AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoHousing Fraud & Accountability: The FBI charged a former New York City judge and a politically connected developer, alleging they swindled real-estate investors out of at least $5M in a bogus property bid scheme. Local Housing Disruptions: Puget Sound drivers brace for another May 15–18 round of major highway and bridge closures, with I-405, I-5, I-90/SR 18 and SR 99 all hit. Affordability Funding Moves: Canada and Alberta announced $323M for affordable housing, while Armenia approved energy-storage construction rules that could reshape power-market demand. Market Pressure: Ireland’s house prices rose 6.5% year-on-year but mortgage lending is tightening, and New Zealand’s market cooled in April with sales and prices both down. Construction Sector Signals: Kenya’s clinker levy is still reshaping construction inputs, and in the U.S. a tornado-victim housing nonprofit says it’s owed $250K after a year of covering displaced residents.
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