China’s National Bureau of Statistics released its final data relating to the 2011 real estate market yesterday, showing that while China’s property market still grew during the year, there was a significant drop off in the volume of transactions and the… Read More>>
Fosun and SOHO Bund Deal a Bad Blind Date
In a report today on the Wall Street Journal, Esther Fung looks into the strange partnership of China real estate developers Fosun and SOHO for a site on Shanghai’s Bund.
As announced recently by SOHO, and subsequently denounced by Fosun,… Read More>>
China’s Desperate Developers Turn to Investment Funds to Stay Afloat
Following China’s clampdown on traditional funding for speculative real estate ventures, developers facing a financing gap estimated at US$111 billion are setting up their own funds in an effort to keep afloat.
About $2.2 billion of… Read More>>
New Mingtiandi Logo
Today is Monday at Mingtiandi, which means that like senior-level professionals everywhere, I have been looking for some way to avoid doing real work.
The result is the new Mingtiandi logo.
The sunrise in the logo is meant to reflect… Read More>>
Half of China Real Estate Developers Miss 2011 Sales Targets
In yet another sign of China’s real estate crisis, 50 percent of the country’s leading real estate developers failed to reach their 2011 sales targets. According to a recent report from China Real Estate Information Corp (CRIC), only eight out… Read More>>
China Govt Advisor Says 7 Percent GDP Growth is OK
As analysts attempt to peer into China’s future and predict at what point the government may step in to stoke up a cooling market, a former advisor to China’s central bank still sees stimulus measures as unlikely unless economic growth… Read More>>
China Recommits to Real Estate Regulation as Foreign Analysts Predict Changes
As observers take stock of the performance of China’s real estate markets in 2011 and attempt to predict what what will happen in 2012, the centre of speculation is on what will happen with government regulation of the residential sector.
Analyst Poll Projects 10-20 Percent Real Estate Drop in 2012
Given the enormous volume and variety of opinions on China’s real estate market, finding a way to tabulate and compare who is predicting what should lend some clarity to the financial outlook, and happily the folks at Reuters have taken… Read More>>
Poly Profits Up 32 Percent Despite Govt Restrictions
While there has been wide speculation of financial challenges for China’s real estate developers in the face of the current market downturn, at least one major player is reporting rising profits.
Poly Real Estate, the country’s second largest developer by… Read More>>
How Not to Be a Real Estate Bozo
Most real estate companies that I meet say that they are looking to provide their customers with more than bricks and mortar — their goal is to help clients find homes, productive office spaces or efficient industrial facilities. Â However, most… Read More>>
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