央行19日宣布祭出第7波選擇性信用管制，被視為史上最重房市管制政策，震驚市場，總裁楊金龍更直接向投資客宣戰，展現去除房市過度槓桿的決心。專家直言，3指標顯示房市已成未爆彈，央行必須「打破台灣人對於房價一直會上升的迷思跟神話」。

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• Labour’s plans to axe the U.K.’s non-dom tax regime could spark an ultra wealthy exodus, advisors and research bodies have warned.
• Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Malta, Dubai and the Caribbean have emerged as top relocation destinations as they “smell the fear” from wealthy investors.
• London’s super-prime real estate market is facing a drop off in transactions — though opportunities could arise for wealth U.S. buyers, according to Knight Frank.

In 2019, Minneapolis became the first major U.S. city to end single-family exclusive zoning, opening the door for developers to build multifamily buildings on lots where a single-family home used to be. Through a plan known as Minneapolis 2040, the city invited developers to mix up the types of projects across different neighborhoods, including units specifically for affordable housing. The plan included other reforms, such as the elimination of parking requirements and a priority on designs favoring public transit users, pedestrians and bicyclists.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is known for providing clear signals about the central bank’s next interest rate move in order to avoid roiling markets. But Wall Street was mostly clueless this week when it came to predicting how big a rate cut the Fed would deliver on Wednesday.

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According to a recent report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), foreign buyers spent $42 billion on U.S. existing homes between April 2023 and March 2024, a 21.2% decrease from the previous 12 months. During this period, international buyers purchased 54,300 properties, marking a 36% decline from the year before and the lowest level since 2009 when NAR began collecting this data. In total, U.S. existing-home sales reached 4.09 million in 2023, down 18.7% from 2022, and the lowest since 1995.