AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoInvestment: Conversant Capital raised $845 million for its first real estate fund, beating its $500 million target, while Norges Bank Investment Management tapped Art-Invest to manage Berlin’s Axel Springer Campus and pursue more German office deals. Housing Costs: Riyadh rent growth slowed to 4.5% in August, its weakest pace in over three years, a year after rent increases were frozen. In Europe, lawmakers are weighing rent controls and limits on holiday rentals as Spain’s housing protests intensify following the death of an evicted 87-year-old tenant. Market Outlook: California home sales are forecast to rise 3.7% in 2027, with prices up a modest 1.4%. Higher mortgage rates are meanwhile weighing on buyers in several U.S. markets. Development Costs: Salt Lake City approved phased increases that will more than triple some utility impact fees on new construction, shifting more growth costs to developers. Dubai Delivery: DHG Properties began handing over its first Dubai project, a 430-home, $200 million development in Jumeirah Village Circle.
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