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Iran's Housing Rent Inflation Hits a 45 Month Low in Mordad
According to a report by the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and Iran's Statistical Center, published by IRNA and carried by Donya-e-Eqtesad on Saturday, 7 Shahrivar 1405 (August 29, 2026), annual inflation in Iran's housing rent index reached 32.3 percent in Mordad (the month ending August 22, 2026), the lowest annual rate for this market since Azar 1401 (November/December 2022). Point to point rent inflation for the month was reported at 31.8 percent, while the country's overall point to point inflation for the same month was 89 percent, about three times the rent figure. Annual overall inflation was reported at around 70 percent, more than double Mordad's annual rent inflation. Among 12 categories of household goods and services, the rental market recorded the lowest point to point and annual inflation in Mordad, while the tobacco and food and beverage categories saw the steepest price increases, at about 161 percent and 127.5 percent point to point inflation respectively.
Donya-e-Eqtesad, citing IRNA and Ministry of Roads and Urban Development
2,295 National Housing Units Delivered in Hamedan Province
A total of 345 urban and 1,950 rural housing units under Iran's National Housing scheme were delivered in Hamedan province, Khabar Online reported. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Nahavand, Roads and Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sadegh Malvajerd said about 100,000 National Housing units have been opened in Hamedan to date, with 80,000 of them delivered over the past two years. She said 850,000 people have registered for the scheme in Hamedan, of whom 350,000 belong to the lowest four income deciles, and that the government remains committed to housing them. The minister cited income tier based loans, land swaps with contractors, and Housing Foundation loans for low income applicants as support measures. The ceremony was held on August 25, 2026 (3 Shahrivar 1405).
Khabar Online
In Mazandaran, Construction Begins on the 10,000 Unit Gohar Baran Housing Town
Construction has begun on a 10,000 unit residential town called Gohar Baran in Mazandaran province, Khabar Online reported. Hojjatoleslam Majid Ansari, the president's deputy for legal affairs, said at the groundbreaking ceremony that housing supply is one of the government's top priorities and is emphasized in the country's Seventh Development Plan. He said that given limited government resources, the project was designed to draw on asset monetization and private sector investment. Ansari also pointed to the high value of land in Mazandaran and stressed the need to use it efficiently to secure housing for future generations. The ceremony was held on August 25, 2026 (3 Shahrivar 1405).
Khabar Online
Tehran National Housing Applicants Face a Second Payment Hike Within Three Months
Tehran province's Roads and Urban Development department has raised the advance payment ceiling for National Housing scheme applicants twice within less than three months, according to Khabar Online citing Tasnim. On May 25, 2026 (4 Khordad 1405), applicants were told to complete advance payments up to 1 billion tomans by June 6. On August 23 (1 Shahrivar), a new text message raised the ceiling to 1.1 billion tomans with a September 11 deadline, and just two days later, on August 25 (3 Shahrivar), a correction message raised it again to 1.2 billion tomans. The increases coincide with a rise in the scheme's bank loan ceiling from 650 million to 850 million tomans, while authorities have not clearly disclosed the final total advance payment required per unit.
Khabar Online, citing Tasnim
Audit Court Confirms Continued 30 Trillion Toman Allocation to Complete Mehr Housing
Habibollah Taherkhani, deputy for housing and construction at Iran's Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, said on Sunday, Shahrivar 1, 1405 (August 23, 2026), on the sidelines of the 20th monitoring session for supportive housing plans, that the Audit Court has confirmed the continuation of a 30 trillion toman allocation approved under the 1404 budget law for completing Mehr housing projects this year. According to Eghtesadonline, he said reports citing a 20 trillion toman figure were inaccurate, and that the approved amount is 30 trillion tomans. Taherkhani also said 134,000 urban and rural housing units, including National Housing Action projects, remaining Mehr housing units and renovated worn out urban fabric, will be delivered this Shahrivar with the president in attendance.
Eghtesadonline
Central Bank Raises Home Purchase and Construction Loan Ceiling to 2 Billion Tomans for Tehran Couples
Iran's Central Bank significantly raised the ceilings on home purchase, construction, jealeh (repair) and deposit (rental) loans under a resolution reported Thursday, August 20, 2026 (29 Mordad 1405), by Ecoiran, citing Jamaran. Under the resolution, in Tehran the ceiling for home purchase and construction loans rose to 1 billion tomans for an individual applicant and 2 billion tomans for a couple. In provincial capitals and cities with a population above 200,000, the ceiling rose to 800 million tomans for individuals and 1.6 billion tomans for couples; in other areas of the country, it was set at 600 million tomans for individuals and 1.2 billion tomans for couples.\n\nThe ceiling for jealeh (repair) loans funded through priority certificate bonds rose from 280 million to 400 million tomans. The ceiling for housing deposit (rental) loans rose in Tehran from 300 million to 400 million tomans, in provincial capitals and cities above 200,000 population from 225 million to 300 million tomans, and in other areas from 150 million to 200 million tomans. Per Ecoiran, the increase comes as years of rising home prices and rents have eroded household purchasing power.
Ecoiran, citing Jamaran
Central Bank Raises Housing Loan Ceiling for Tehran Couples to 2 Billion Tomans
Iran's central bank High Council approved raising the ceiling on loans funded through pre-emption right certificates (called Tase) for home construction and purchase, housing deposits, and renovation loans, according to Donya-e-Eqtesad, published Wednesday, August 19, 2026 (28 Mordad 1405). The home purchase and construction loan ceiling in Tehran doubled to 2 billion tomans for couples and 1 billion tomans for individual applicants; in provincial capitals and cities with over 200,000 residents the ceiling rose to 1.6 billion and 800 million tomans, and elsewhere to 1.2 billion and 600 million tomans. The renovation loan ceiling rose from 280 million to 400 million tomans, and the Tehran housing deposit loan ceiling rose from 300 million to 400 million tomans. Housing market analysts cited in the report said that with average prices in Tehran running around 200 million tomans per square meter, the new ceiling covers only about 10 square meters of housing, and without a cut in the roughly 22.5 percent loan interest rate and control of construction material inflation, it will do little to improve real buyers' purchasing power.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
Pension Fund Chief: About 40% of Iranian Retirees Are Renters
The head of Iran's Civil Servants Pension Fund said on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 (28 Mordad 1405), citing unofficial figures, that roughly 40 percent of the fund's retirees rent their homes and own no property. According to Donya-e-Eqtesad, he said the fund is studying a plan to build and offer affordable housing with priority given to retirees, aiming to ease some of the rent burden on this group. Further details on timing and financing have not yet been announced.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
Central Bank Raises Housing Deposit and Repair Loan Ceilings Funded by Priority Bonds
According to Iran's Central Bank, carried by Donya-e-Eqtesad on Tuesday, 18 August 2026 (27 Mordad 1405) at 19:09 Tehran time, the Central Bank's High Council approved raising the ceilings on loans funded by priority certificate bonds for building and buying housing units, rental deposits, and repair (jaaleh) loans. Under the resolution, the ceiling for housing repair loans rises from 280 million to 400 million tomans. The ceiling for housing deposit loans also rises: in Tehran from 300 million to 400 million tomans, in provincial capitals and cities with a population above 200,000 from 225 million to 300 million tomans, and in other areas from 150 million to 200 million tomans. The Central Bank said the resolution aims to support housing loan applicants, strengthen supply and demand in the housing sector, boost purchasing power, and support tenants.
Donya-e-Eqtesad, citing the Central Bank of Iran
Tehran Municipality Offers 5,000 More "Khaneh Rooz" Micro Housing Units, Caps Purchases at 100 Per National ID
Navid Khasehbaf, CEO of Tehran Municipality's Organization for Investment and Public Participation, said at a press conference on Saturday, August 15, 2026 (24 Mordad 1405), that from 8 a.m. that day, 5,000 more "Khaneh Rooz" micro real estate investment units were offered on the Shahrzad platform; a similar batch of 5,000 units had been offered the previous week, bringing total sales so far to about 8,800 units. According to Khabaronline, citing ISNA, purchases are capped at 100 units per national ID to prevent speculation. Khasehbaf said the project is a nine story, 54 unit building with 6,480 square meters of net residential space in Tehran's District 5, for which a construction permit has been issued and which is now in the excavation and foundation phase, showing about 2 percent physical progress since the previous month. He said Khaneh Rooz is structured as a civil partnership between the builder and investors rather than a pre sale, and that Tehran Municipality guarantees its liquidity.
