Iran housing sector - page 2

Mortgage Monopoly Ends as New Players Enter

EghtesadOnline: The entry of new banks in the housing sector–formerly monopolized by Bank Maskan–will foster competition and lower mortgage rates, a member of Majlis Development Commission said.

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Publish Date:14/January/2018 | 08:25

Calm Housing Market Forecast for Tehran in Fiscal H2

EghtesadOnline: The Iranian housing sector, which has just entered a pre-boom phase after a five-year recession, will not register a notable fluctuation in home prices in the second half of the current fiscal year to March 2018, a board member of Bank Maskan, the agent bank of the housing sector, said.

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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 10:13

10 Million Homes Needed in Next Decade

EghtesadOnline: According to projections made in the government’s comprehensive plan for the housing sector, one million residential units must be built annually for the next 10 years, a deputy roads and urban development minister said.

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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 09:42

Ministry Pushing for Housing Leasing

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is planning to tweak regulations to activate leasing companies in the housing sector in order to undertake market recovery, a high-ranking official at the ministry has announced.

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Publish Date:03/October/2017 | 11:58

Plan to Make Home Loans More Affordable

EghtesadOnline: The administration of President Hassan Rouhani is mulling new measures to make home loans more appealing to first-time homebuyers, as it seeks to lift the key housing sector out of the doldrums after enduring a period of negligence over the past four years.

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Publish Date:27/September/2017 | 11:38

New Financing Tools for Housing Sector

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is coming up with innovative tools to finance the key housing sector in the coming years, its deputy for housing said.

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Publish Date:16/September/2017 | 03:51

Tehran Home Sales at Three-Year High

EghtesadOnline: After four years of a stubborn downturn in the Iranian housing sector, Tehran finally broke the chains as its home sales hit a 39-month high in a sign that the key sector's recovery has begun in earnest.

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Publish Date:02/September/2017 | 13:48

Cheap Housing Renovation Loans for Distressed Areas

EghtesadOnline: Bank Maskan, as the agent bank in the housing sector, is now offering loans for renovation of residential units in old parts of cities with an interest rate of 12% which, according to a top official with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, will considerably improve the reconstruction process in distressed areas.

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Publish Date:15/August/2017 | 16:31

Encouraging Home Ownership Tops Akhoundi’s Agenda

EghtesadOnline: Despite his critics' assertions to the contrary, President Hassan Rouhani regards Abbas Akhoundi as the best choice to rescue the stagnant housing sector–a job he has been pursuing for the last four years.

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Publish Date:15/August/2017 | 14:16

Iran Housing Market: Sales Down, Rents Up

EghtesadOnline: The prolonged stagnation in Iran’s housing sector, which started in March 2012, has persisted through the summer of 2017 as housing deals across the country are declining while rents are outpacing the inflation rate.

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Publish Date:29/July/2017 | 11:50

Relative Stability in Rents Predicted

EghtesadOnline: Rents will not experience a significant increase this year, as the presidential elections on May 19 will give impetus to the beleaguered housing sector, the head of Tehran Association of Realtors said.

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Publish Date:13/May/2017 | 09:26

Iran Housing Sector in Danger of Sliding Back Into Recession

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s housing sector will soon slide back into recession in view of ongoing volatilities in the foreign exchange market, which have rocked prices during the past few months, the deputy of Tehran Association of Realtors said.

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Publish Date:07/August/2018 | 06:07

Trends in Iran's Housing Sales, Rents

EghtesadOnline: The Statistical Center of Iran has presented crucial data pertaining to the housing sector in Tehran and across Iran over the past few years, which cover sale and rent price trends, empty homes and old residential units, among others.

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Publish Date:19/June/2018 | 05:44

Home Prices, Rents Hike in Tehran

EghtesadOnline: The Statistical Center of Iran has released the latest housing data for Tehran, which indicate a significant annual and seasonal hike in prices, rents and deals, manifesting an uptick in the housing sector.

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Publish Date:19/May/2018 | 04:22

Housing Sector Recovery Linked to Ancillary Factors

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is upbeat about buttressing the signs of recovery in Iran’s housing sector during the current fiscal year (started March 21), but also concedes that there are a number of things that could go wrong.

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Publish Date:07/May/2018 | 08:25

Maskan Loans to Support Middle-Income Iranians

EghtesadOnline: As Iran’s beleaguered housing sector continues to show signs of boom after five years of stagnancy and a majority of pundits predict a rise in home prices, Bank Maskan, the nation’s agent bank for the sector, has vowed support for middle-income Iranians who represent the bulk of real demand.

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Publish Date:23/April/2018 | 06:27

Tehran: Forex Fluctuations Pose Threat to Housing Market

EghtesadOnline: Rampaging foreign exchange rates have grabbed many headlines in the past few months and especially the past few days, but the ailing housing sector that recently showed signs of coming out of its five-year recession is liable to take one of the biggest hits.

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Publish Date:10/April/2018 | 06:57

Lower Forex Rates to Bolster Housing Sector

EghtesadOnline: Fluctuations in the currency market had caused a price hike in Iran's already beleaguered housing sector, but even though foreign exchange rates have currently cooled down, they are expected to have a positive impact on the housing sector.

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Publish Date:03/March/2018 | 10:36

Forex Rally’s Impact on Housing Sector Limited

EghtesadOnline: A housing official has ruled out any immediate impact of the ongoing rally in the foreign exchange market on home prices but says that in the medium term, a weaker rial would make the housing market bullish.

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Publish Date:06/February/2018 | 07:41

Iran Housing Sector Responding to Stimulus

EghtesadOnline: Boosting the purchasing power of home buyers has been the main agenda of President Hassan Rouhani’s administration in the past four and a half years and the latest statistics of home sales across the country indicate a relative success in this area, a report by the government’s official news outlet shows.

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Publish Date:10/January/2018 | 24:27