In a surprise move late on Friday, China’s central bank cut interest rates for the first time in more than two years, and the move appears largely aimed at spurring real estate sales.
The People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) announcement… Read More>>
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In a surprise move late on Friday, China’s central bank cut interest rates for the first time in more than two years, and the move appears largely aimed at spurring real estate sales.
The People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) announcement… Read More>>

China’s real estate community may soon have more opportunities to get smarter as one of the region’s best known professional training groups just brought on board former Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors leader Darren Jensen to its executive team.
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Goodman Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced today that they are adding $500 million more in equity to their China joint venture, as investors continue to be encouraged by the returns from China’s logistics real estate sector.
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China’s retailers, mall developers and consumption consultants will have another opportunity to trade namecards and talk deals next year when the organiser of Europe’s biggest real estate trade show rolls out a retail real estate event in Shanghai.
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One of the great mysteries of the boom in purchases of international real estate by Chinese investors has been how all of the cash for these purchases gets overseas from a country where capital accounts and foreign exchange are strictly… Read More>>

One of China’s biggest real estate developers decided to trade in bricks and mortar for paper and ink recently, when Evergrande Real Estate Group announced that it would invest HK$950 million ($122.5 million) to acquire a Hong Kong magazine company.

Continuing a decline that started in May, China’s new home prices fell an average of 0.78 percent in October, after looser credit rules and policy reversals helped to avoid a freefall in the country’s real estate market. The figures published… Read More>>

In a policy breakthrough, Shanghai’s party chief announced yesterday that the city’s free trade zone intends to enable Chinese citizens to directly invest overseas for the first time.
“One of our key objectives is allowing qualified individuals within the free… Read More>>

Asia’s richest man sold another mainland property asset last week as two companies controlled by Li Ka-shing’s transferred a commercial development in Chongqing to a related real estate investment trust (REIT) for RMB 3.91 billion ($638 million).
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This week we see Chinese real estate investors reaching to NYC for talent, a former Pramerica SVP join a new shop, and a high-ranking Mapletree investor head out on his own. With notably fewer role changes this week, is it… Read More>>