With eye on local debt, China vows to bolster watch over ‘specialty towns’

The state planner, in a meeting on Friday, urged various ministries involved - including the land ministry and the housing ministry - to improve the quality of specialty town projects

FBR to brief PM about administrative measures to boost revenue collection

The tax regulator has projected Rs37 billion in tax demand from an audit of high net-worth individuals

Govt discerns over 24,000 properties for privatisation to raise proceeds

The cabinet was informed that around 24,066 properties fell in three brackets, rest house, federal government property and residence

Govt removes stipulation permitting non-filer overseas Pakistani’s to purchase property

The government issued a circular disclosing the stipulation on purchase/transfer of property having a value over Rs5 million by non-filers was not applicable to legal heirs procuring property via inheritance

Naya Pakistan Housing: pipe dream or bold vision?

Experts weigh in on the feasibility of the government’s target of building 5 million homes in the country over the next five years

Eighteen: How an Egyptian company is building a new $2 billion Islamabad suburb

Orascom’s real estate arm believes there is a large enough market for Pakistanis who want to live the suburban life around the nation’s capital

FBR unearths 16,000 tax evaders with investments in realty sector

In the last two years, over 80,000 transactions worth around Rs800 billion (according to deputy commissioner rates) were recognized however the market value of these transactions is probably going to be much higher than the aforementioned figure

SBP notifies new rules for recovering loans from defaulted mortgagees

Previously, the banks were only permitted to auction mortgaged property after the conclusion of the due process

KSA to auction indebted billionaire’s real estate  

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will auction real estate owned by indebted billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company starting next month to help repay billions...

Turkey rules property sales, rental agreements must be in lira

The lira has lost some 40 percent of its value against the dollar so far this year over concerns about Erdogan's influence on monetary policy and a diplomatic spat between Turkey and the United States

Eighteen marks its presence in KPK, launches sales office in Peshawar

Eighteen – Pakistan’s most luxurious and modern, mixed-use, residential project, in an aim to enhance its presence provide convenience for its investors...

FBR collected Rs23.8 billion from real estate sector in FY18

During FY18, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) amassed Rs5.2 billion in taxes on sale and transfer of properties, which was 14 percent higher than FY17

SBP to increase low cost housing finance portfolio

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has targeted in its newly formulated policy to increase housing finance portfolio of banks and...

Pakistan jumps 15 places, ranked 75th in Global Real Estate Transparency Index

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have also seen rising transparency over the past two years, with regulatory reforms and increased data collection and publication by government bodies and international market participants contributing to their progress

Dubai real estate a money-laundering haven: Report

DUBAI: War profiteers, terror financiers and drug traffickers sanctioned by the U.S. in recent years have used Dubai's real-estate market as a haven...