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diff --git a/src/modelize/modelize_property.nit b/src/modelize/modelize_property.nit
index 7e1a93a..0d2e3a6 100644
--- a/src/modelize/modelize_property.nit
+++ b/src/modelize/modelize_property.nit
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ redef class AMethPropdef
 				modelbuilder.error(node, "Redef error: {mpropdef} redefines {mpropdef.mproperty.intro} with {param_names.length} parameter(s), {msignature.arity} expected. Signature is {mpropdef}{msignature}")
 				return
 			end
-		else if mpropdef.mproperty.is_init then
+		else if mpropdef.mproperty.is_init and not mpropdef.mproperty.is_new then
 			# FIXME UGLY: inherit signature from a super-constructor
 			for msupertype in mclassdef.supertypes do
 				msupertype = msupertype.anchor_to(mmodule, mclassdef.bound_mtype)
@@ -671,6 +671,9 @@ redef class AMethPropdef
 			mparameters.add(mparameter)
 		end
 
+		# In `new`-factories, the return type is by default the classtype.
+		if ret_type == null and mpropdef.mproperty.is_new then ret_type = mclassdef.mclass.mclass_type
+
 		msignature = new MSignature(mparameters, ret_type)
 		mpropdef.msignature = msignature
 		mpropdef.is_abstract = self.get_single_annotation("abstract", modelbuilder) != null