Khabaronline, citing ISNA
Official Data Show Housing's Share of Iranian Household Spending Has Passed 50 Percent
Ghazal Raheb, head of the Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center, said in a televised interview reported by ISNA on Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), that official statistics show housing now accounts for more than 50 percent of Iranian household spending. She attributed the growing difficulty of accessing suitable housing mainly to rising inflation and cited sanctions, the war and mounting inflation as factors weighing on the housing market. Raheb said the research center, the Roads and Urban Development Ministry's research arm, has drafted new proposed packages to support low income households through rental housing, subsidized housing and landlord support programs. She added that providing housing for households in income deciles one through four requires cooperation from municipalities, investors and other bodies, and that rent controls and industrialized building construction are among the policies the ministry is pursuing.
Khabaronline, citing ISNA
Housing Market Analyst: Landlords Are Turning to Lease Renewals Instead of Seeking New Tenants
According to Donya-e-Eqtesad, Mansour Gheybi, a senior housing market analyst, said in remarks published Tuesday, August 12, 2026 (21 Mordad 1405) that rent increases by landlords are now tracking the government's approved range of 25 to 30 percent, and that landlords, facing high costs from turning over tenants, are increasingly renewing leases with existing renters instead of seeking new ones. He said this does not mean there are no tenants or listings in the rental market, but rather that the volume of available listings has fallen compared with previous years. Gheybi added that stable or rising home prices are also feeding through to rents, and that part of current rental demand originates from home purchase transactions, for example when a buyer acquires a unit for investment and then lists it for rent. He also said the growing use of official online systems to renew lease contracts has made the renewal process simpler for landlords.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
Qazvin to Deliver 4,000 National Housing Movement Units by Year End, With Projects 82 Percent Complete
According to Khabar Online, reporting from Qazvin, Mojtaba Daei-Daei, director general of Roads and Urban Development for Qazvin province, said at a press meeting on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 (20 Mordad 1405) that National Housing Movement projects in the province are about 82 percent physically complete, with plans to deliver 4,000 units by the end of the current Iranian year; he added the figure could rise if the necessary infrastructure is ready in time. He stressed the goal is not simply to raise the number of units handed over, but to ensure units have utility connections, paved access roads and other infrastructure needed for genuine occupancy. He put the construction cost per square meter for National Housing Movement units in Qazvin province last year at about 10.5 million tomans, which he said was below the national average, and cited the scheme's loan ceiling at 850 million tomans. Daei-Daei also said that, under Iran's family support and youth population law, land has so far been allocated to more than 4,700 qualified applicants with three or four children in the province, while about 3,300 more applicants remain on a waiting list.
Khabar Online
Housing Ministry: Registration for 'Ashian' Rental Housing Plan to Begin in Tehran and Mashhad During Government Week
Reza Farhadzadeh, director general of the Housing Planning and Monitoring Office at Iran's Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, said on Monday, 19 Mordad 1405 (10 August 2026), that registration for the "Ashian" rental housing plan is likely to open in Tehran alongside Government Week, which begins on 24 Mordad (15 August 2026). He said registration for the broader rental housing scheme has already taken place in 15 Iranian cities, and that the Ashian plan will supply about 2,500 residential units for the metropolitan areas of Tehran and Mashhad. Farhadzadeh said the ministry is aiming to supply as many units as possible under the plan in the two cities.
EcoIran
Iran's Population Headquarters: Families With Three or More Children Entitled to 200 Square Meters of Land; 20 Percent of Applicants Have Received Land So Far
Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, secretary of Iran's National Population Headquarters, said Sunday, 18 Mordad 1405 (August 9, 2026), according to Ecoiran (citing Chandsanieh), that under articles 3 and 4 of the Family and Youth Population Support Law, families with three or more children are entitled to 200 square meters of land, and that 20 percent of applicants have received their land allocation so far. Citing an 8.9 percent drop in births in 1404 compared with the prior year, and a further 6.9 percent decline in the first four months of 1405, she said 74.7 percent of young Iranians view economic conditions as the main factor affecting decisions to have children. Her figures also showed the average marriage age is 24.1 for women and 28.4 for men, with the average age of mothers at first childbirth at 27.6 nationally and 30.8 in Tehran.
EcoIran
Tehran's Average Housing Price Hits 230 to 240 Million Tomans per Square Meter as Annual Supply Gap Reaches 700,000 Units
According to the Mabna report published by Iran's Borna News Agency, the average price per square meter of housing in Tehran has reached 230 to 240 million tomans. Using the 235 million toman midpoint, a 50 square meter unit costs about 11.75 billion tomans and an 80 square meter unit about 18.8 billion tomans, with some upscale districts reporting prices up to 1 billion tomans per square meter. The report says Iran's annual housing need is about 1 million units against annual production of roughly 300,000 units, leaving an annual gap of about 700,000 units that would exceed 2 million units if it persists for three years. About 95 percent of housing production is handled by the private sector, of which small builders account for 80 to 85 percent. Housing economist Iman Rafiei told Borna the market's core problem is not a lack of demand but a lack of effective demand, households with the financial means to buy.
Khabar Online, citing Borna News
Dollar Price of Tehran Apartments Falls to $989 per Square Meter in Tir
According to the Housing Market Observatory channel, reflected in the Donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper and published Saturday, August 8, 2026 (17 Mordad 1405), the average dollar price per square meter of apartments sold in Tehran during Tir (June 22 to July 22, 2026), based on final transaction prices and that month's dollar rate, was $989, below the indicator's "normal" level of $1,070. According to the report, the same gauge stood at $1,111 in Ordibehesht (April to May) and $1,283 in Khordad (May to June) this year. The report attributed Tir's decline to the return of war tensions from the middle of the month and their inflationary effect on the dollar market, which it said also shaped housing traders' behavior. For comparison, the indicator averaged $998 across the Iranian year 1404 (roughly the year to March 2026) and $1,264 across 1403. The report adds that, based on sellers' asking prices rather than closed deals, the Tir figure was $1,095 per square meter, with an early Mordad estimate of about $1,103.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
Tehran Rents Jump 70 to 100 Percent as Parliament Research Center Flags Fundamental Flaws in the Rent Cap Law
According to a report by Khabar Online published Saturday, August 8, 2026 (17 Mordad 1405), Tehran's rental housing market has seen rents rise 70 to 100 percent and deposits climb to several billion tomans this moving season, despite government support measures such as a rent increase cap, automatic lease renewals and housing deposit loans, a trend the report said has left many tenants unable to pursue their rights. A fresh review by parliament's Research Center of Article 7 of the 2024 (1403) Law on Organizing the Land, Housing and Rent Market found the law suffers from fundamental design flaws: the rent cap only applies once annual inflation exceeds 30 percent and requires the Supreme Housing Council to find a "binding expediency," a standard the center said is neither clear nor measurable. The Research Center also said the law does not require landlords to renew leases, effectively neutralizing the cap since a unit can simply be re-let at market price, that enforcement depends on individual tenant complaints, and that it covers only 98 cities, leaving 835 other cities without protection. For the Iranian year 1405, automatic lease renewal with a 25 percent increase cap remains in force under the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development's policy.
Khabar Online
Iran's Building Permits Plunge 37.4 Percent Year on Year, Raising Housing Supply Warning
According to the latest report from Iran's Statistical Center, the number of building permits issued in winter 1404 (December 2025 to March 2026) fell 37.4 percent compared with winter 1403, dropping from more than 40,000 to about 25,000. Ecoiran reported that the number of residential units projected under these permits saw the sharpest decline among key indicators, down 43.5 percent, while total permitted floor area fell 36.6 percent. Since permit issuance is the first step of construction projects and a leading indicator of housing supply, the continuation of this trend could limit the entry of new units to the market in coming years. In Tehran, District 15 recorded the highest number of permits, while District 21 registered the most projected residential units due to large, high rise projects. A review of seasonal trends since 1400 (2021) shows that winter 1404, unlike the usual peak permit season, did not repeat the pattern of previous years.
