EghtesadOnline: More than 28,000 people have become homebuyers from Bank Maskan’s main initiative to boost the purchasing power of applicants during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year to Feb. 19.

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.

EghtesadOnline: The idea of tapping into the reserves of the National Development Fund of Iran to empower the country’s main initiative aimed at supporting first-time homebuyers and other housing applicants has reportedly gathered steam and may be finalized in as early as two weeks.