News of estate

Argentines flock to banks as Milei awakens mortgage market

14-05-2024 15:06 Argentines are rushing to banks to apply for mortgages as interest-rate reductions begin to wake the home-loan market.

BLOOMBERG

Real-estate mogul eyes ‘city-towns’ from Patagonia to Paraguay

12-04-2024 10:33 Eduardo Costantini, Argentine real-estate mogul who popularised gated community concept, plans to spend up to US$1.5 billion developing more in new areas.

POLITICS & COURTS

Further judicial setback for Milei: Court suspends repeal of Land Law

30-01-2024 15:43 Ruling signed by judge Ernesto Kreplak, responding to a La Plata war veterans centre, preventively suspends repeal of Ley de Tierras, temporarily blocking limitless purchase of land by foreigners.

by Ariel Stemphelet

UNITED STATES

Billionaire Joe Lewis’ habit of tipping off staff and lover lands him in court

25-01-2024 14:15 British billionaire Joe Lewis, owner of 12,000 hectares of land near Lago Escondido, pleads guilty to charges that he gave associates non-public inside information for stock trades

HOUSING CRISIS

Tenants in Buenos Aires 'desperate' amid inflation and housing crisis

15-01-2024 15:09 Argentina's housing crisis, set against a backdrop of 211% inflation per annum, with rent charges soaring and prices increasingly set in dollars, is leaving tenants feeling helpless.

BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE

Ex-Soros partner surfs Argentine crisis with real-estate empire

03-10-2023 12:43 Eduardo Elsztain avoided speculative investments in stocks, bonds and derivatives as he built up his empire over the last 30 years. Now his real-estate company IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones is booming, even as Argentina enters recession.

CURRENCY WOES

In distorted Buenos Aires rental market, it's dollar vs peso

02-06-2023 10:15 Renting in pesos and on a long-term basis is a titanic task in the capital, where temporary and dollar-denominated supply dominates the market.

LITERATURE

Borges’ estate may pass to widow’s nephews and nieces, says lawyer

04-04-2023 17:05 Rights to Jorge Luis Borges' work and archive, guarded until last month by writer's late widow, fellow-author María Kodama, may be passed onto her nephews and nieces, reveals lawyer.

BLOOMBERG

Ghost banks limp along in Argentina, staying open as costly ATMs

10-01-2023 17:44 Ghost branches — no longer serving clients who require anything beyond an ATM, but not technically closed — have become a common sight in Argentina. As customers increasingly do their banking via smartphone apps and online, providers are pushing to close physical locations. But regulators won’t let them.

News of estate

Argentines flock to banks as Milei awakens mortgage market

Real-estate mogul eyes ‘city-towns’ from Patagonia to Paraguay

Further judicial setback for Milei: Court suspends repeal of Land Law

Billionaire Joe Lewis’ habit of tipping off staff and lover lands him in court

Tenants in Buenos Aires 'desperate' amid inflation and housing crisis

Ex-Soros partner surfs Argentine crisis with real-estate empire

In distorted Buenos Aires rental market, it's dollar vs peso

Borges’ estate may pass to widow’s nephews and nieces, says lawyer

Ghost banks limp along in Argentina, staying open as costly ATMs

Xi Jinping’s ‘strategic patience’ pays off as Argentina's Milei U-turns on China ties

Argentina isn't ready to lift currency controls, says Milei

Monthly inflation in Argentina slows to lowest level since November 2021

Adorni says 40,000 contracted state workers will face 'suitability test'

Argentina inflation slows to lowest under Milei

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