As Vietnam enters a crucial period of urbanization corresponding to its present stage of economic development, the Government of Vietnam has placed strong emphasis on developing its system of cities. This commi...

The issues related to real estate, tangible movable property, shares and financial instruments, claims and receivables, intellectual property, problem assets, commercial security, risk areas, the commercial deb...

The Ministry of Construction has submitted to the government a list of sweeteners, including tax breaks it wants to offer property developers to invest in low-income housing. The proposal it sent on January 15 ...

The Vietnamese trace the origins of their culture and nation to the fertile plains of the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam. After centuries of developing civilization and economy based on the cultivation of ...

Of all the requisite components of a market economy in transition and emerging countries, sound legal systems and institutions have been among the slowest to develop. In recognition of this fact, in August 1998...

Minimizing slums, squatter settlements and substandard housing are key objectives of most developing country governments, including Thailand. Pursuing and achieving these objectives requires that sufficient sup...

Growth with stability in affordable housing markets in Thailand. It covers policy framework, residential mortgages in the Thai economy, financial infrastructure and institutions in Thailand, housing finance reg...

Monitoring house price inflation and the build-up of household debt is important for the conduct of Thailand’s monetary policy. Although the Bank of Thailand (BOT) does not directly take into account the level ...

National Housing Authority, a state enterprise under Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, was established on February 12, 1973 in compliance with the National Executive Decree No. 316. It currentl...

Thailand’s Pro-poor Housing Finance. It addresses the issues of socio-economic & housing conditions, poverty line, percentage & no. of the poor, housing delivery system, stakeholders in housing, s...

Affordable homeownership is a policy that is often accorded a great deal of policy attention by governments of many countries. In this paper, we examine the market implications of setting a housing price-to-inc...

A UN-Habitat report about affordable land and housing in Asia. This report highlights that access to affordable land is a principal barrier to increasing supply of affordable housing in Asia. Economic growth is...

The housing industry plays a crucial role in the socio-economic development of any young developing nation such as Malaysia. The health of the housing industry has a significant bearing on the economic growth o...

Owning a home for shelter and comfort is central to most families’ ultimate plans and is also considered a definition of personal success. During periods of rapid economic growth, many have the notion tha...

Bank Negara Malaysia has always been at the forefront of the country’s noble pursuit in providing dynamic and cutting-edge support to the Islamic finance industry. In tandem with the burgeoning interest in Isla...

Roughly 50% of the Hong Kong population live in public rental flats or subsidized housing. Hence, the remaining 50% are potential buyers of private residential property for personal use. Public and subsidized h...

The public housing in Hong Kong has gone through a number of transitional stages during the past fifty years. In the 1950 to 1960, public housing was only provided as Emergency Housing/shelter, to resettle the ...

The Government ensures that all those who cannot afford private rental accommodation have access to subsidized  housing. Rents are set at affordable levels. During the year, new legislation was passed to provid...

A  graphic presentation of statics of Hong Kong  Housing Authority 2011 based on population, land domestic households, average domestic household size, stock of permanent residential flats and production of per...

The housing sector in Bangkok has been described as a model for other fast-growing Asian cities, because of the shift by the private sector into low-cost housing, initially row houses, later apartments. This ar...