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>>
Chinese Estates Buys $1B Stake in Mainland Development Giant Evergrande
Hong Kong developer Chinese Estates Holdings has deepened its longstanding ties with China Evergrande, revealing it has acquired a five percent stake in the mainland’s largest homebuilder since April for a total price of HK$8.1 billion ($1.04 billion).
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Chinese Estates Buys Listed London Building for ₤175M
Reports of Brexit doom and snap elections are attracting more Asian buyers to UK real estate, with Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau’s Chinese Estates becoming the latest to scoop up discounted assets in London.
Lau’s Hong Kong-listed development company has… Read More>>