Housing

The trust now holds 35 properties in Japan, having recently expanded its footprint through the 2025 acquisitions of hotels in Tokyo and Kanazawa, as well as rental housing in Kyoto and Osaka.

CapitaLand Ascott Trust expands Japan portfolio with 4.6 billion yen acquisition

It acquires three freehold rental housing properties in Southern Kanagawa, Greater Tokyo

The president has argued on social media that rising apartment prices reflect distorted incentives rather than genuine housing demand.

Seoul apartment prices gain further ahead of BOK meeting

The prolonged rally has heightened the central bank’s concerns about financial stability risks

With congressional elections looming this year, the Trump administration has implemented a raft of measures, including purchases of mortgage-backed securities, to make housing more affordable.

White House proposes banning some investors from buying more homes, WSJ reports

Officials are looking to get the investor ban added to a Senate housing bill currently in the works

January’s weaker figures are a worrisome sign for an industry badly in need of a good spring season.

US pending home sales fell to record low in January

US President Donald Trump has tried to respond to the country’s housing affordability crisis

The benchmark home price fell for the 14th straight month in January, declining 0.9 per cent to C$665,200 (S$615,606) – the lowest level in almost five years.

Canada home prices slide again as snowstorm chills buying

The benchmark price dropped by 5% from January 2025

The stronger construction numbers suggest that builders were growing more confident at year’s end even as they continued to sell off a bloated inventory of new houses.

US housing starts rise to five-month high in broad increase

Advance is broad-based, with both single-family home starts and apartment projects rising at year’s end

Tracking the growth in private home prices against household market income shows that the exuberance in the housing market is not irrational.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Market income supports home affordability, but ensuring prices grow in line with wages still matters

Should the HDB income ceiling account for non-employment income as well?

Prices showed no change in monthly and annual terms, Rightmove said, after reporting a record 2.8 per cent monthly rise and a 0.5 per cent annual increase for the five weeks to Jan 10.

UK property asking prices hold steady after post-Budget jump, Rightmove says

The number of homes for sale was at an 11-year high for the time of year

Seasonally adjusted median house prices fell 1.2 per cent from December, but nudged 0.4 per cent higher on the previous year, REINZ data showed.

New Zealand home prices dip in January, holiday lull hits demand

[SYDNEY] New Zealand home prices dipped in January as seasonal holiday patterns dampened demand and unusual severe weather across parts of the North Island disrupted activity, the Real Estate Institut...