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What is happening in property, dated and explained.
Australian home values fall 1.1% in September, a sixth monthly drop
Cotality's Home Value Index puts national home values 5.2% below their March peak after a sixth straight monthly fall, with Darwin the only capital to rise.
Where foreigners can own property in Dubai, and the golden visa
Dubai law lets non-UAE nationals own property only in designated areas. What the rules say, how a purchase is registered, and what official pages say about the golden visa.
Dubai home sales fall 47% by value in the third quarter of 2026
Consultancy Cavendish Maxwell counts AED 72.6 billion of Dubai residential sales across about 34,000 deals from July to September 2026, with value and volume well below a year earlier.
Dubai rent increases, Ejari and eviction notices: how the rules work
How Dubai caps a rent rise at renewal with five index bands, what registering a lease in Ejari costs and involves, and what the tenancy law says about notices to leave.
Melbourne's Preston Market plan: 900 apartments, eight towers
A master plan for Preston Market in Melbourne's north keeps 81 per cent of the market and adds about 900 apartments. Public feedback to the Victorian government closes on 14 October.
New South Wales surcharge purchaser duty: the 9% and the 200-day tests
Revenue NSW charges foreign persons a 9% surcharge on homes bought in New South Wales. How foreign status is tested, what the 200-day rules require and when the duty is due.
NSW's first End of Tenancy Survey: renters end 85% of leases
New South Wales has published the first results of its mandatory End of Tenancy Survey. More than 275,000 responses show who ends a lease in the state, and why.
Singapore's Canberra Drive EC site draws 13 bids and a record land price
A small executive condominium plot in Sembawang drew 13 bids on 1 October, and the top offer of S$825 psf ppr is the highest yet for EC land in Singapore.
HDB resale flats in Singapore: index slips for a third quarter running
HDB's flash estimate shows a third straight quarterly dip in resale flat prices in Singapore, while sales rose 17.7% and million-dollar deals passed 500 for the first time.
Singapore private home prices rise 1.4% in third-quarter flash estimate
The URA flash estimate for the third quarter of 2026 shows private home prices up 1.4% while sales fell by about 30%. What moved, what did not, and what comes on 23 October.
Singapore's second auction of forfeited luxury flats set for 28 October
Six freehold apartments at Nouvel 18 and New Futura, forfeited in the S$3 billion money-laundering case, go to auction on 28 October after a first round in which 4 of 26 lots sold.
US condo values up 1% in four years as houses gain 6%, Inman finds
An Inman analysis of Zillow data, published on 5 October, finds condos lagging houses in 91 of 97 large US metros over the past year and taking 73 days to go under contract.
US residential construction spending rose 1.1% in August 2026
Census Bureau figures published on 1 October put private residential construction at US$882.3 billion a year in August, up on July and 4.8% below August 2025.
FIRPTA in the United States: what a buyer withholds from a foreign seller
When a foreign person sells American real estate, the buyer must usually hold back 15 per cent of the price for the IRS. How the rule works, and when the rate falls to 10 per cent or to nothing.
US home prices slipped 0.1% in August as annual growth edged up
Cotality's 6 October release shows US home prices down 0.1% on the month in August. Its text puts the annual rise at 1.8%, its page summary at 1.7%.