Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
A private real estate developer in the Chinese city of Ningbo reportedly failed yesterday under the weight of RMB 3.5 billion ($566.6 million) in debts, and the company’s owner is said to have been detained by authorities.
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The value of home sales in China totaled only RMB 598.5 billion during the first two months of 2014, representing a five percent drop from the same period a year ago, as clampdown on credit starts to reduce the number… Read More>>
The chief executive of Hong Kong-listed Powerlong Real Estate on Thursday predicted that a fifth of China’s developers would be out of business by year-end, as the country’s small and mid-sized real estate firms have come under more pressure from… Read More>>
Commercial developer Franshion Properties joined the ranks of China’s most troubled real estate companies today by opting to spin off some its existing assets into a new listed company in an attempt to raise much needed cash.
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China’s real estate industry stocks have slid this week following the nation’s first corporate bond default last Friday. Credit ratings agencies have also raised concerns over the financial health of some of the nation’s property developers.
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Slower sales and rising land prices will put stress on some of China’s real estate developers this year according to recent reports by credit agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.
The warnings from the ratings agencies happened in the same week that China saw its first default of a corporate bond as the country’s leaders attempt to wean businesses from their addiction to cheap credit.
Reports of a bubble in China’s real estate industry are on the rise this week as developers in Hangzhou and Changzhou have begun discounting homes to improve cashflow.
Discounts of as much as 36 percent for two projects in prosperous… Read More>>