Ecoiran, citing Statistical Center of Iran
Tehran Housing Market Stays in Recession as Asking Prices Double but Monthly Deals Fall Below 3,000
According to Donya-e-Eqtesad, citing ISNA, Tehran's housing market remained in a transaction slump in Mordad 1405 (July-August 2026), with weak household purchasing power and uncertainty over future prices. Monthly property deals in Tehran have fallen below 3,000, the report said, even as some owners' asking prices have roughly doubled compared with the period before the 40-day war ended in late Farvardin 1405 (April 2026). Mostafa Goudarzi, head of the Tehran Real Estate Consultants Union, told ISNA that most current demand is from end-users seeking smaller, affordable units, while investment-driven buying has declined amid an unclear return outlook. He said higher asking prices do not necessarily translate into higher closing prices, and some sellers have offered discounts to raise cash. Hassan Mohtasham, a housing market analyst, said a durable recovery is unlikely until general inflation, construction costs and land prices are brought under control. The report noted the cap on rent increases in Tehran for the 1405 calendar year has been set at 27%.
Donya-e-Eqtesad, citing ISNA
Key contract issued for Dubai's $1 billion Trump tower as 80 percent of units are pre sold
Developer Dar Global said on Thursday, August 6, 2026 (15 Mordad 1405) that it has awarded a contract to build the podium of the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Dubai to Gulf Asia Contracting, a step The National reported brings the $1 billion project closer to completion. The contract follows the completion of enabling works, and the 80 floor tower on Sheikh Zayed Road is expected to be finished within five years. Ziad El Chaar, Dar Global's chief executive, told The National that sales performance has been "outstanding," with 80 percent of the tower's more than 500 units already sold to buyers from about 40 countries including India, Pakistan, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Turkey, Romania and Russia. Construction continues at a time when, The National reported, the UAE property market has largely weathered the fallout from the Iran war; a CBRE report showed Abu Dhabi residential prices rose about 21.6 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2026, while Dubai prices grew by about 1.9 percent.
The National
Iran's housing market remains stagnant in Mordad; Tehran deals fall below 3,000 units a month
According to an ISNA report carried by Khabaronline on Thursday, August 6, 2026 (15 Mordad 1405), Iran's housing market remained stuck in a transaction slump through the first half of Mordad, with weaker household purchasing power and uncertainty over future prices. While no official transaction volume has been published, the number of property deals in Tehran is said to have fallen below 3,000 a month. Goudarzi, head of the Tehran Real Estate Consultants Union, said most current demand is for owner-occupier use, with buyers gravitating toward smaller units, while investment purchases have declined for lack of a clear return outlook. He said rising asking prices from some sellers do not necessarily translate into completed sales, and that some owners have offered discounts to raise cash. The latest Statistical Center of Iran report for Tir 1405 shows rents rose 32 percent over the past year, while monthly housing, water, electricity and gas costs rose 2.8 percent, slightly below the 3.1 percent monthly headline inflation rate. Tehran's permitted rent-increase ceiling for 1405 is set at 27 percent.
Khabar Online, citing ISNA
Bank Maskan signs financing contracts for more than 396,000 National Housing Movement units
The deputy managing director for credit affairs at Bank Maskan said on Wednesday 5 August 2026 that financing contracts have been signed for more than 396,000 units under the National Housing Movement scheme. The report was published by Mehr News Agency. He also stressed the need to speed up instalment sales for projects that have reached a high level of physical progress. Instalment sale is the stage at which a completed unit is handed over to the applicant and repayment of the loan begins. The National Housing Movement is the country's largest state housing construction programme, and the pace at which its units are financed and handed over is one of the variables shaping the supply side of the housing market.
Mehr News Agency
Tehran's housing market enters a phase of stagnation and waiting as point to point housing inflation hits a four year low in Tir
A report by Khabar Online on Wednesday, 5 August 2026 (14 Mordad 1405), based on field surveys across districts of Tehran, indicates that the housing sales market has entered a period of relative calm after months of volatility. In many districts the number of listings now exceeds the number of buyers, transaction volumes remain low, and some buyers have postponed their decisions because of reduced purchasing power or while waiting for economic conditions to become clearer. According to the report, part of the rise in asking prices in the early months of the year came from investors who entered the property market to preserve the value of their assets as regional tensions escalated. After the ceasefire was announced and political risks eased, most of that investment demand left the market. Many owners are now showing more flexibility in sales negotiations. Davoud Beiginejad, deputy head of the Tehran Province Real Estate Advisers Union, said the housing market is currently in a downturn, although buying and selling has not stopped entirely and a limited number of apartments are still being traded in some districts. According to the latest reports from the Statistical Center of Iran, the annual inflation rate for the housing sector fell in Tir compared with previous months, and point to point inflation in the sector was almost unchanged and at its lowest level in four years.
Khabar Online
Tehransar housing survey for Mordad 1405 ranges from 13.7 billion tomans for a 115 square metre unit to 29.4 billion for a 147 square metre one
According to the latest survey of Tehran's housing market, published by Eghtesad Online on Wednesday, 5 August 2026 (14 Mordad 1405), listed prices in the Tehransar neighbourhood of western Tehran vary widely according to floor area, construction year and amenities. Under the survey, a 115 square metre three bedroom unit built in 1402 is trading at 13.7 billion tomans, while a 104 square metre two bedroom unit built in 1397 is selling at 19.8 billion tomans. A 98 square metre two bedroom unit built in 1384 is listed at 17.2 billion tomans, and a 147 square metre two bedroom unit built in 1405 is offered at 29.4 billion tomans. The report stresses that no single price per square metre can be set for the neighbourhood as a whole. According to the report, higher asking prices combined with weaker household purchasing power and cautious buyers have slowed the pace of transactions, with a significant share of negotiations never reaching completion. Eghtesad Online described current conditions as a case of stagflation in the housing market: asking prices remain at high levels while transaction volumes have not kept pace with price growth. These are listed and field surveyed prices and do not necessarily match the final rates in registered contracts.
Eghtesad Online
Tehran's first rent heat map puts the average monthly rent for an 85 square metre apartment at 51 million tomans
The newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad reported on Tuesday, 4 August 2026 (13 Mordad 1405), the publication of the first rent heat map covering Tehran's 22 municipal districts. The map was produced by the Housing Market Observatory channel, the same source behind the weekly house price heat map. The figures on the map are estimated from the average asking rent per square metre across listings in each district, then converted into the rent for a single 85 square metre residential unit. On that basis, the rent landlords are asking for such an apartment across Tehran as a whole is 51 million tomans a month. The figure is calculated without any upfront deposit. According to the same report, in five Tehran districts, numbers 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, the rent for an 85 square metre apartment sits above the citywide average at more than 50 million tomans a month. These are landlords' asking rents and do not necessarily match the final rates in signed contracts. Housing rent is one of the heaviest items in the Iranian household basket, and according to the Statistical Centre of Iran, monthly rent inflation in Tir 1405 was 2.3 percent, below the overall monthly rate.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
20 trillion rials in temporary housing deposit loans to be paid to war-affected households
The head of the executive board of Iran's National Housing Fund said in remarks published on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026 (12 Mordad 1405) that, with 50% participation by Bank Maskan, 20 trillion rials (2 trillion tomans) will be paid out as interest-free temporary housing deposit loans to applicants who have been identified and referred. The loans go to households whose homes were damaged in the recent war and who need temporary accommodation until reconstruction is finished. A housing deposit loan covers a rental deposit rather than a property purchase. The scheme runs alongside the programme to rebuild damaged units. In Bushehr province alone, 8,456 residential, commercial and livelihood units were damaged in the recent war.
