Housing shortage threatens to sap resilience of Swedish economy
A housing shortage in Sweden is pushing up prices to levels close to those in central London and threatening to undermine one of Europe's most solid economies. For decades the…
Sustainable housing
The availability of affordable housing remains a nightmare for middle and lower income groups in Pakistan, despite the government’s ambitious agenda to build five million affordable housing units in five…
From boom to glut: Canada’s housing plan could backfire on Trudeau
The Canadian government’s plan to ease runaway housing prices by rapidly ramping up the pace of home construction risks pushing up construction costs in the near term and could lead…
Housing thrust – the long mile
The prime minister is striving to rollout his ambitious construction and housing project. An amnesty scheme has been announced with no questions asked on sources of investment till Dec 2020.…
US housing boomed in 2020 even as pandemic slammed economy
The US housing market boomed in 2020 even as the coronavirus pandemic caused one of the worst economic contractions of modern times, as Americans took advantage of low borrowing rates…
The housing situation
The President of the ruling party, PML (N), Nawaz Sharif, has lamented recently in a speech at a public rally on the poor housing conditions of the vast majority of…
All aboard: The double-decker buses housing London’s homeless
An inviting massage table, a snug chair, a sunlit field of grass - this is not a holiday resort but one of London's famous double-decker buses, which this summer will…
The housing question: Out of my head
Let’s talk some more about the PM’s housing scheme. We’ve already covered how financing the Kaptaan’s pet project isn’t going to be easy (more like, impossible) but let’s take a…
Our housing crisis
The purpose of this article is to outline the magnitude of Pakistan's burgeoning housing crisis caused by population growth, rapid urbanisation, and the resulting mushrooming of slums in large cities…
Our housing crisis – III
India: Demographic trends suggest that India is on the verge of large scale urbanisation. With more than one hundred million being added to it, India's urban population is expected to reach…
