post Cost of Living Arequipa Peru 2026: Less Than Half of Lima appeared first on The Rio Times.
Cost of living punta del este in 2026: a central one-bedroom averages about US$1,094 a month, roughly 49% above the same flat in Montevideo. The post Cost of Living Punta del Este 2026: Half Again Above Montevideo appeared first on The Rio Times.
New US residential construction declined unexpectedly in August to one of the weakest paces since the pandemic, reflecting a plunge in starts of multifamily units.
Bess Freedman, CEO of Brown Harris Stevens, discusses a growing divide between affluent buyers and everyone else in the housing market. In response to a comparison with luxury consumer spending, Freedman says high-end real estate can often keep moving even when broader economic pressures, including Federal Reserve policy and higher mortgage rates, weigh on typical buyers. She speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Hong Kong authorities have rolled out 11 new initiatives to encourage residents to have children, including an expanded cash bonus scheme and a reduced down payment for subsidised housing for parents with newborns. In the latest policy address delivered on Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that the HK$20,000 (US$2,550) newborn bonus scheme, expiring on October 24, would be extended for another three years. He added that the cash bonus for second and subsequent children would...
Hong Kong authorities are expected to provide more incentives to encourage under-enrolled public schools to merge to survive, while announcing housing measures and tax reductions to tackle the falling birth rate in this week’s policy address, the South China Morning Post has learned. A government source told the South China Morning Post that the policy address by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Wednesday would offer additional incentives to encourage the merger of subsidised schools amid the...