EcoIran
Work begins on about 1,000 rental housing units across 12 new towns in Iran, with 190 ready to hand over
Shahram Maleki, deputy minister of roads and urban development and managing director of the New Towns Development Company, said on Monday 3 August 2026 (12 Mordad 1405) that the process of supplying about 1,000 residential units across 7 provinces and 12 new towns has begun. Approvals covering 704 units have so far been obtained and communicated through the boards of the subsidiary development companies and their assemblies, and a further 190 units are now ready to be handed over to qualifying applicants. He said the programme runs under clause 1 of article 2 of the law on organising and supporting housing production and supply, and article 6 of the rental market management package approved at the sixth session of the Supreme Housing Council. That article allows the National Land and Housing Organisation and the New Towns Development Company to use land and property barter capacity to provide completed, ready to occupy units as rental housing for young couples without homes. Maleki said applicants will register through the provincial roads and urban development offices, and that prioritisation will be fully systemic, based on indicators such as income decile and household vulnerability. Units are being sourced by identifying usable properties, land barter, purchases from the private sector and joint venture projects.
Mehr News Agency, citing New Cities Development Company
Iran's High Council of Urban Planning rejects a density increase from 11 to 15 floors in Tehran's District 1
Gholamreza Kazemian, secretary of Iran's High Council of Urban Planning and Architecture, notified the council's decision on a fundamental inconsistency between Tehran's detailed plan and its master plan over an increase in building density from 11 to 15 floors, in a letter to Tehran governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian, Tehran mayor Alireza Zakani and city council chairman Mehdi Chamran. The news was published on Monday 3 August 2026 (12 Mordad 1405). At its session on 13 July 2026 (22 Tir 1405), the council reviewed clause 9 of minutes number 727 of Tehran's Article 5 Commission, dated 26 January 2026 (6 Bahman 1404), covering a plot in District 1 on Shariati Street near Roumi Bridge. The request had been made on the basis of transferring the development rights of a heritage listed property in District 12. The council found the request lacked any minimum urban planning justification and set out five reasons: the economic value of the transferred development rights was disproportionate, running to several times the value of the District 12 property; a systemic no violation certificate had not been obtained, contrary to Tehran municipality's standing practice; the proposal rested solely on raising the project's economic yield; the traffic effects were unclear given the 12 metre wide streets to the north and south of the plot; and support services for the added population had not been resolved.
Mehr News Agency, citing the Supreme Council of Urbanism and Architecture of Iran
Iran's National Housing Fund allocates 20 trillion rials in temporary housing deposit loans for war-affected households
The head of Iran's National Housing Fund said on Monday, August 3, 2026, that 10 trillion rials of the fund's resources have been paid to Bank Maskan so that, with a 50 percent contribution from the bank, a total of 20 trillion rials in interest-free temporary housing deposit loans can be paid to applicants identified by the Housing Foundation and referred to the banking network. Khosro Mokhtari said 3,125 applications have been referred to Bank Maskan so far, of which 1,671 billion tomans has been paid from the resources of the National Housing Fund and Bank Maskan, with the remainder being processed. A further 3 trillion rials in repair facilities has been provided to the Housing Foundation of the Islamic Revolution on an interim basis. Loan ceilings are set according to a population model: 3 billion rials in rural areas, 4 billion rials in towns with fewer than 25,000 residents, 6 billion rials in towns above 25,000 residents, and up to 7 billion rials in provincial capitals, excluding metropolitan areas of more than one million people, where municipalities are responsible for temporary housing.
Mehr News Agency
Donya-e-Eqtesad review finds the claim of a 50 percent crash in housing loan bond prices is inaccurate
The newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad reported in its edition of Monday 3 August 2026 (12 Mordad 1405) that content circulated over the previous 48 hours by some social media news channels, claiming a 50 percent crash in the price of housing loan bonds, does not match the reality of that market. Based on the paper's review of traded prices for housing purchase facility bonds on the Iran Fara Bourse, the average price per bond in recent days of Mordad was about 80,000 tomans, down 24.5 percent from 106,000 tomans in Mordad last year. Since the start of 1405, the monthly average price has consistently been below the equivalent months of 1404, with an average decline of 13 percent; in Tir the decline was 21 percent. Each bond is worth 500,000 tomans of housing loan entitlement, so obtaining a 500 million toman loan in Tehran requires 1,000 bonds. The report adds that the current level is not a record low either: the historical average price since 1389 is 79,000 tomans, with historic troughs recorded in Shahrivar 1392 at 38,000 tomans and Mordad 1398 at 36,000 tomans. The paper attributes the recent decline mainly to last year's increase in the loan ceiling, which had lifted bond prices to 136,000 tomans in Dey and Bahman, together with a deepening slump in home purchases and the eroding purchasing power of the loan.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
Tehran municipality report: the capital was hit 650 times in the 40 day war and more than 50,000 homes were damaged
A statistical report by the urban planning and architecture deputy of Tehran municipality on damage from air strikes on civilian areas of the capital was presented at a session titled "Unfinished Narratives of the City" at the University of Tehran's faculty of urban planning. Hossein Nouhi, a court certified expert and head of permit issuance for Tehran municipality's District 5, cited the report as saying the city was hit 650 times during the 40 day war, with some locations struck more than five times by missiles, bombs and drones. According to the same report, District 4 recorded the most strikes at 90, followed by District 21 with 62, District 1 with 57 and District 22 with 55, while District 17 recorded the fewest at three. The municipality report says more than 50,000 residential units in Tehran sustained damage in the 40 day war, ranging from minor to total. About 40,000 units needed minor repairs such as broken glass and windows, roughly 8,900 suffered damage to architectural elements with the structure intact, 415 required reinforcement or renewal, and more than 2,000 were completely destroyed. By comparison, in the 12 day war 27 provinces were struck 359 times and Tehran, hit 108 times, had 8,520 damaged residential units. In the 40 day war 29 provinces were targeted, and according to the Interior Ministry the provinces of Tehran, Isfahan, Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Bushehr, Kermanshah and East Azerbaijan were the worst affected. The head of the Red Crescent Society has put the nationwide total of damaged residential and commercial units at 149,528, comprising more than 123,000 homes, 24,000 commercial units and 350 health and treatment centres. Nouhi also referred to an estimate of $280 billion in national damage from the 40 day war and said Tehran municipality has made shelter construction a requirement in new building permits. The scale of residential and commercial reconstruction feeds into domestic markets through demand for building materials and the capital's housing market.
Khabar Online, citing Etemad and Tehran Municipality
Iran's roads ministry plans six new cities on the northern and southern borders
Shahram Maleki, deputy roads and urban development minister and managing director of the New Towns Development Company, said on Sunday 2 August 2026 that six new cities will be built on Iran's northern and southern borders, in the provinces of Golestan and Hormozgan. He said the cities are designed to house about one million people across more than 38,000 hectares of land. Maleki said some of the cities are at the design stage while others have reached construction. He described the main approach as aligning with national land use planning and focusing on the southern coastal areas and border regions, adding that the ministry is pursuing the new residential capacity in partnership with the private sector. Building new towns is one of the government's instruments for addressing the shortfall in housing supply, though its effect on the market depends on the speed of construction and the provision of infrastructure.
Eghtesad Online, citing IRNA
Iran extends the filing deadline for 1404 rental income tax returns to the end of Shahrivar
Seyed Mohammad Hadi Sobhanian, head of Iran's National Tax Administration, has issued a circular to tax offices extending the deadline for filing rental property income tax returns under Article 57 of the Direct Taxes Act. The announcement was reported on Sunday 2 August 2026. Under the circular, affected owners may submit their tax returns for rental property income earned in the 1404 Iranian year up to the end of Shahrivar 1405, which falls in late September 2026. Article 57 of the Direct Taxes Act exempts people whose only source of income is property rent from rental income tax up to the salary tax exemption ceiling. That ceiling is set at 480 million toman under the 1405 budget law. Article 80 of the same law requires taxpayers to file their returns on the forms prescribed by the tax administration and within the stated deadline.
Eghtesad Online
Bushehr housing foundation says 8,456 units were damaged in the US and Israeli strikes, with compensation payments now under way
The head of the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation in Bushehr province said on Sunday 2 August 2026 (11 Mordad 1405) that 8,456 residential, commercial and livelihood units in the province had been damaged in the US and Israeli strikes. Amir Boroumand told reporters that damage assessment for all of these units has been completed and that payments to those affected have begun. He said that of the total damaged units, 2 require complete reconstruction, 6,405 residential and commercial units fall into the repairable category, and 2,049 cases relate to livelihood damage caused by the loss of essential household goods. Boroumand added that compensation is being paid in phases according to a set schedule, and that the process will continue until every case has been settled. The figures represent the first official tally of the scale of damage to residential and business units in Bushehr province.
