Qihang Specific Asset Management Plan doesn’t trade like REIT, and it’s not taxed like a REIT, but investors eager for an alternative investment vehicle in China’s stunted finance market are willing to call it a REIT, and it technically began… Read More>>
ING and JP Morgan Economists Warn on China Property Slowdown
The chorus of concern regarding China’s slumping real estate sector gained a couple of new and highly influential voices last week when economists for JP Morgan Chase and ING both warned of risks to the nation’s economy.
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Property Agencies Laying Off Staff in Shanghai as Optimists Turn Gloomy
Meeting a real estate broker who isn’t optimistic about the market is about as rare as finding cheerful economist, but it seems that even some of China’s biggest property agencies are bracing for a downturn by cutting headcount.
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China Top 100 Developer Denies Reports of Collapse
A Shenzhen-based real estate developer announced on Wednesday that it was not about to collapse, despite being beseiged by unhappy customers after failing to deliver homes which buyers had already paid for.
Shenzhen Guang Group Real Estate, which is said… Read More>>
Real Estate Crisis Creates Takeover Opportunity for China’s Insurers
While China’s real estate industry has been beset by reports of falling prices and slowing sales all of this is apparently good news for the country’s insurance companies, as two of the financial giants compete to take over developer Gemdale… Read More>>
Nomura Says China’s Real Estate Market is Already Collapsing
Forget about whether or not China has a real estate bubble, and stop worrying about if this bubble could burst, Japan’s oldest securities brokerage is contending that the collapse of China’s property industry is already upon us.
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China Home Prices Drop Nationwide for First Time Since 2012
A survey by E-House China showed home prices declining on a month-to-month basis for the first time since 2012, as the nation’s real estate market continues to slump due to credit concerns.
The report by CRIC, the information unit of… Read More>>
Hong Kong Housing Prices Set to Fall 30 Percent or More Says JLL
One of Hong Kong’s most senior property brokers expects housing prices to drop more than 30 percent in the next two years, and for the market to continue to slide as new supply floods the market.
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Forum Partners Sees Opportunity in China’s Credit Starved Developers
China’s credit crunch comes as good news for London-based Forum Partners, which now plans to sell off Japan assets so it can devote more cash to the buying Chinese assets.
Brushing aside fears of a bubble, the $6 billion real… Read More>>
Shanghai Cutting Industrial Land Grants to 20 Years with New Rules
In a shift with major implications for Shanghai’s manufacturing sector and for the prospects of logistics developers, the government of China’s commercial capital is readying sweeping changes in industrial land use rights, that include cutting back land use terms to… Read More>>