MORTGAGES & MARKETS Peso crisis drives mortgage rates to 15%, upending Milei agenda 29-09-2025 09:26 Recent market tumult was a stark reminder that despite signs of a turnaround since Milei took office less than two years ago, his success is far from assured.
REAL ESTATE Farewell 'Portal Palermo'?: Milei set to sell off top Buenos Aires real estate 17-08-2025 16:16 State plans to auction off 42,000 square metres in prime Palermo where two consumer giants, Jumbo and Easy, currently operate. Firms have been served notice.
LIONEL'S WEALTH US$232 million – Lionel Messi reveals his real-estate assets 31-12-2024 08:49 Lionel Messi has carried out a listing of his real-estate properties, valuing the portfolio at 223 million euros (US$232 million).
STATE SELL OFF Government to auction off more than 400 state properties 25-10-2024 22:14 Argentina’s government will put 400 properties up for auction in a bid to raise some US$800 million. Properties are either not being used, in bad condition or have large maintenance costs for the state.
MORTGAGE MARKET MOVES 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.