EcoIran, citing Mehr News Agency
Tehran's housing market slips into a transaction slump as sellers come to outnumber buyers
A field survey of the Tehran housing market published by Eghtesad Online on Sunday 2 August 2026 (11 Mordad 1405) finds the market has entered a new phase now that political risks have receded: growth in asking prices has stopped, but the slump in transactions has deepened, and in many Tehran districts the number of units listed for sale now exceeds the number of buyers. According to the report, most of the price increases in the early months of the 1405 Iranian year came not from fundamental shifts in housing but from external shocks: general inflation, jumps in the currency and gold markets, rising construction costs and the inflation expectations stirred by the war. Once a ceasefire was announced and those expectations eased, the psychological pressure drained away, but the drop in uncertainty did not translate into more deals. The market moved into a waiting phase instead. The report says sellers with a genuine need for liquidity are showing more flexibility in price negotiations than in previous months, a pattern more visible in Tehran's mid market districts than in luxury areas. The gap between listed asking prices and the prices actually agreed in completed deals has widened, and many listings have gone weeks without a buyer.
Eghtesad Online
Iranian MP says the 850 million toman housing loan falls short and should rise to 1.5 billion
Habib Ghasemi, a member of parliament's construction commission and of the presiding board of its Article 90 commission, told the Khane Mellat news agency, in remarks republished by EcoIran on Sunday, 2 August 2026 (11 Mordad 1405), that raising the National Housing Movement loan ceiling from 650 to 850 million tomans does not meet the needs of lower income deciles given inflation and construction costs. He recalled that when the Housing Production Leap Law was passed the initial loan figure was set at 500 million tomans, at a time when the average build cost per square metre was under 10 million tomans. Ghasemi said the average build cost per square metre, excluding land, is now estimated at more than 25 to 30 million tomans, and that to preserve the same ratio the loan would have to be about 1.5 to 2 billion tomans. He added that applicants cannot cover the gap on a 100 square metre unit priced at roughly 2.5 to 3 billion tomans. Ghasemi also said 135,000 Mehr Housing units remain outstanding from previous governments, and that of the roughly 850,000 units registered under the Housing Production Leap Law, fewer than 10 percent have been delivered. He proposed either halting the scheme or raising the loan to 1.5 billion tomans, with banks not requiring applicants to fund their full share. The 850 million toman ceiling was approved by the High Council of the Central Bank of Iran at its 71st meeting.
EcoIran, citing House of Nation
Iran automatically extends construction engineering work permits to 22 September 2026
Iran's Construction Engineering Organisation said on Saturday, 1 August 2026 (10 Mordad 1405), that the validity of all work permits held by individuals and companies under article 4 of the Engineering and Construction Control Law has been automatically extended to 22 September 2026 (31 Shahrivar 1405). According to the announcement, the extension follows a cabinet decision and coordination with the housing and building deputy of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development. It requires no in person application and makes no change to the terms of the permits. Holders will also not be required to provide the certificate specified in article 186 of the Direct Taxation Law in order to renew these permits. The organisation said the aim is to make engineering services easier to deliver, reduce administrative visits and allow engineers and eligible firms to continue working without interruption. A work permit is the legal condition for designing, supervising and executing construction, and a gap in renewals can slow the issuance of building permits and the progress of construction projects.
Mehr News Agency
Tehran's roads and urban development chief says the province's rental housing platform will open by the end of this week
Reza Khaleghi, director general of roads and urban development for Tehran province, said on Saturday, 1 August 2026 (10 Mordad 1405), that the platform for the province's housing schemes will go live by the end of this week. He said provincial platforms are being opened gradually and that the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is activating them province by province. According to him, the units that are ready are scattered across the province and include areas such as Gilavand, Shahriar and Robat Karim, with some projects inside the city of Tehran itself. Rental housing is one of the government's instruments for easing rent pressure, and the registration timetable matters for tenants in Tehran province, the country's most sought after rental market. Official data put monthly rent inflation in Tir 1405 at 2.3 percent, below the 3.1 percent headline rate for the same month.
EcoIran, citing YJC
Bushehr housing foundation records 8,456 war damaged units and says compensation payments have begun
The head of the Housing Foundation in Iran's Bushehr province said on the evening of Saturday, 1 August 2026 (10 Mordad 1405), at a meeting reviewing war damaged properties, that a total of 8,456 residential, commercial and livelihood related units in the province had been damaged. According to Amir Boroumand, 2 of them need to be rebuilt from scratch, 6,405 are residential and commercial units requiring repair, and 2,049 cases concern livelihood damage caused by the loss of essential household goods. He added that after field assessment and registration of the damage was completed, payments to those affected had begun in stages according to a timetable, and would continue until every case is settled. Bushehr is one of Iran's energy and port hubs on the northern Persian Gulf. The recorded scale of the damage and the pace of compensation bear on rebuilding costs and on the province's housing and rental market.
Mehr News Agency
Average home price in Tehran districts 6 and 7 reaches 307 million tomans per square meter
The daily Donya-e-Eqtesad reported on Saturday 1 August 2026 that apartment prices in Tehran's districts 6 and 7, known as the administrative heart of the capital, have reached a level where buying a mid sized unit in the area requires a budget of about 27 billion tomans. According to data from the paper's Taraz survey, compiled from sale listings on online property platforms, the average price of units built within the past 10 years in these two districts has reached 307 million tomans per square meter, slightly above mid range residential districts of Tehran. The report cites experts who point to the heavy presence of office use and demand for business premises in the two districts as one of the main reasons for the price gap with other residential areas of the capital.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
Iran's roads and urban development minister says the 25 percent rent increase cap is binding on landlords
Iran's minister of roads and urban development said on Saturday 1 August 2026 (10 Mordad 1405) that the ceiling on residential rent increases relative to last year is 25 percent, and that all landlords are obliged to comply with the approved cap. He said landlords must hand their previous year's tenancy contracts to property agents so that the permitted increase can be calculated from a documented base. The rent cap is the instrument the government uses to contain the rising cost of renting. The latest Statistical Centre of Iran report put monthly rent inflation in Tir 1405 (June to July 2026) at 2.3 percent, below the overall monthly inflation rate.
Eghtesad Online
Rent inflation ran at 2.3 percent month on month in Tir 1405, below the 3.1 percent headline rate
The Statistical Centre of Iran's consumer price report for Tir 1405, the Iranian month that ended on 22 July 2026, puts monthly rent inflation at 2.3 percent, point to point rent inflation at 31.7 percent and annual rent inflation at 32.5 percent. Headline monthly inflation for the household basket was 3.1 percent in the same month, so rents rose more slowly than the overall index. The housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels group reached 442.6 index units in Tir, with monthly inflation of 2.8 percent, point to point inflation of 26.8 percent and annual inflation of 35.5 percent. The housing sub index stood at 432.5 units. Home maintenance and repair services were among the fastest moving items in the group, at 6.7 percent month on month and 83.3 percent point to point. Tir is normally one of the busiest months in the rental market because the tenant moving season begins then. Housing carries the heaviest weight in the household basket, so the group remains the single biggest influence on living costs even in a month when its monthly rate runs below the average.
Eghtesad Online
Registration for Tehran province's rental housing scheme to open by the end of this week
Reza Khaleghi, director general of roads and urban development for Tehran province, said on Saturday, 1 August 2026, that the registration portal for the province's rental housing scheme will open shortly, and that the process is expected to be available for Tehran province by the end of this week. He said the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is activating the provincial portals gradually and in sequence. On the location of the units prepared, Khaleghi said they are scattered across the province and include areas such as Gilavand, Shahriar and Robat Karim, with some projects also located within the city of Tehran. The rental housing scheme is one of the government's programmes for tenant households. Details of the registration conditions, the number of units and the rent levels in Tehran province have not yet been officially announced.
