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Photo Essay: How Two Small Businesses on Hope Street Keep Hope Alive
In April 2025, we met with the owners of two prominent local businesses on Hope Street in Providence. Here are their stories: When strolling through Fox Point, it is common to see small white placards attached to the fronts of historical buildings, usually with a year of construction and a name. The William Aplin House, constructed in 1826, is one of many of these buildings on Hope, currently occupied by a local business: Gregory’s Optical, also known as Gregory’s.
Affordability tops reason for renting, TPN Tenant Survey reports
According to the latest Tenant Survey by credit bureau TPN, most people rent residential properties for financial reasons, with nearly half indicating that they cannot afford to buy a property. Source: jcomp via Freepik According to the latest tenant survey by credit bureau TPN, most people rent residential properties for financial reasons, with nearly half indicating that they cannot afford to buy a property.
A rallying cry from the South African real estate sector
Search jobs In the eye of a storm, the South African commercial real estate sector has proven to be a linchpin of our nation's economic and societal fabric. Its pulse is the pulse of South Africa. Our sector has been pummelled by various local pressures, many resulting from the country’s ‘own goals’, which can be frustrating and wearisome, especially when also managing through many external headwinds of high interest rates in the global markets.
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Could sectionalisation be a solution to housing stock shortages?
Housing stock shortages are looming in many areas, according to Arnold Maritz, co-principal of Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs. This is despite the country's economic woes and the somewhat lacklustre performance of the market. “Nationwide, we’re seeing growing stock shortages with very few approved new developments to alleviate the problem, and this can largely be attributed to bulk service issues such as sewerage and water infrastructure,” Maritz.
Is the global housing market about to crash?
Amid all the current geopolitical conflicts and economic events, investors are watching the real estate market with bated breath. If recent headlines around the world are anything to go by, they are right to do so. With prices down by 15% from their peak, Sweden's housing market is said to be in "free fall". Germany's could nosedive by 25% from peak to trough. Meanwhile, the foundations of the world's most expensive market, in Hong Kong, are starting to wobble.
Is The Global Housing Market About To Crash?
You are here Home » Is The Global Housing Market About To Crash? Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 12/22/2022 - 3:00am By Ari Birnbaum and Mohamad Hassan Shahrour Amid all the current geopolitical conflicts and economic events, investors are watching the real estate market with bated breath. If recent headlines around the world are anything to go by, they are right to do so. With prices down by 15% from their peak, Sweden’s housing market is said to be in “free fall”.
Is the global housing market about to crash?
Amid all the current geopolitical conflicts and economic events, investors are watching the real estate market with bated breath. If recent headlines around the world are anything to go by, they are right to do so. With prices down by 15% from their peak, Sweden’s housing market is said to be in “free fall”. Germany’s could nosedive by 25% from peak to trough. Meanwhile, the foundations of the world’s most expensive market, in Hong Kong, are starting to wobble.
Marché immobilier : krach ou simple correction ?
C’est une tendance qui s’observe de plus en plus en France : même si les débats restent vifs sur les chiffres, à Paris et en Île-de-France, ou encore à Bordeaux, Lyon ou Nantes, une stagnation, voire une baisse des prix de l’immobilier semble bien enclenchée depuis quelques semaines.
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