Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Credit rating agency Moody’s this week predicted that, even if China’s troubled real estate sector should take a turn for the worse, that the impact on the country’s broader economy should remain manageable.
“Our scenario analysis suggests that a deeper… Read More>>
Following Poly Real Estate’s successful bond offering on April 16th, China’s real estate companies are heading back to the international bond markets for financing, with three large developers pricing securities last week and two more said to be preparing debt… Read More>>
Moody’s Investors Service says that the rated Chinese property developers will achieve positive but smaller growth in sales revenues over the next 12 months, while maintaining adequate liquidity. The announcement came recently after the collapse of a Ningbo real estate… Read More>>
Slower sales and rising land prices will put stress on some of China’s real estate developers this year according to recent reports by credit agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.
The warnings from the ratings agencies happened in the same week that China saw its first default of a corporate bond as the country’s leaders attempt to wean businesses from their addiction to cheap credit.
On 28th January, NYSE-listed Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN) became the second Chinese property developer this year to ask bondholders to allow renegotiation of the debt terms, apparently so that the companies can take on more leverage as credit dries up… Read More>>
Shimao Property raised a $600 million seven-year note on Tuesday, joining the flurry of Chinese developers that have tapped the market this year amid tighter onshore banking liquidity and concerns over a potential rise in interest rates.
The Hong Kong-listed group’s transaction on Tuesday – with a callable option in the fourth year – is the longest in duration and lowest in coupon done in the high-yield space so far this year.
Credit rating agencies Moody’s and S&P (who, for those of us with memories, are experts on economic disasters) see gloomy times ahead for China’s real estate developers. In recent reports from the two agencies both predict credit problems for China’s… Read More>>
