In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Singapore’s CapitaLand Investment announces plans to double assets under investment in India, a Hong Kong official throws doubt on a potential waiver of the stamp duty on home purchases, and buyers snap up… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2021-11-22
Fun and games lead this week’s roundup of personnel moves from around Asia Pacific, with the owner of a chain of mainland China water parks promoting its chief executive. Also making the list this week are board-level moves at Banyan… Read More>>
Seazen Holdings Scandal Spawns Insider Trading and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The arrest last year of the chairman of one of China’s largest developers has led to further damage this week after one of the fallen bosses buddies was penalised for insider trading after learning that his friend was headed for… Read More>>
Victoria’s Secret Closes Hong Kong Flagship Store and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A leading purveyor of lacy lingerie has joined the exodus from the world’s most expensive retail district, as reports from Hong Kong today report the shutdown of a Victoria’s Secret shop in Causeway Bay.
Also in Mingtiandi’s latest batch of… Read More>>
SG New Home Sales Jumped 114% in February and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore condo sales lead Mingtiandi’s collection of real estate news today, with fresh government figures showing the city state selling its second-highest number of new homes in the past eight years. In other news, Korea’s institutional investors are expected to… Read More>>
Shandong City Lifts Ban on Flat Flipping and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In each cycle of policy restrictions and market slowdowns mainland municipal governments squeezed by falling revenues look to test the limits of Beijing’s tolerance, with a city in Shandong province testing the strength of that leash today. Also in the… Read More>>
China’s Anbang Hires BoA to Sell Hotel Portfolio and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The trials facing mainland corporates caught on the wrong side of Beijing policy changes loom large in today’s real estate headlines as Anbang and HNA try to sell off some of their harder-to-sell assets and mainstream developers face the prospect… Read More>>
Brookfield Closes in on Buying $185M India Office Block and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
India is back in the news today as the subcontinent’s real estate assets continue to show their appeal to the world’s largest private equity players. In addition to Brookfield’s reported offer for a Hyderabad office block, global brokerage Savills is… Read More>>
Home Prices Slip in 11 Major Mainland Cities and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s news roundup, home prices slid in 11 of China’s biggest cities in January, as smaller conurbations continued to climb. Also in the headlines, prime office rents in Singapore’s downtown core are believed to have hit bottom at S$9… Read More>>
Singapore’s Banyan Tree Plans First Hotel in Singapore and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Hotels, hospitals and apartments dominate today’s real estate stories from around the region as Singapore’s best-known resort operator decides to open its first resort in its home city, a co-living operator reveals a mainland expansion plan, and a Shenzhen-based developer… Read More>>