Posts Tagged ‘Homeowners’
Singapore HDB Homeowners to Get One-Off Property Tax Rebate in 2026
Singaporean homeowners will receive a one-off property tax rebate in 2026 to help ease the impact of rising annual values, as rents continue to edge upward across both public and private housing markets. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) announced the measures in a joint statement on Friday,…
Read MoreBuyers Take Control: US Housing Market Sees First Shift in 12 Years
For the first time in over a decade, home buyers have taken the lead in the US housing market as dramatic increase in supply, coupled with cooling demand, has tipped the balance in buyers’ favour. According to Redfin, more than 500,000 more homes were listed than there were buyers in April 2025, a 33.7% surplus…
Read MoreKamala Harris To Propose $25K Down Payment Support For First-Time Homeowners
Vice President Kamala Harris will announce a comprehensive four-year strategy on Friday aimed at reducing housing costs. The plan includes a $25,000 down payment assistance program for first-time homebuyers and incentives to boost new housing construction, according to Harris-Walz campaign officials. Harris will reveal the plan during an economic policy speech in North Carolina, CNN…
Read MoreHomeowners And Housebuilders Pin Hopes On ECB Rates Cut
In the west Frankfurt suburbs on a plot wedged between a motorway and a wooded park, excavators are preparing the ground for 400 new apartments. The busy work at the site in Germany is a rare sign of activity in an industry holding out for a fall in interest rates to get back on its…
Read MoreHow GJ Sullivan Co. Reinsurance Helps Homeowners Exposed To Wildfires Face The Challenge
Statistics reveal a 125% increase in the number of populations exposed to wildfire in the continental U.S. over the past 20 years. Pixabay About 4.5 million U.S. homes are at high or extreme risk from wildfires in 2023, with over 2 million in California alone, according to analytics company Verisk. Wildfires have become an increasingly…
Read MoreIn Poland, Where Coal Is King, Homeowners Queue For Days To Buy Fuel
Artur, 57, a pensioner, leans against his car as he waits for the third day to collect coal from the Bogdanka mine in Bogdanka, Poland August 26, 2022. In Poland’s late summer heat, dozens of cars and trucks line up at the Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka coal mine, as householders fearful of winter shortages wait for…
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