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Housing · Analysis

Arzesh Maskan, a Tehran-listed property fund, closed at a 52-week high on 12 September 2026; the NAV its 208.9 percent gap is measured against is 122 days old

Arzesh Maskan, a real-estate investment fund traded on Iran's Farabourse, closed on Saturday 12 September 2026 (21 Shahrivar 1405) at 37,361 rials a unit, up 1.78 percent and its highest close in 52 weeks. That price sits 208.9 percent above the fund's published NAV of 12,094 rials, but that NAV carries the date 13 May 2026 on the exchange's own bo...

8 min read · 12 September

Housing · News

Central Bank Gives Marriage and Childbirth Loan Priority to Gam Bond Welfare Card Holders; Store Credit Arrives Faster, Not Necessarily Cash (Friday, August 28, 2026)

Iran's central bank says applicants for interest-free marriage and childbirth loans who choose the "welfare card linked to Gam bonds" get priority in payment order; the card gives store credit for specific goods at contracted merchants, not cash the household can spend freely (Aug 27-28, 2026).

8 min read · 28 August

Housing · Analysis

Iran's Rent Inflation Hit a Cooling Point in Tir 1405, But Real Tehran Leases Jumped Up to 100% the Same Season (Friday, August 14, 2026)

Iran's Statistical Center says rent posted the slowest point-to-point inflation, 31.7%, of any major household spending category in Tir 1405 (roughly June 22 to July 22, 2026), against 87.9% headline inflation. But a Majlis Research Center review reported by Khabaronline on August 8 found real Tehran leases signed this moving season jumped 70 to 10...

6 min read · 14 August

Housing · Analysis

North Villa or Tehran District 1 Apartment? A Real Estate Trader Compares the Two Investments

Comparing prices and investment logic across Iran's two hottest property markets: the Nowshahr-to-Royan coastline versus Tehran's District 1, with Mordad 1405 (July/August 2026) data and a real estate trader's analysis.

3 min read · 9 August

Housing · News

Tehran Rents Jump 70 to 100 Percent This Moving Season; Parliament Research Center Lists 4 Fundamental Flaws in the Rent Cap Law (Saturday, August 8, 2026)

Tehran rents have risen 70 to 100 percent this moving season despite a legal rent cap, automatic lease renewal and housing deposit loans. A fresh Parliament Research Center review of Article 7 of Iran's 2024 land, housing and rent market law says the cap has no renewal mandate behind it and covers only 98 of the country's 933 cities (Khabar Online,...

7 min read · 8 August

Housing · News

Iran raises the National Housing Movement loan ceiling from 650 to 850 million tomans; a parliamentary committee says it still falls short (Sunday, 2 August 2026)

Iran's Central Bank High Council raised the National Housing Movement individual loan ceiling from 6.5 to 8.5 billion rials, that is from 650 to 850 million tomans. The increase covers only supported projects whose land the Roads and Urban Development Ministry supplies, and was extended to projects more than 65 percent complete. On Sunday, 2 August...

11 min read · 2 August

Housing · Analysis

Iran's 57 Point Rent Inflation Gap: Three Reasons the Official Index Misses What Tenants Actually Pay (Tuesday, July 28, 2026)

The Statistical Center of Iran put year on year rent inflation at 31.2 percent for Khordad 1405 (June 2026), against 88.6 percent general inflation, a gap of nearly 57 percentage points. Yet registered new leases in Tehran rose close to 40 percent, and the deposit (rahn) share of total rent reached about 65 percent. This report explains why the off...

11 min read · 28 July

Housing · Analysis

Iran's Housing Inflation Hit 4.7% in Khordad; Why Did It Lag Food and Clothing? (Wednesday, July 8, 2026)

Iran's Central Bank released its Khordad (the Iranian month ending June 21, 2026) inflation report on Tuesday, June 30, 2026: annual inflation at 57.7% and point-to-point inflation at 83.1%. The "housing, water, electricity and fuel" group rose just 4.7% that month, slower than food (8.7%), clothing (9.5%) and furniture (10%), echoing Sahmino's rep...

6 min read · 8 July

Housing · Analysis

Iran's Rent Inflation Hits 31.2% in Khordad (June 2026), Slowest-Rising Item in the Household Basket

Iran's Statistical Center (SCI) reports that year on year rent inflation reached 31.2% in Khordad 1405 (the month ending June 21, 2026), against a nationwide headline inflation rate of 88.6% for the same month, a gap of roughly 57 percentage points that put rent at the bottom of the consumer basket's inflation table. In Tehran, advertised rents rea...

5 min read · 2 July

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