As China’s restrictions on residential property sales have cooled down developer demand for new land, local governments find themselves in need of some new revenue streams to fuel their infrastructure projects and maintain public services. In the case of two… Read More>>
SOHO Attempts to Buy Bund Project Stake from Greentown — Fosun Vows to Block
Carnivorous real estate developer SOHO China announced on December 29th that it would buy a 50% stake in a commercial property project on Shanghai’s Bund, only to have rival developer Fosun announce its right to block the proposed deal on… Read More>>
Average Land Prices in Shanghai Drop 40% as Developers Become More Cautious
While the amount of land sold in Shanghai during 2011 was up compared to 2010, the amount of revenue that the local government achieved through these sales dropped during the past year. According to reports from local media, the greatest… Read More>>
Is SOHO China Broke?
According to a report last week in the National Business Daily, supernaturally aggressive real estate developer SOHO China is suffering from a severe cash crunch as it currently is attempting to build and launch several new commercial projects. At present the… Read More>>
E-house Buys Back CRIC As Appetite for China Residential Real Estate Data Slackens
CRIC the NASDAQ-listed former subsidiary of E-House is soon to move back in with its parents as its stock price has dropped from US$9.60 a share a year ago to US$4.05 this week.
CRIC which sells data on China’s residential… Read More>>
Agricultural Bank Says China Real Estate Prices Need to Drop 25 Percent
According to analysts from China Agricultural Bank (ABC) real estate prices should be expected to drop another 25% before stabilizing. While these comments are among statements on the country’s property market, coming in an official statement from one of China’s… Read More>>
IFC Mall Leads Sun Hung Kai Shanghai Retail Real Estate Growth
Hong Kong real estate developer Sun Hung Kai (SHK) is rapidly establishing itself as one of China’s leading mall developers thanks to the success of its IFC mall project in Shanghai. According a recent story in Hong Kong’s Standard, IFC… Read More>>
US Commercial Developers Learning the China Real Estate Ropes
Despite some mis-steps in the past, American real estate developers are starting to make significant investments in China’s commercial property market. Major US retail developers Simon Property Group, and Taubman Centers, as well as other players such as Hines Interests of Houston, and… Read More>>
Shanghai Real Estate Prices Drop to Lowest Level in Nine Months
According to a research report released by Shanghai Deovolente Realty Co, the average price of residential real estate in Shanghai dropped to its lowest level since March during the week of 12 December. The price is continued to keep dropping through… Read More>>
China Issues New Rules Restricting Land Banking
In yet another occurrence of one of my favorite China legal paradoxes, the central government has issued new regulations further restricting land banking — a practice that was already largely prohibited through a 2005 measure that was widely ignored and… Read More>>
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