UK annual house price growth edges up to 1.6% in August
UK annual house price growth rose to 1.6% in August, from a downwardly revised 1.4% in July, Nationwide's latest House...
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China Ends the Dividend Tax Exemption for Foreign Individuals in Foreign-Invested Enterprises: How the 20% Applies
Announcement No. 27 of 2026 ends the specific dividend tax exemption for foreign individuals in foreign-invested enterprises. How the 20%...
Read moreDetailsSeoul’s property tax package is being softened. The market stopped trading anyway.
On 1 September, South Korea's cabinet approved a property tax package that is milder than the one announced a month...
Read moreDetailsPortugal posted the world’s fastest real house price growth while global prices fell
Portugal recorded the strongest annual rise in real house prices among the 57 economies tracked by the Bank for International...
Read moreDetailsA US judge blocks the birthright citizenship order — as the passport paperwork behind it surfaces
Two things happened on 2 September on the same policy thread, and they point in opposite directions.
Read moreDetailsUK regulator finds the liquidity gap in alternative funds sits in property
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published analysis of more than 11,000 alternative investment funds accessible to UK investors and...
Read moreDetailsStamp duty is holding back millions of UK moves, lender research finds
Yorkshire Building Society has published research arguing that stamp duty is deterring millions of people from moving home and weighing...
Read moreDetailsChina ends its 32-year tax exemption on foreign individuals’ dividends
From 1 September 2026, dividends and bonuses that foreign individuals receive from foreign-invested enterprises in China are subject to a...
Read moreDetailsCanada’s Hong Kong permanent residence pathways close to new applications
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has confirmed that the two temporary permanent residence pathways created for Hong Kong residents
Read moreDetailsJapan’s Coalition Can’t Agree on Foreign Workers — Or on Who Gets to Stay
Japan's LDP-Ishin coalition is split over capping foreign-worker intake, even as immigration authorities draft guidelines that would sharply raise the...
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