Middle East & North Africa Economics Weekly MENA Weekly: Egypt’s new budget, Saudi fiscal tightening & real estate Egypt’s draft FY2025/26 Budget reaffirmed the government’s commitment to fiscal austerity which should put the public debt-to-GDP ratio on a downwards path. Elsewhere, Saudi Arabia’s government... 24th April 2025 · 7 mins read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Existing Home Sales (Mar. 2025) The fall in existing home sales in March serves as a good reminder that more home listings alone are not enough to revive the market. Affordability also has to meaningfully improve which, based on our... 24th April 2025 · 2 mins read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Housing Starts (Mar. 2025) The sharp fall in housing starts in March is less concerning than it seems at first glance, partly reflecting a normalisation in homebuilding after February’s weather-driven surge, rather than a... 17th April 2025 · 2 mins read
US Commercial Property Apartment Metros Outlook Houston best-placed for 2025-29 apartments recovery The apartment market is on track to recover over our five-year forecast, with new supply falling back sharply, while demand remains solid. However, the size and speed of recovery will differ widely by... 7th April 2025 · 7 mins read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack UK Housing Market Chart Pack (Apr. 2025) The easing in house price growth in both February and March suggests momentum in the housing market is waning. What’s more, as we now think the Bank of England will press pause on the interest rate... 2nd April 2025 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Chart Pack US Housing Market Chart Pack (Mar. 25) We think markets are too optimistic about Fed rate cuts this year, meaning the recent dip in mortgage rates is just a temporary respite. We expect rates to rebound to 7% and hover around that level... 25th March 2025 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Case-Shiller/FHFA House Prices (Jan. 2025) The solid 0.5% m/m rise in house prices in January and accompanying pick-up in house price inflation to 4.7%, from 4.6%, confirms that the market has stopped cooling for now. While we still expect... 25th March 2025 · 2 mins read
Europe Commercial Property Focus Dutch residential to outperform in the euro-zone Residential has been the Netherlands’ strongest performing commercial property sector since the GFC, with bumper rent growth a key contributor to that outperformance. Looking ahead, slower wage growth... 24th March 2025 · 18 mins read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Existing Home Sales (Feb 2025) The small rise in existing home sales in February is unlikely to mark the start of a period of strength for buying activity given that purchase mortgage applications, which lead transactions by a... 20th March 2025 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Housing Starts (Feb. 2025) The sharp rebound in housing starts in February and healthy permit issuance shows that the housing market is still holding up well. Nonetheless, with tariff concerns continuing to weigh on... 18th March 2025 · 2 mins read
US Commercial Property Update Austin knocks Nashville off top spot for US remote workers Our updated analysis of the most attractive apartment markets for remote workers sees Austin nudge Nashville into second place after two years at the top of the table, with San Antonio climbing to... 3rd March 2025 · 3 mins read
US Commercial Property Chart Pack US Commercial Property Chart Pack (Q1 2025) All-property values edged down by 0.1% in Q4 but the magnitude of decline narrowed. Appraisal-based cap rates also fell for the first time since mid-2022. However, we still believe appraisals have... 28th February 2025 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack UK Housing Market Chart Pack (Feb. 2025) The acceleration in house price growth in January suggests the housing market has maintained momentum as the wider economy is losing it. What’s more, our forecast for mortgage rates to fall further... 26th February 2025 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Case-Shiller/FHFA House Prices (Dec. 2024) The stronger 0.5% m/m rise in house prices in December suggests sellers still have the upper hand despite more homes coming onto the market and weak buyer demand. This raises the risk that we have... 25th February 2025 · 2 mins read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Existing Home Sales (Jan. 2025) The fall in existing home sales in January reflects weak deal-making at the end of last year due to the surge in mortgage rates. Given that borrowing costs have stayed above 7% since then, we expect... 21st February 2025 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Housing Starts (Jan. 2025) The decline in housing starts in January is not a major concern, as it comes after a surge in starts in December and appears partly driven by the unseasonably harsh weather. Encouragingly, permit... 19th February 2025 · 2 mins read
