Iran housing sector

Bank Maskan Modifies Housing Finance Policies

EghtesadOnline: Bank Maskan, the agent bank of Iran's housing sector, has made several policy changes to address the ongoing turmoil in the domestic foreign currency market, which has led to…
2018-08-12 05:31
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,…
2018-08-07 06:07
Ministry Calls for Levying Capital Gain Tax to Control Housing Market

EghtesadOnline: The economic research arm of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance has published a detailed analysis of taxation in housing sector, calling for levying capital gain tax…
2018-08-01 04:31
Bank Maskan Loans Top $680m in Q1

EghtesadOnline: Bank Maskan, the agent bank of Iran's housing sector, allocated a total of 30 trillion rials ($686 million) to all applicants during the first three months of the current fiscal…
2018-07-24 04:52
Bank Maskan Funded 1m Homes in 2 Years

EghtesadOnline: Bank Maskan, the agent bank of Iran’s housing sector, has released its two-year performance report, which indicates that it funded about one million homes in the fiscal 2016-17…
2018-07-10 04:21
Pre-Purchase Option for Housing Loan Applicants

EghtesadOnline: Prospective homebuyers who tap into the homeownership initiative launched by Bank Maskan, the agent bank of the housing sector, will soon have the option of making a pre-purchase,…
2018-07-03 06:08
Iran's 2nd Real-Estate Investment Trust Launched

EghtesaadOnline: The Iranian government on Saturday inaugurated the country’s second real-estate investment trust (REIT) called Narvan in Tehran through the Maskan Investment Group, the parent…
2018-06-24 04:25
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,…
2018-06-19 05:44
Iran's 1st-Ever Housing Corporate Bonds Issued by MIB

EghtesadOnline: Maskan Investment Bank, a subsidiary of Bank Maskan—the agent bank of the housing sector, has issued the first-ever corporate bonds.
2018-06-13 06:01
1st Real-Estate Fund to Be Launched Soon

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is pursuing the expansion of real-estate investment trusts (REITs) in collaboration with Bank Maskan, the agent bank of the housing…
2018-06-03 04:16
Bank Maskan Home Loans Up

EghtesadOnline: Latest figures published by Bank Maskan, the agent bank of Iran's housing sector, indicate that in the first month of the current fiscal year (March 21-April 20), both the number…
2018-05-21 06:07
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…
2018-05-19 04:22
Impact of JCPOA Pullout on Iran's Housing Sector Uncertain

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s housing sector has been showing signs of exiting a deep recession that had undermined the country’s overall growth for more than five years, but US President Donald Trump’s…
2018-05-12 10:22
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…
2018-05-07 08:25
Call for More Housing Liquidity

EghtesadOnline: A member of Majlis Economic Commission has called for more liquidity to be directed toward the housing sector, saying that although mortgage rate cuts are likely to help boost…
2018-04-30 11:26
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…
2018-04-23 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…
2018-04-10 06:57
Rents Likely to Overtake Inflation

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s troubled housing sector has entered a new phase in the new Iranian year (started March 21), as it strives to put a longstanding slump behind it, although there are concerns…
2018-04-08 08:26
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…
2018-03-03 10:36
Bank Maskan Eases Home Ownership

EghtesadOnline: Bank Maskan, the agent bank of the housing sector, has eased conditions for its key target audiences, namely people tapping into its housing bonds scheme and citizens living in…
2018-02-07 07:01
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…
2018-02-06 07:41
Maskan to Tap Capital, Leasing Markets

EghtesadOnline: Employing the potentials of the capital market and leasing facilities will be two of the new approaches of Bank Maskan, the agent bank of the housing sector, in the next fiscal…
2018-01-30 15:13
Upbeat Outlook for Housing Bonds

EghtesadOnline: Bank Maskan, the agent bank of the housing sector, is upbeat about emerging out of its years-long stagnancy, as 14.2 million housing bonds have been traded by the end of the 10th…
2018-01-24 09:56
Private Sector Housing Investment Rises

EghtesadOnline: The volume of investments made by the private sector in Tehran’s ailing housing sector in the first half of the current fiscal year to Sept. 22 has registered a 34.8% increase…
2018-01-21 09:49
Gov’t Supports Maskan Becoming Development Bank

EghtesadOnline: Bank Maskan, as the country’s only specialized lender in the housing sector, will be supported by the Iranian government, particularly the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development…
2018-01-21 09:07
Ministry Forecasts Stable Housing Outlook

EghtesadOnline: The Iranian housing sector is witnessing a notable increase in residential deals in a sign of imminent recovery, but a deputy roads and urban development minister said this will…
2018-01-21 08:51
260,000 Homes Funded by Maskan in 9 Months

EghtesadOnline: Bank Maskan, the agent bank of the housing sector, has allocated loans for the construction and purchase of 260,000 residential units in the first nine months of the current fiscal…
2018-01-21 08:36
Call for Helping Housing Sector

EghtesadOnline: A member of Majlis Development Commission has called on all related organizations and executive bodies in the country to help provide residential units to different strata of…
2018-01-14 10:47
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.
2018-01-14 08:25
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…
2018-01-10 12:27