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Shanghai Government Implements Pudong Housing Modernization Blueprint

On November 19, 1991, the Shanghai Municipal Government enacted the Pudong Housing Modernization Blueprint one of the most transformative urban redevelopment plans of pre-WTO China......

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The Establishment of the Formal Housing Finance System

On the 12th of January 1831, a pivotal moment in the annals of global real estate transpired, heralding a transformation in the ownership of land and dwellings from the preserve ......

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Federal Aid Highway Act Signed which Reshaped the US Real estate Market

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act, a landmark law that created the Interstate Highway System. The act authorized the construction of a 41,000 m......

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London Introduces the Housing Reform Act to Improve Urban Living Conditions

On November 11, 1894, the British Parliament approved the London Housing Reform Act to address worsening living standards in industrial London. The nineteenth century had transform......

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Bombay was handed over to the East India Company

The Mumbai we see today was not the same in 1668. At that time, it was not a single organised city but a cluster of seven separate islands, with seawater flowing between them. Ther......

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Model Town Lahore A Modern Society Established within the Ancient Forest of Lahore (Episode 7)

Model Town Lahore A Modern Society Established within the Ancient Forest of Lahore (Episode 7)

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...

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 Where Did the 500 Acres of Model Town Land Go (Episode 5)

Where Did the 500 Acres of Model Town Land Go (Episode 5)

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...

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