ARA Asset Management has $3 billion it could spend on deals, and is searching for opportunities in China, Australia and other locations. And new deals may be much in demand from one of China’s richest men as Dalian Wanda’s relisting… Read More>>
Beijing Rents Outstrip Salaries by 23% and More China Real Estate Headlines
Average rentals in Beijing now exceed average incomes by 23 percent, while down in Hong Kong, the number of homeowners suffering from negative equity has jumped by 14 times. Meanwhile China’s biggest construction firm is backing plans for a new… Read More>>
Bank of China Lends $50M to NYC Hotel Project and More China Real Estate Headlines 2016-03-13
One of China’s biggest state-owned lenders is backing Moinian Group’s Manhattan luxury hotel project, and China’s property market shows mixed results in the latest batch of government data, with housing sales climbing but developers still holding off on investment. Read… Read More>>
Why the New York Times is Wrong About Evergrande’s $16B “Lifeline”
International media from Bloomberg to the New York Times carried headlines today declaring that Evergrande Real Estate, a Guangzhou-based developer noted for its aggressively leveraged balance sheet, had just received 100 billion yuan ($16 billion) in new credit to prop… Read More>>
Chinese Insurers Bid $1.3B for European Real Estate as Deal Wave Continues
Following close on the heels of Bank of China’s agreement last week to buy a New York tower for $600 million, two more major Chinese institutions are said to be bidding for overseas real estate assets, with the total value… Read More>>
Bank of China Buys 30-Storey New York Tower for Nearly $600M
China’s hunger for real estate in global gateway cities was demonstrated again this week when word leaked that the Bank of China is purchasing a Manhattan office tower for a sum said to approach $600 million.
The big four Chinese… Read More>>
Bank of China Expects to Double Aussie Mortgage Business in 2 Years
Following soon after China’s landmark free trade agreement with Australia and riding an investment wave that is estimated to have Chinese investors purchasing $39 billion in Aussie homes, one of China’s biggest banks expects to double the number of mortgages… Read More>>
China Rationalising Outbound Capital Flows as Investors Head Overseas
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>>
Bank of China Downplays Hard Landing for Real Estate Sector
A report issued yesterday by one of China’s four largest banks said that the country’s real estate market is at an inflection point, but dismissed the likelihood of a hard landing in the sector, or for significant knock-on effects in… Read More>>
Vanke’s 60k Sqm Qianhai Project Now 80% Leased
Qianhai is Shenzhen’s answer to Shanghai’s Free Trade Zone, and investor enthusiasm for the special economic zone is already paying dividends for China Vanke.
According to a recent story in the South China Morning Post, a new 60,000 square metre… Read More>>