Qatar is set to fast-track property ownership and residency rights for foreign investors, allowing buyers of real estate worth at least $200,000 (around QR700,000) to receive title deeds and residency visas within days. The initiative, spearheaded by the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), comes as the country’s property market records a sharp 29.8% year-on-year rise in transaction values for the second quarter of 2025.
Swiss Finance & Property Group has chosen Broadridge Financial Solutions to overhaul its investment management operations with a full front-to-back SaaS platform, covering trading, risk, compliance and reporting.
Slate Asset Management has agreed to acquire six essential real estate assets in Germany for more than €100 million, expanding its 2025 European investment total to over €800 million.
Morocco has regained investment-grade status from Standard & Poor’s, with the agency raising its sovereign rating to BBB-/A-3. The move restores a label lost in 2021 and makes Morocco the only African borrower currently rated investment-grade by S&P.
Megaworld Corp. has launched a P2-billion share buyback programme while allocating P2.21 billion raised from its listed REIT unit to township developments in Cebu, Palawan and Bacolod. The company said the buyback would enhance shareholder value, while proceeds from MREIT will support ongoing projects due for completion in 2028.
QuadReal Property Group has committed over £2.5 billion to expand its commercial real estate debt platform into the UK and Ireland, with plans to extend further across Europe. The initiative builds on the firm’s North American success and focuses on sectors including housing, data centres and industrial property.
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