Asia real estate and outbound investment news
China’s outbound investment in real estate jumped 17 percent during the first half of 2014, with London receiving more than $2.3 billion in capital inflows according to a statement today from an international property consultancy.
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Grade A office rentals in Shanghai held fast during the second quarter, despite three major new buildings coming on the market. However, the outlook for 2015 and beyond could hold trouble for some projects as the city now has more… Read More>>
For the second time this month a Chinese financial institution has acquired a London office building, as China Construction Bank was revealed today to have purchased a tower in the city’s financial district for 110 million pounds ($187 million).
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China’s cashed up investors landed another billion dollar property last week when the country’s biggest life insurer teamed up with an investment firm belonging to the Qatari government to buy an office building along London’s Canary Wharf for 795 million pounds… Read More>>
While China’s real estate industry has been beset by reports of falling prices and slowing sales all of this is apparently good news for the country’s insurance companies, as two of the financial giants compete to take over developer Gemdale… Read More>>
Mainland insurers are off to a slow start in property investments in and outside the country as they gradually build up specialised teams and pin down strategies following a relaxation of policies by state authorities.
In 2012, the industry… Read More>>
The overseas acquisitions of China’s most adventurous real estate developer seem to be paying off as Greenland Holdings recently raised RMB 11.73 billion (US$1.93 billion) from five domestic investors.
The share sale to a group of domestic Chinese investment funds… Read More>>
China’s insurance funds have US$1.19 trillion invested, and more than three-quarters of them are looking for real estate deals to spend their cash on, according to a report last week by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
In a survey of executives at China’s insurance… Read More>>
Real estate developer Shui On Land is selling its 5 Corporate Avenue project in Shanghai for RMB 3.32 billion ($545 million), the second asset sale by the developer in a week.
According to a December 4th statement by the Shanghai-based… Read More>>
