Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
The biggest property developer to change hands during China’s real estate downturn may not be sold after all, following difficulties getting the share sale approved by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Tycoon Song Weiping, along with this family and close… Read More>>
While many of China’s potential homebuyers are waiting for deeper discounts before jumping into the market, the risks of slashing prices became evident recently when disgruntled customers stormed a sales office in the eastern China city of Qingdao earlier this… Read More>>
The golden age of China’s real estate market is over, according to the top of executive of China Vanke, but the industry should do just fine as it enters its “silver age.”
Yu Liang, the CEO of China’s biggest real… Read More>>
The chairman of a Hangzhou-based real estate developer blamed “stupid officials” for the hard times that have forced him to sell out his controlling stake in Greentown China to Sunac Holdings, in a transaction valued at HK$6.3 billion (US$813 million).
While China’s real estate market slump has meant trouble for some investors, many companies continue to see it as an opportunity to shop for deals that might never be available in a bull market.
Tianjin-based developer Sunac is taking advantage of… Read More>>
The earnings season continues to provide plenty of news on China’s listed developers as we find out how much Wang Shi made last year while he was off studying in the US, see profits drop for one of Hong Kong’s… Read More>>
The changing conditions in China’s real estate market seems to have spurred a surge of deals with Fosun making a play in Greece, developers shoring up their finances, and the first international acquisition made through Shanghai’s new free trade zone.
The reporting season for China’s listed developers continued this week, Greentown and Sunac bought more Shanghai land, the HSBC PMI showed further signs of a slowdown, and a new website has shown up to help Chinese rich folks buy homes… Read More>>
CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd. (HKEX Code: 884), a top 100 real estate developer in China, announced today that the Group has successfully issued its third issue five-year USD bonds with a coupon rate of 8.875%, with an order book of over USD1.1bn from investors in Asia and Europe.
In a statement the company indicated that net proceeds from the bond issue will mainly be used to refinance the Group’s existing debt and for other general corporate purposes.
This week, two more Chinese real estate developers began raising dollar-denominated debt financing as China’s government struggles to restrict lending and deflate a housing price bubble. In an interesting twist, both developers had already received significant investments from Hong Kong… Read More>>
