Asia real estate and outbound investment news
As Hong Kong’s residential market slides against a backdrop of rising interest rates, the city’s central banking authority has made it easier to buy a home by relaxing stress-testing rules.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced Friday that it was… Read More>>
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Hong Kong’s de facto central bank raises its base rate to the highest level since March 2008, prompting the city’s finance chief to issue a statement downplaying the likelihood of a sharp property… Read More>>
Leading today’s real estate news, US developer Hines has won a loan for an office project in northern India, while a Korean REIT buys up 20 floors of a central Seoul high rise.
Also in the headlines, Singapore’s Millennium &… Read More>>
Less than a year after Fosun saw its bet on the UK’s Thomas Cook end up in bankruptcy, the Shanghai-based investment firm is watching another bet on leisure spending head down the drain as creditors of Cirque du Soleil prepare… Read More>>
Hong Kong leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of real estate headlines today with the news that the city’s monetary authority has bought a 25 percent stake in a commercial development in Sydney, spending $304 million overseas while protests continue… Read More>>
The era when Hong Kong residents loved buying — and living in — apartments the size of most kitchens found in ordinary US homes appears to be over. If ever there was an indicator that Hong Kong’s decade-plus run of… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, more details have surfaced regarding the proposed vacancy tax, as the city considers collecting the fee on occupied homes via an existing tax channel to save a few bucks.
Also in the headlines,… Read More>>
Record high prices make the news again today in Hong Kong, with confirmation that a floor in an office tower on Queen’s Road has sold at just under HK$60,000 per square foot.
Also in the headlines, a developer is planning… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, the city’s de facto central bank rejected calls from lawmakers to relax mortgage policies, saying the housing market is still too hot. Also in the headlines, even Hong Kong’s securities regulator may find… Read More>>
Manulife Real Estate has hired a new head of Asia real estate investments, as the arm of Canada’s Manulife Financial Corp doubles down on the Asian property sector. Real estate investment veteran Kenny Lam is joining the firm’s Hong Kong… Read More>>
