Hammered by typhoons, Hong Kong’s biggest storm might be in the property market as Mingtiandi’s roundup of real estate headlines opens today with news of a 48 percent drop in the city’s home sales this week, as investors abandon purchases,… Read More>>
SPH Closes in on A$700M Aussie Retail Acquisition and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A retail investment in far southern Australia leads Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate news today as the kingpin of Singapore’s newspaper world continues to find bricks and mortar more compelling than paper and ink as it closes in on… Read More>>
Wanda Sports Shares Fall 36% on Debut and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A disappointing Nasdaq IPO leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that a mainland developer’s sports and media arm saw its shares drop by more than a third after scaling back the… Read More>>
Cromwell E-REIT Closes €80M French Office Buy and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The country of love leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that a Singapore-listed real estate investment trust has finalised the acquisition of three offices in France for €80 million, part of… Read More>>
China Bans Condo Flipping in Second Tier Cities
China wants its citizens to know that housing is for living, not for flipping. In the country’s latest regulatory move to dampen speculation in the residential market and rein in buoyant prices, eight second-tier cities including Chongqing have rolled out… Read More>>
Jinan Next in Line as Chinese Cities Roll Back Real Estate Restrictions
An announcement dated yesterday on a Jinan city government website indicated that the second tier city in Shandong province will soon join several other Chinese urban centres in revising restrictions on home sales as real estate markets sag across the… Read More>>
You Too Wuhu? Anhui City Latest to Relax Home Sales Restrictions
Wuhu in eastern China’s Anhui province became the latest city to loosen restrictions on home sales last week as the country’s local governments try to rekindle their once-raging real estate markets.
According to an announcement posted last week on the… Read More>>
Govt Economist Suggests Cutting Bank Reserve Requirements
In what could be a sign of changing government attitudes towards regulating the country’s property market, a high level Chinese government economist this week recommended cutting bank reserve requirements, as well as other changes in monetary policy in order to… Read More>>
3rd Chinese City Relaxes Home Sales Policies Within 10 Days
The city of Tongling in eastern China’s Anhui province became the fourth community in the country to officially relax government restrictions on home sales over the last ten days, as the Chinese economy grapples with a housing slowdown of increasing… Read More>>
Nanning Relaxes Property Rules in Bid to Boost Housing Market
Tweaking residency requirements is emerging as an accepted path to skirt China’s policy restrictions on home sales as Nanning, the capital city of China’s Guangxi province, last week announced new guidelines on who qualifies to buy a home as a… Read More>>