AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoHomeownership: New Zealand Labour’s rent-to-buy pledge would credit eligible public-housing tenants $100 a week toward a deposit and raise the First Home Loan income cap to $300,000, while promising three replacement homes for each one sold. Affordability: Spain’s housing squeeze is hitting working households: home prices rose 84.6% from 2015 to 2025, far outpacing wage growth. China’s Downturn: Property development investment fell 20.6% in the first nine months of 2026, deepening pressure on construction jobs, local government finances and land-sale revenue. Vietnam’s Supply Gap: High-end and luxury apartments made up 78% of Hanoi’s new commercial supply in the first half of the year, while homes priced below VND25 million per square meter were nearly absent; industry voices say lower developer profit targets could help improve affordability. San Francisco Market: Anthropic’s planned IPO could add to housing competition, as real estate agents report cash-rich buyers chasing scarce homes. Affordable Housing: Malaysia allocated RM150 million to complete 554 homes across three Felda projects, while a 78-unit affordable housing development is underway in Ellensburg, Washington.
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