One of China’s biggest real estate developers decided to trade in bricks and mortar for paper and ink recently, when Evergrande Real Estate Group announced that it would invest HK$950 million ($122.5 million) to acquire a Hong Kong magazine company.
Are Down-Payment Loans Undermining China’s Home Equity?
“China’s home market will never crash because homeowners have to make big down-payments.” This line comes up in nearly every debate and discussion of China’s ever-controversial housing sector.
However, this reasoning may deserve some reconsideration after a recent report in… Read More>>
Vanke Continues to Diversify Investments with Shanghai Industrial Deal
China’s biggest real estate developer by sales continued to move beyond its traditional base in housing projects last week when Vanke picked up 160,000 square metres of industrial land in Shanghai.
The property giant bought the land in Zhangjiang High… Read More>>
Moody’s Predicts Upswing in China Housing Sales
The Chinese government recently unleashed a barrage of measures to prop up demand for housing following several months of falling prices and slowing sales, and at least one international ratings agency believes this is about to start turning the market… Read More>>
Vanke Slows Investment as Profits Rise But Margins Tighten
Third quarter financial results released by China Vanke show what might be the best case scenario for the country’s real estate developers, and it’s not all that rosy.
In a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange, the Shenzhen-based builder… Read More>>
Tencent Grabs Stake in China Mall Developer with Eye on O2O
Tencent, which produces the country’s wildly popular WeChat mobile app, is upping its stake in a shopping mall developer, as the Internet giant seeks to integrate its online payment system with offline retailers.
In a statement to the Hong Kong… Read More>>
Century 21 Real Estate Now Selling Houses on Alibaba’s Taobao
Just in case Alibaba’s Jack Ma needed another win before his ecommerce giant launches its IPO next week, one of China’s biggest real estate agencies announced this week that it has begun selling houses on his group’s Taobao B2C platform.
Work Starts on Mecanoo’s Shenzhen Cultural Centre
Ground was broken recently on a 95,000 square metre crimson cultural centre in Shenzhen designed by Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo and developed by the local government in team with China Vanke.
The Three Cultural Centers & One Book Mall… Read More>>
China Vanke Sells 9 Properties to Carlyle Group
China’s largest developer by sales took a major step toward transforming its business model last week when Vanke signed a memorandum of understanding to sell a nine of its commercial real estate projects to Carlyle Group.
The deal between China… Read More>>
China to Allow 100% Foreign-Owned Hospitals
China took a major step towards opening up its healthcare sector to foreign investment this week, when the Ministry of Commerce and the National Health and Family Planning Commission jointly announced that foreign companies will be allowed to wholly own… Read More>>
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