Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
China’s urbanisation drive took another step forward today when the country’s cabinet issued a hukou reform law aimed at bringing another 100 million people into the country’s cities.
The law, which was first approved in March, was finally issued today… Read More>>
China’s outbound investment in real estate jumped 17 percent during the first half of 2014, with London receiving more than $2.3 billion in capital inflows according to a statement today from an international property consultancy.
Overall Chinese outbound investment in… Read More>>
Knight Frank today announced a new marketing leader for its team in Shanghai as the international property consultancy continues to expand its presence in mainland China.
According to a statement from the company today, Casey Jiang has joined Knight Frank… Read More>>
Sales of property developer bonds returned to China’s domestic market recently in a sign that the Xi government is not yet quite ready to real estate companies to go under. At least in most cases.
Just last week, Shanghai-listed Jiangsu… Read More>>
China’s chief banking regulator vowed last week to limit the amount of leverage in the country’s real estate sector this year and to be on the lookout for illegal lending practices as the country’s property developers continue to come under… Read More>>
Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man Architecture & Engineers Limited today announced that Alexander Lush and Christine Kwan, in recognition of their service to the company’s clients, have been promote to become directors of the company’s Hong Kong office.
Both… Read More>>
This week a Hong Kong PE firm loses one of its US reps, CBRE continues to restructure its investment services department, and JLL announces more promotions in its team. Read on for more details.
Ashish Gupta is said to have… Read More>>
China’s state-owned banks are wasting little time in implementing the government’s decision to loosen up mortgage credit, as the Agricultural Bank of China announced last week that it would begin offering discounts on home loans starting next month.
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Land sales in China dropped 7.7 percent during the first half of 2014 as the slowdown in housing sales helped trigger a decrease in the amount of land sold to build new projects.
According to a recent report from the… Read More>>
Apple plans to open its 12th Apple Store in mainland China early next month, in Jiangu’s province’s Wuxi. This latest expansion of the US device maker’s retail network comes as other luxury brands have slowed the opening of new stores… Read More>>
