IMF research indicates that low interest rates contributed to the boom in house prices, as did policy support provided by governments and workers’ greater need to be able to work from home. In many countries, including the United States, online searches for homes reached record levels. Along with these demand factors, house prices also increased as supply chain disruptions raised the costs of several inputs into the construction process.

Lack of affordable housing forces low-income workers to live farther away from their jobs, "requiring long and costly commutes and reducing productivity," Moody's Analytics says in its study.

The world needs to build 96,000 new affordable homes every day to house the estimated 3 billion people who will need access to adequate housing by 2030, UN-Habitat says.

The organisation says its advice has helped 43 countries improve their housing policies.

Today, some 56% of the world’s population – 4.4 billion inhabitants – live in cities. This trend is expected to continue, with the urban population more than doubling its current size by 2050, at which point nearly 7 of 10 people will live in cities.  

With more than 80% of global GDP generated in cities, urbanization can contribute to sustainable growth through increased productivity and innovation if managed well. 

The study's estimates and projections are based on theoretical amounts of water, nutrients, and energy that exist in the reported municipal wastewater produced worldwide annually.

Among many findings:

Official sources confirmed that once the government provides soft loans, the metro rail operator will postpone its divestment plans and instead agree to complete the leftover 5 KM stretch between Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station and Falaknuma, which is part of the Jubilee Bus Station-Falaknuma corridor.

Commercial Value Capture (CVC):

CVC can be a way for governments to increase revenues to fund facility improvements, expand services and/or asset maintenance without increasing taxes or user fees. CVC revenues have, in many instances, proven to be successful in mobilizing additional funding for various infrastructure projects and help deliver better quality of public service. However, optimism bias and over-reliance on CVC revenues could also result in project delays or cancellation. 

• Greater Hyderabad has a metropolitan area of 6,852 km2 and a population of approximately 13.6 million in 2021.
• Hyderabad has over 5 million personal vehicles, with 500,000 new vehicles being registered each year.