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What is happening in property, dated and explained.
NAB now expects Australian capital-city home prices to fall 8% in 2026
National Australia Bank's October Housing Monitor deepens its forecast to an 8% fall this year and about 11% from peak to trough, with a floor in mid-2027.
How to read Australia's official housing price and activity figures
Four official publications measure Australian housing: dwelling values, home loans, building approvals and the Reserve Bank's charts. What each one counts, and what it leaves out.
ACT home auctions: one seller bid, no cooling-off and the seller's reports
How a home auction works in the Australian Capital Territory: the bidders record, the single permitted seller bid, why there is no cooling-off, and the reports a seller must have ready.
Dubai CommerCity adds 91,000 sq m in an AED 1.8 billion second phase
The digital commerce free zone will build six office buildings, a vertical logistics facility and new retail between early 2027 and late 2028, with occupancy near 96%.
How to read the consultancies' Dubai market reports, firm by firm
What Knight Frank, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield Core, Savills and ValuStrat each published on Dubai homes in 2026, how their figures are built, and why they do not match.
Who buys Dubai property from abroad: what the published figures show
Official nationality rankings for 2015 and January 2016 to June 2017, investor counts for 2025, women and new investors in Dubai property, company rankings, and what is missing.
Developers look at land along Dubai's 80 km Fourth Corridor road
Less than three weeks after Dubai approved a new road linking Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Reportage says it has bought a site near the route and Pantheon says it will keep evaluating opportunities.
From mortgage default to public auction in Dubai: the bidder's view
Dubai's mortgage law takes a home from a notary's notice to a public auction in a few fixed steps. What the law sets, what it leaves out, and what the Land Department's e-auction asks.
Is a Dubai off-plan launch authorised? What a broker can verify
Before a Dubai developer sells off-plan it needs a place on the register, the land, an approved project, an escrow account and an advertising permit. The rules, from the broker's side.
How to read Dubai's official property data, from sales to rent indices
What the Dubai Land Department's open data, its Mo'asher sales price index and its rental indices each count, how they are built, and the dates they carry. Index examples are from 2022 and 2023.
Dubai property auctions: what the published record shows, 2012 to 2025
Who brings property to auction in Dubai, the dated totals of 2012, 2014 and 2017, the single results reported up to 2025, and one company's bidder terms. No current volume is published.
What happens to a Dubai property when a foreign owner dies?
The default shares for non-Muslims, Dubai's two wills registers, what the DIFC Courts charge, and how the Dubai Land Department moves a title to the heirs.
Dubai rent settlements reach 2,350 in nine months, worth AED 401 million
Dubai's Rental Disputes Center says 2,350 landlord and tenant disputes ended in an agreed settlement between January and September 2026, in six days each on average.
How a rent dispute is heard at Dubai's Rental Disputes Center
Dubai sends landlord and tenant disputes to one specialised body. What it hears, the documents and the 3.5% fee, conciliation, the AED 100,000 appeal threshold and how a judgment is enforced.
Florida foreclosure sales: how the clerk's auction works for bidders
Florida's judicial sale statute sets a 5% deposit, a 10-day objection window and a one-year surplus rule. A bidder's path from notice to certificate of title, step by step.
Florida and Texas limits on foreign buyers: who is covered and how
Florida since 2023 and Texas since 2025 bar some foreign buyers from property. Who is covered, the one-home exceptions, the closing affidavit, penalties and the court rulings.
Minneapolis apartment permits fell to 300 units as rents hit a high
A Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis review published on 7 October finds multifamily permitting in the city down 91.6% from 2022, while median rent reached US$1,469.
Buying a home at auction in New South Wales: the bidder's rules
How a New South Wales auction works from the buyer's side: registering to bid, what the auctioneer may do, the deposit at the fall of the hammer and why there is no cooling-off.
New South Wales: the yearly taxes on a foreign-owned home in 2026
A foreign owner of a New South Wales home pays a 5% surcharge land tax with no threshold, ordinary land tax above it, and a federal vacancy fee if the home stands empty. The sums in A$.
Buying off the plan in New South Wales: what the law gives a buyer
Off-the-plan contracts in New South Wales: the disclosure statement, ten business days to cool off, deposits in trust, the 2% compensation cap, sunset clauses and the building bond.