China’s growing anxiety over its shaky real estate market leads our headline roundup today, with news emerging that the country’s main financial regulator is sifting through bank loan portfolios for risks. Also in the news, Hong Kong’s economic doldrums spell… Read More>>
Tokyu, L Catterton Plan Tokyo Project and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Japanese conglomerate Tokyu announces plans for a Tokyo mixed-use project, Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai Properties offers deep discounts to apartment buyers, and Chinese regulators try to tamp down the mortgage boycott crisis.
China Urges Banks to Support Property Sector and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Chinese developers get a boost on reports that regulators are urging lenders to support the country’s beleaguered property sector, while Hong Kong’s housing market flashes weakness as nearly a quarter of available flats… Read More>>
China Developer Financing Drops by 58% Amid Lending Clampdown
Financing for Chinese property developers plunged by 58.15 percent month-on-month in August amid an intensifying government clampdown on the housing market, according to data cited by the Securities Times.
Total new financing provided to China’s builders reached RMB 36.83 billion… Read More>>
China Nationalises Fallen Mega-Investor Anbang After Chairman Jailed
A Chinese government-controlled fund now owns New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, as mainland regulators have officially nationalised the hotel’s purchaser, Anbang Insurance Group.
Nearly full ownership of Anbang has been transferred to the government-controlled China Insurance Security Fund, the China… Read More>>