Eghtesad Online, citing YJC
Housing loan bond price falls to 78,000 tomans, down 43.5 percent from Esfand 1404
The average price of a housing loan priority bond, known as "tase", has fallen to about 78,000 tomans on the Iran Fara Bourse. According to a Mehr News Agency report on Saturday 1 August 2026 (10 Mordad 1405), that is down about 22 percent from Farvardin this year and about 43.5 percent from Esfand 1404. A single bond traded at about 112,000 tomans in Esfand 1404 and about 95,000 tomans in Farvardin 1405. The drop directly lowers the cost of reaching a housing loan. A couple applying must buy 2,560 tase bonds: 2,000 for the one billion toman home purchase loan and 560 for the 280 million toman repair loan known as jo'aleh. At an average of 78,000 tomans, the upfront cost of buying those bonds works out at about 199 million tomans, against about 289 million tomans in Esfand 1404 and about 243 million tomans in Farvardin 1405. The daily Donya e Eqtesad separately reported on the same day that the price per bond had fallen into the 80,000 toman range.
Mehr News Agency
Iran rations its housing construction loan to National Housing contractors above 65 percent completion
Iran's banking network raised its housing construction loan by 200 million tomans to a ceiling of 850 million tomans, but restricted eligibility for the revised facility to contractors building on 99 year state land, and only those whose projects have passed 65 percent physical completion. Donya-e-Eqtesad reports that the loan itself covers the cost of less than 30 square meters of construction. The rationing leaves out a wide range of housing suppliers: builders investing in worn urban districts, private firms ready to produce rental housing, and other private developers who urgently need bank credit to pre purchase materials in the face of construction cost inflation. The National Housing scheme began in 1400 with a pledge to build 4 million owner occupied units on 99 year land within four years. Since then only about 600,000 units have been under construction by state contracted builders. More than five years on, only about 30 percent of the units being built have passed the 65 percent completion mark, and roughly 30 percent of projects remain below 20 percent progress.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
The US 30-year mortgage rate reaches 6.66 percent, its highest level in a year
Freddie Mac's weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) reported that the average US 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 6.66 percent in the week ending 30 July 2026 (8 Mordad 1405). The 15-year fixed-rate average was reported at 6.04 percent in the same week. The Associated Press described the figure as the highest level for the US 30-year mortgage rate in a year. Mortgage rates are one of the main channels through which monetary policy reaches American households, and a sustained rise raises the cost of buying a home for purchasers. The reading came in a week when the US Federal Reserve, at its meeting on Wednesday, 29 July 2026 (7 Mordad 1405), held its policy rate in the 3.5 to 3.75 percent range and pointed to "elevated" inflation in its statement. Freddie Mac's data is based on thousands of loan applications submitted by lenders across the United States.
Freddie Mac
Japan Housing Starts Rose 18.6% Year on Year in June, Slower Than May but Above Expectations
Data from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism released on Friday, 31 July 2026 showed that the number of new housing units started in Japan rose 18.6% year on year in June 2026. That marks a sharp slowdown from the 33.9% growth recorded the previous month, but it still came in well above the 12.8% economists had expected. In the same release, the value of Japanese construction orders rose 2.3% year on year in June 2026, after a 6.7% decline the month before. In absolute terms, Japanese housing starts totalled 57,877 units in May 2026, down from 62,569 units in April. The long-run average for the series since 1960 is about 96,914 units a month.
Trading Economics
UK Annual House Price Growth Slowed to 1.8% in July
Nationwide Building Society reported in its house price index on Friday, 31 July 2026, that UK annual house price growth slowed to 1.8% in July, down from 2.2% in June. Prices were up just 0.1% month on month in July. In the same report, Nationwide said the average time a household spends in a home in the UK is 14 years, rising to 24 years for those who own their property outright and falling to 5 years in the private rented sector. It also found that three quarters of residential moves in 2024 and 2025 were between homes of the same tenure type. The trend over recent months has been uneven: UK annual house price growth was reported at 3% in April, 1.7% in May and 2.2% in June.
Nationwide Building Society
The US 30-year mortgage rate rose to 6.66%, up from 6.58% a week earlier
According to data published on Thursday, 30 July 2026 (8 Mordad 1405), the average US 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.66 percent. The figure was 6.58 percent in the previous reading. The 15-year mortgage rate also rose to 6.04 percent from 5.96 percent. The increase followed a jump in US Treasury yields. After the Federal Reserve's meeting on Wednesday, 29 July, and the hawkish tone of its chairman Kevin Warsh, the 10-year yield rose 7 basis points the same day to 4.67 percent and the 30-year yield reached 5.21 percent. US mortgage rates typically track long-dated Treasury yields with a short lag. At that meeting the Federal Reserve held its policy rate in the 3.5 to 3.75 percent range, while three Federal Open Market Committee members voted for a 25 basis point increase. Elevated long-term US rates affect the global gold price and the crypto market through the value of the dollar and the appeal of holding dollar cash.
Trading Economics
Karaj home-purchase market survey in Mordad: a 150 square metre flat in Azimieh at 44.5 billion tomans
A field survey of the Karaj home-purchase market by Eghtesad Online's construction desk, published in the early hours of Friday, 31 July 2026 (9 Mordad 1405), recorded four asking prices across districts of the city. According to the survey, a 150 square metre three-bedroom flat built in 1404 is offered in Azimieh at 44.5 billion tomans. In Jahanshahr a 135 square metre three-bedroom unit built in 1397 is priced at 27 billion tomans; in Gowharadasht a newly built 100 square metre two-bedroom unit from 1405 at 18 billion tomans; and in Fardis a 110 square metre two-bedroom unit built in 1398 at 11.3 billion tomans. A simple calculation on these figures gives a range of roughly 103 million to nearly 297 million tomans per square metre between Fardis and Azimieh. The report describes a market split in two: northern districts such as Azimieh and Jahanshahr have separated from the wider market because good land is in short supply, while outlying areas and satellite towns such as Hashtgerd and Mohammadshahr act as a relief valve for buyers on limited budgets. The figures above are sellers' asking prices from a field survey, not registered transaction prices.
Eghtesad Online
Field survey of Chitgar rents in Mordad shows deposits of 10 to 26.5 billion rials and monthly rents of 3.6 to 4 billion
The latest field survey of Tehran's residential rental market, published on Thursday, 30 July 2026 (8 Mordad 1405), sets out listed asking rates in the Chitgar district of western Tehran. Under the survey, a 118 square metre two bedroom unit built in 1404 is listed with a deposit of 12 billion rials (1.2 billion tomans) and monthly rent of 360 million rials (36 million tomans). A 125 square metre three bedroom unit built in 1395 is offered with a deposit of 10 billion rials and monthly rent of 400 million rials, while a 110 square metre two bedroom unit built in 1401 is available on a full deposit basis at 26.5 billion rials. In other words, the newer, smaller unit on a full deposit arrangement requires a deposit more than twice that of the larger, older one. The report notes that the weight of the deposit in the terms landlords propose in this district has risen sharply, and that the price gap between newly built units with full facilities and older apartments has widened. Rising building maintenance and service charges in the district's towers have added further to the total cost of living there. Rents are one of the heaviest items in the household basket and a significant component of the housing inflation index.
Eghtesad Online
Iran raises the National Housing Movement loan ceiling to 850 million tomans
The High Council of the Central Bank of Iran, at its 71st meeting, decided to raise the individual loan ceiling for National Housing Movement support projects, covered by Article 4 of the Housing Production Leap Law, from 6.5 billion rials to 8.5 billion rials (850 million tomans). The increase applies only to construction of support housing projects whose land is supplied by the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and offered to applicants. The council also decided to extend the higher individual ceiling to support housing projects that are more than 65 percent physically complete. The decision was reported early on Thursday, 30 July 2026 (8 Mordad 1405).
