While the fall in housing sales and some delays in large-scale infrastructure projects may be slowing construction activity in Peru, the sector is set to be spurred by a new large-scale scheme. In the Lambayeque region of northern Peru, the government is aiming to build a new city and turn it into a development model for other urban areas....
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Although slower demand affected home sales in Peru in 2014 and 2015, stakeholders are hoping that a recently approved rent-to-lease law will have a positive impact. President Ollanta Humala signed the bill into law in July 2015, and the market is anticipating the new regulation to act on three fronts: encouraging banks to raise the level of...
Although economic uncertainty weakened investment in the sector for most of 2015, real estate development continues to offer opportunities in Peru. Housing demand remains high, and growth rates have encouraged development of office, commercial and industrial real estate projects. “There is a lot of caution in terms of investment, caused by El...
Peru’s construction sector is experiencing a slight deceleration, falling from a few years of double-digit growth to more conservative figures in 2014 and 2015, following a reduction in public expenditure. Upcoming elections in 2016 and related government change can be expected to slow the rate of projects being allocated over the short term. However, a significant number of works in the...
Demand for construction services has extended through 2015 driven by a solid pipeline of major public projects, as well as lively demand from the private real estate sector. Some of the infrastructure developments being implemented should keep contractors busy for years to come, and are expected to help maintain sector momentum through the...
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