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Portugal introduced a golden visa during the Great Recession to help attract investment into the country's housing market. The programme was launched in 2012. [25] By 2023, the country had issued more than 10,000 golden visas (not including the investors' family members), of which close to 50% had been issued to Chinese nationals.
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Canada ranks among the lowest of the most developed countries for housing affordability. [14] Since the 1980s the federal government has played a smaller and smaller role in funding affordable and social housing. It has devolved responsibilities to provinces, some of whom have in turn devolved responsibilities to municipalities.
This is a list of countries, territories and regions by home ownership rate, which is the ratio of owner-occupied units to total residential units in a specified area, based on available data. [1] [better source needed]
A housing affordability index (HAI) is an index that measures housing affordability, usually the degree to which the median person or family in a particular country or region can afford housing/housing-related costs. [1] [2] [3] Housing affordability is one contribution to the cost of living in an area; measured by the cost-of-living index. [3]
The city is receiving a €100 million loan as support from the European Investment Bank, in order to upgrade public spaces, schools, social housing and energy efficient measures. [5] [6] In 2022, Polish bank BGK will get a €133 million loan to help fund social and affordable homes across the country. The project is set to produce 5,000 new ...
In 2013, foreign buyers made up about 7% ($92.2 billion) of transactions in the $1.2 trillion U.S. real estate market. Canada was the main buyer with 19% of sales (decrease from 23% the year before), China was on the second place with 16% of sales, while on the first place considering total foreign sales by dollar value (24% or $22 billion).
The housing markets ranked are located in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, and the United States. The report also includes special coverage on Russia. The housing markets are ranked on middle income housing affordability, which uses the "median multiple". This was calculated by taking the median ...