Curbing Speculation Key to Streamlining Housing Market

EghtesadOnline: Between the fiscal 2016-17 and 2021-22, 25 out of 100 residential units sold in Tehran were purchased for residential purposes and 75 units were bought for investment purposes, which indicates that only 25% of the buyers intended to live in the homes they.

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25 June 2023

Government officials seem to have realized the importance of controlling speculative demand in the housing market.

You could see signs of this change in their comments, but will this lead to a comprehensive plan to curb speculation and to fundamental reforms in the housing market? How vital is it to curb speculation? Nasser Zakeri, an economist, prefaced an article for the Persian daily Shargh with these queries.