Eghtesad Online, citing IRIB News
Iran's annual housing rent inflation falls to 32.5%, the lowest in 44 months
According to the Statistical Center of Iran's consumer price index report for Tir 1405 (22 June to 22 July 2026), monthly inflation in the housing rent index eased to 2.3% and annual rent inflation fell to 32.5%, the lowest annual reading for the rent index in 44 months, that is since Azar 1401. Point-to-point rent inflation was reported at 31.7%, holding within the 31% band. The notable point in the report is that Tir marks the start of the tenant-moving season and the peak of rental demand, yet the pace of rent growth did not accelerate appreciably even as the market entered that period. Housing rent again recorded the lowest annual and point-to-point inflation of any group in the consumer price index in Tir, and the gap with headline inflation is substantial: monthly headline inflation was 3.1% against 2.3% for rent, point-to-point headline inflation was 87.9% against 31.7% for rent, and annual headline inflation was 66% against the annual rent figure. The numbers come from the Statistical Center's official report as carried by the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
Eghtesad Online, citing Statistical Centre of Iran, the Ministry of Roads and Urbanization
Iran launches «Khaneh Omid» housing scheme, targeting 220,000 units for the bottom four income deciles in 1405
The head of the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation announced the launch of the «Khaneh Omid» (House of Hope) scheme at a conference in Ardabil on Wednesday, 29 July 2026 (7 Mordad 1405), saying 220,000 residential units are planned under the scheme for the current Iranian year. According to Manouchehr Khajehdalouei, close to four million households in income deciles one to four have no housing, of which about 2.9 million live in cities. He said more than 40,000 land plots have so far been secured and handed to the provinces, and that the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has committed to providing the required urban land free of charge. Under a government decision, each unit carries a 5 billion rial (500 million toman) interest-free loan at a 5% fee with 20-year repayment, giving a monthly instalment of about 30 million rials (3 million tomans). Khajehdalouei added that the foundation has allocated a 2 billion rial (200 million toman) grant per unit from the Imam's Account 100, and that applicants covered by the Imdad Committee or the Welfare Organisation receive up to a further 5 billion rials in grants. Building permits for these units are free, and engineering-body services are provided free or at discounts of up to 70% in many provinces.
Eghtesad Online, citing IRNA
Bank Maskan paid out 45,228 billion rials in construction loans in spring 1405, covering 4,403 housing units
Bank Maskan said it paid out a total of 45,228 billion rials in housing construction loans to developers during the first three months of the Iranian year 1405. The lending was allocated to the construction of 4,403 residential units. On those figures, the average loan per residential unit was about 10.27 billion rials, or close to 1.027 billion tomans. The report was published on Wednesday 29 July 2026 (7 Mordad 1405) and covers performance in spring 1405. Construction lending is one of the supply side financing channels in the housing market and is counted separately from purchase loans extended to end buyers.
Mehr News Agency
Iran raises the individual National Housing Movement loan ceiling from 650 to 850 million tomans
Mehr News Agency reported on Wednesday 7 Mordad 1405 (29 July 2026) that the High Board of the Central Bank of Iran, at its 71st session, approved raising the individual loan ceiling for supportive projects under the National Housing Movement, covered by Article 4 of the Housing Production Leap Act, from 6.5 billion rials (650 million tomans) to 8.5 billion rials (850 million tomans). Under the decision, the higher ceiling applies only to supportive housing projects whose land was supplied by the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and transferred to applicants. The increase was also extended to National Housing Movement projects that have passed 65 percent physical completion. The 24th session of the Supreme Housing Council, chaired by the first vice president on 5 Khordad 1405 (26 May 2026), had earlier approved the increase. The stated reason for the revision is the rise in construction costs driven by higher prices for building materials, labour wages and transport.
Mehr News Agency
Land and housing ownership claims to be registered only through the official Kateb system
Eghtesad Online reported late on Tuesday 28 July 2026 that a deputy head of Iran's Deeds and Property Registration Organisation said claims of ownership over land and housing will be registered only through the official Kateb system. Centralising ownership claims in a single official system is generally intended to reduce conflicting cases, prevent duplicate title documents and make the legal status of properties more transparent. Clarity of ownership is one of the variables affecting liquidity and transaction risk in the housing market. The announcement came after the question of managing land prices had been raised in economic media in recent days as parliament's stated strategy for containing the housing crisis.
Eghtesad Online
US Case-Shiller home price index posts a 1.1 percent annual gain in May, a twelfth month of decline in real terms
The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller US National Home Price NSA Index posted a 1.1 percent annual gain for May 2026, up from a 0.9 percent rise the previous month. The report was released on Tuesday, 28 July 2026 (6 Mordad 1405). Adjusted for inflation, US home values fell in real terms for the twelfth consecutive month: May's 4.2 percent inflation ran roughly 3 percentage points above the 1.1 percent gain in home prices. The 10-City and 20-City Composites recorded annual gains of 2.4 percent and 1.6 percent respectively. The spread between city markets was wide. Chicago was May's strongest market with a 6.9 percent annual gain and Las Vegas the weakest at minus 1.9 percent, a gap of nearly 9 percentage points. No updated May reading for Detroit was provided for this release date because of transaction recording delays in Wayne County.
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Managing land prices named as parliament's strategy to contain the housing crisis
The head of parliament's Article 90 Committee said on Tuesday, 28 July 2026, that managing land prices is parliament's strategy for containing the housing crisis. According to him, the committee will actively work to remove barriers to production and identify bottlenecks, applying its capacity to accelerate construction, control the market and ease citizens' access to housing. Iran's housing market has faced a sharp rise in construction costs in recent months. At the same time, eviction orders against tenants have been banned through the end of the Iranian year in March 2027, and the 25% cap on rent increases is being monitored through the Khodnevis platform.
Tejarat News
Roads Ministry official says land for 94,000 housing units was handed to industries over the past year
Habibollah Taherkhani, deputy minister of roads and urban development, said on Tuesday, 6 Mordad 1405 (28 July 2026), at a ceremony marking National Skills Week that over the past year, following earlier memorandums of understanding, land required for the construction of 94,000 housing units had been made available to industries. He said there is now readiness to create new capacity for up to 200,000 units to support the country's industries in providing worker housing. Referring to the construction sector's place in the national economy, Taherkhani said the industry alone accounts for 12 percent of employment and roughly 5 to 7 percent of gross domestic product. He also announced the formation of the first industry assessment centre in cooperation with the Construction Engineering Organisation and the Technical and Vocational Training Organisation, saying the step was taken to build a coherent framework for raising the skills of construction workers and certifying their competence. According to him, one existing problem in social security insurance for construction workers has been the absence of accurate assessment of the sector's workers and their skills.
Mehr News Agency
Eviction orders against tenants banned until the end of the Iranian year 1405, with the 25 percent rent cap monitored through the Khodnevis system
Mohsen Razavi, deputy for housing and building at the East Azerbaijan directorate general of roads and urban development, told reporters on the morning of Monday, 27 July 2026 (5 Mordad 1405), that under existing decisions no eviction order can be issued against tenants until the end of the Iranian year 1405, and that the matter can be considered only in emergency circumstances and on presentation of legal documentation by the landlord. The interview was reported by Mehr News Agency and carried by Eghtesad Online. He added that although authority to set the cap on rent increases had been delegated to the provinces, and the East Azerbaijan housing council had proposed a 30 percent increase, any rise above 25 percent in either the deposit or the monthly rent is prohibited under the circular of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and the decision of the heads of the three branches of government. He said compliance is monitored continuously through the Khodnevis contract registration system. Razavi also said no new registration is being taken for the National Housing Movement, and that the ministry's focus has shifted to the Estijar (Ashian) rental scheme, under which completed homes are purchased and allocated to young couples in income deciles one to six. He said 211 units have been bought and uploaded to the system so far. He added that with 55 hectares of land secured, low income housing construction capacity in the province has risen from 1,800 units to 4,472 units, and that grants of up to 300 million tomans are available for clients of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and the State Welfare Organisation.
Eghtesad Online, citing Mehr News Agency
Iran's registration organization says yellow single-page title deeds need no replacement, while informal sales of green deeds are barred
Azam Ghavidel, spokeswoman for Iran's Deeds and Property Registration Organization, said on Monday, 27 July 2026 (5 Mordad 1405), that yellow cadastral single-page title deeds do not need to be replaced or converted into green ones. The clarification answered a question about confusion in the property market in recent weeks. She said that at present only green title deeds fall under the Law on Mandatory Official Registration of Immovable Property Transactions as regards how sales are conducted. Deeds issued after that law took effect on 24 June 2024 (3 Tir 1403) are issued in green, and each time a property changes hands a new single-page deed is issued in the buyer's name in green. Ghavidel said that for properties held under a green deed, drawing up a sale agreement, a preliminary contract, a settlement deed or any informal document is prohibited, with the exception of informal lease contracts of less than two years. Where an informal transaction is made and a dispute arises, no criminal complaint or civil action will be heard in judicial, quasi-judicial or arbitration bodies, and unregistered documents will not be accepted by executive bodies. She added that yellow deeds will soon fall under the same law as regards how transactions are conducted, without any requirement to replace the deed itself.
