Syed Shayan Real Estate Archive
Syed Shayan Real Estate Archive
From Real Estate History
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) was established by law to provide lower interest (5 percent) loans to prevent foreclosures, and the first to be made at a fixed rate. At t......
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Britain’s Housing Act 1935 received Royal Assent, moving national policy on urban housing, overcrowding and neighbourhood redevelopment into a new phase. The legislation emerged a......
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1869: legendary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. His philosophy of “Organic Architecture” reshaped 20th century residential design and......
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On 27 November 1962, the Lahore Improvement Trust (LIT) issued a landmark resolution approving, for the first time, the formal urban expansion of Lahore across the western bank of ......
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Egypt’s Free Officers Movement overthrew the government of King Farouk in an event that became known as the Egyptian Revolution of July. The revolution changed not only the country......
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The acquisition of land for the Model Town Society was one of the most remarkable and spirited chapters in its early history. Dewan Khem Chand and his...
Between 1921 and 1924, the land for Model Town Lahore was acquired in successive phases. The process began in 1921, shortly after the establishment of...