Sovereign funds, Swiss banks and French châteaux feature in today’s real estate headlines from around the region as China’s CIC is said to have found a new chief among the ranks at the country’s Bank of Communications, and finance heavyweight… Read More>>
HK Developer Chinese Estates Sold Only 1 Home in 2018 and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Developers from around the region are announcing 2018 results that range from good to bad this month, but few developers had it as tought as a major Hong Kong player which only sold one home last year, earning this story… Read More>>
CapitaLand Reveals 71% Profit Jump in Q4 and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Developers headed in opposite directions lead today’s collection of real estate news from around Asia as Singapore’s biggest builder announced that its profits jumped 71 percent in the fourth quarter on the same day that Hong Kong’s Chinese Estates warned… Read More>>
Chinese Estates Owners Buy $1.1B of Evergrande Bonds
Chinese Estates Holding director Kimbee Chan Hoi-wan and members of her husband Joseph Lau’s family purchased a third of $3 billion in senior unsecured bonds issued by China Evergrande Group late last month, swelling the clan’s portfolio of the top-three mainland… Read More>>
Singapore’s UOL Sees Net Profit Slide in Q3 and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s set of real estate headlines from around the region, Singapore’s UOL announced an 85 percent drop in net profit after a recent consolidation, plus the fugitive boss of one of Hong Kong’s largest developers is still free to… Read More>>
HNA Pawns HK$506M Peak Mansion for Short-Term Loan and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Hangovers suffered from China’s cross-border buying binge dominate the real estate news across the region today, with familiar players HNA, Country Garden and CCCC taking leading roles in some financial drama. A day after HNA reported the untimely death of… Read More>>
Heir to HK’s Shop King to Redevelop Industrial Building in JV with Chinese Estates
As a new generation takes over leadership of major Hong Kong developers including CK Assets and New World Development, the heir of the city’s “shop king” Tang Shing-bor is building on a relationship with a HKEX-listed developer first forged by… Read More>>
Vanke Says Baoneng Unit to Divest 10% Stake and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
One of China’s most watched corporate soap operas seems to have finally reached the series finale as a unit of one-time corporate raider Baoneng is said to be selling its 10.3 percent stake in China Vanke. The report appears to… Read More>>
Chinese Estates Recorded 42% Drop in Profits Last Year and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, tycoon Joseph Lau may fly high in his private 787, but his company, Chinese Estates, hit a downdraft last year that pulled profits down 42 percent in 2017. Also in the headlines, saw… Read More>>
Chinese Estates Builds HK$27B Evergrande Stake and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Joseph Lau’s Chinese Estates got some good news this week as the developer’s stake in China Evergrande now is worth more than its own Hong Kong market cap. Also in the headlines, China’s suppression of housing demand means that sales… Read More>>