Eghtesad Online
Russia's roughly $50 billion construction market: China took $9.8 billion, the UAE $3.2 billion and Türkiye $2.7 billion
A Mehr News Agency report published on Monday, 27 July 2026 (5 Mordad 1405), says Russia's technical, engineering and construction services market has become one of the most attractive destinations for non-Western contractors following the broad withdrawal of Western firms. The report puts the value of Russia's residential construction market at close to 50 billion dollars, against a global residential construction market it values at about 2.3 trillion dollars. According to the estimates in the report, China was active in about 9.8 billion dollars of industrial construction projects in Russia last year, the United Arab Emirates invested roughly 3.2 billion dollars in transport and port development projects, and Turkish companies had a presence worth about 2.7 billion dollars in infrastructure and residential projects. The Russian government had projected about 3.9 trillion roubles of investment in housing for 2025, of which roughly 800 billion roubles was earmarked for the central region and the city of Moscow. Iran's share of this market remains small. Ali Naghavi, head of the technical, engineering and construction services commission at the Iran Chamber of Commerce, said Iran has in many areas failed to use market studies in a way that lets the private sector expand its activity in target markets. The report identifies import-substitution policy, the wide role of state companies, a complex tendering system, inflation above 10 percent, and difficulties with project financing and bank guarantees as the main barriers for Iranian firms.
Mehr News Agency
1,540 rental housing units to be handed over in Tehran province by year end, with registration opening in the coming weeks
The head of the Roads and Urban Development Department for Tehran province said on Monday, 5 Mordad 1405 (27 July 2026), that 1,540 rental housing units will be completed and handed over to eligible applicants in the cities of Tehran, Parand, Qarchak and Andisheh by the end of the Iranian year 1405. Reza Khaleghi said units under the scheme in Tehran and Qarchak are currently being finished and are at the stage of installing fittings such as taps, boiler packages and cabinets. Registration for eligible applicants in the city and province of Tehran will begin in the coming weeks, he said. Setting out the eligibility rules, Khaleghi explained that couples may register if they fall within income deciles one to six and if no more than five years have passed since their marriage. Not owning a home has also been listed among the conditions for registering under the scheme.
Tejarat News
Iran's mass builders association says housing construction cost has reached 60 million tomans per square meter
Farshid Pourhajat, secretary of Iran's National Association of Mass Builders, said in an interview with Mehr News Agency published on Sunday, 26 July 2026, that the average cost of constructing a five storey building nationwide has reached 60 million tomans per square meter. He said the figure represents an increase of roughly 70 percent compared with last year, driven mainly by higher building material prices. Pourhajat said housing transaction volumes have fallen relative to earlier periods, particularly in Tehran and in areas directly affected by the war, while buying and selling continues at a slower pace elsewhere in the country. He described the trend as normal and said the transaction boom of the 2010s would not be repeated. He said capital behaves conservatively in wartime conditions, and that part of the money that could have gone into construction has moved instead to the gold and foreign currency markets because they are more liquid. The figures cited are this trade association's own estimate and are not official government statistics.
Mehr News Agency
Bank Maskan paid 2,855 interest-free housing deposit loans to people whose homes were damaged in the war
Bank Maskan said on Sunday 26 July 2026 that it had paid 2,855 interest-free housing deposit loans to owners and residents of homes damaged in the war. According to Mehr News Agency, the housing deposit loan is a facility paid to tenants and to those affected by damage, to cover part of a rental down payment. The report did not state the rial ceiling per loan, the total amount disbursed, or how the facilities were distributed across provinces.
Mehr News Agency
1,540 rental housing units in Tehran, Parand, Qarchak and Andisheh to be handed over by year end
Reza Khaleghi, director general of the Roads and Urban Development Department of Tehran Province, said in remarks published by Mehr News Agency on Sunday 26 July 2026 that 1,540 rental housing units in the cities of Tehran, Parand, Qarchak and Andisheh will be completed and handed over to eligible applicants by the end of the current Iranian year. He said units in Tehran and Qarchak are in the completion phase, with interior fittings such as taps, boilers and cabinets being installed. Registration for applicants in Tehran city and province will open in the coming weeks. Khaleghi also set out the eligibility conditions: couples may register if they fall within income deciles one to six, have been married for no more than five years, and have no record of home ownership.
Mehr News Agency
Iran's deeds registry says yellow single-page title deeds remain legally valid and need not be replaced
The spokesman for Iran's Deeds and Property Registration Organisation said on Sunday, 26 July 2026, clearing up questions that had been raised, that yellow single-page title deeds remain legally valid and that owners do not need to replace them. The clarification follows speculation that older versions of the single-page deed had lost their validity. Single-page deeds replaced the older booklet ownership documents years ago, and their legal standing underpins property transfers, bank lending secured on real estate, and the registration of formal transactions. Settling the question matters operationally for the housing market, because uncertainty over a deed's validity typically slows transactions and collateral valuation at notary offices and across the banking network.
Eghtesad Online
Construction company CEO: the partnership model for the Salafchegan to Delijan motorway will be settled within two weeks
The chief executive of Iran's transport infrastructure construction and development company said on Saturday, 25 July 2026, that the Salafchegan to Delijan motorway is at the investor-attraction stage, and that a final decision on the partnership model is due within two weeks once views have been consolidated. The route forms part of Iran's north-south corridor, and its completion affects travel times and freight costs on the Tehran to southern Iran axis. Motorway projects in Iran are typically financed through private-sector partnerships repaid from toll revenue, a structure that also involves contracting and investment companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange.
Mehr News Agency
Iran's agriculture minister says the infrastructure for the compulsory property registration law is ready
Iran's Minister of Agriculture Gholamreza Nouri said on Saturday, 25 July 2026, at a meeting of the strategic council overseeing the law requiring official registration of immovable property transactions, that the infrastructure needed to implement the law is in place. He said all the groundwork, including the surveying of farmland and the processes for issuing title deeds, has been completed, and that the main remaining requirement is the timely provision of funding to keep implementation going. Nouri added that, based on the ministry's credit estimate, carrying out this year's programmes under the law requires about 1.5 hemat, equivalent to roughly 1,500 billion tomans, and that efforts to secure and allocate those funds are under way. The meeting was held with the first deputy head of the judiciary in attendance, in cooperation with the national deeds and property registration organisation and the land affairs organisation. The law moves property transactions from informal private contracts to formal registration, which matters for ownership transparency and for the quality of transaction data in the housing and farmland markets.
Mehr News Agency
US New Home Sales Rose 1.6% in June but Were 5.6% Lower Than a Year Earlier
Sales of new single-family homes in the United States rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 628,000 in June 2026, 1.6% above the May pace, according to data released on Friday, 24 July, by the U.S. Census Bureau. Even so, sales were down 5.6% from June a year earlier. The median price of a new home in June was $398,300, 2.7% lower than a year earlier, and the supply of homes for sale was estimated at 9.3 months. Sales rose in the South, Northeast and Midwest but fell 22.4% in the West. The figure is among the indicators investors watch to gauge the path of Federal Reserve interest rates.
U.S. Census Bureau
Tehran's housing market cools in July; some owners cut asking prices 10 to 15%
Tehran's housing market cooled further in July 2026. According to field reports, a number of owners who need liquidity have cut their asking prices by 10 to 15%, and some have retreated from prices set two months earlier. Analysts say the sudden price jump at the start of this Iranian year pushed the market into stagnation and thin trading. Prices remain high overall, however: the average asking price per square meter is estimated at about 248 million tomans in districts 6 and 7 of central Tehran, about 176 million tomans in eastern Tehran for mid size units over 10 years old, and about 114.8 million tomans in southern Tehran. It is now hard to find an apartment below 100 million tomans per square meter in almost any part of Tehran.
Donya-e-Eqtesad