It’s only early November, but already some of Asia’s biggest markets looked headed into the dead of winter as property sales drop off in mainland China, Hong Kong and other points in the region. For one UK investor this seems… Read More>>
More Housing Discounts on Way as China’s Developers Feel Pressure
After two quarters of slowing homes sales and the occasional developer collapse, China real estate analysts are predicting lower prices and looser credit for the second half of the year.
A report released this week by CRIC, a unit of E-House… Read More>>
Shanghai Project Cuts Prices as Home Discounts Spread to Top Cities
The developer of a high-end Shanghai property project last week announced a nearly 30 percent discount on homes in the face of disappointing sales. The price cut comes as the latest sign of weakness in a real estate market which… Read More>>
Nanning Relaxes Property Rules in Bid to Boost Housing Market
Tweaking residency requirements is emerging as an accepted path to skirt China’s policy restrictions on home sales as Nanning, the capital city of China’s Guangxi province, last week announced new guidelines on who qualifies to buy a home as a… Read More>>
China Puts Mortgage Discounts in the Past as Banks Raise Rates
With China’s banks facing competition for deposits from trusts on one side and online wealth management products on another, nearly 90 percent have ended mortgage discounts for first time home buyers.
The end of preferential rates was revealed in a… Read More>>
China’s Top 10 Developers Spend RMB 37B on Land in 4 Cities Since Jan 1
China’s 10 biggest developers poured more than half of their RMB 63.9 billion (US$10.5 billion) in land purchases this year into four of the country’s biggest cities as competition for prime locations increases.
A recent report in the Securities Daily… Read More>>
Commercial Real Estate Deals Down 72 Percent in Shenzhen This Year
Sales of commercial property dropped by as much as 72 percent in 43 of 90 cities across China last month, according to a report released by a division of real estate agency e-House.
The report published this week by CRIC, the real estate information division of e-House finds that Beijing recorded only 6094 commercial real estate transactions during January, and in terms of area, only 744,300 square meters were sold.
China’s 50 Riskiest Places For Real Estate Development – and more of Today’s China Real Estate Links | August 1, 2013
Here is a list of the day’s latest China real estate news collected from around the web:
China’s second- and third-tier cities are often cited as engines for… Read More>>
Sotheby’s to Enter China’s Property Market By Mid-2013 – and more of Today’s China Real Estate Links | June 27, 2012
Here is a list of the day’s latest China real estate news collected from around the web:
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC, the real estate unit of the auction… Read More>>
Is China’s Return to Lending Leading to a Real Estate Rebound?
Data released on Friday showed home prices continuing to drop, with home prices nationwide reaching a 16-month low.
In the figures published on Friday by China Real Estate Index System (a division of Soufun.com, China’s biggest real estate website) out of… Read More>>