China’s housing crisis showed no signs of abating in the first three months of the year, as the value of new home sales by the country’s largest property developers slumped to roughly half the figure from a year earlier.
In… Read More>>
Hong Kong Private Housing Completions to Drop 44% Over Three-Year Period: JLL
Annual completions of private housing in Hong Kong for the three years of 2026-28 are expected to fall 44 percent compared with those in 2023-25, according to a JLL forecast.
Declining homebuyer interest and pressure on builders from high interest… Read More>>
Wing Tai Sells Just 23% of Available Homes at Singapore Condo Project Debut
Wing Tai Holdings sold 23 percent of its upcoming condo project in Singapore’s suburban Jurong district during its launch weekend, a modest take-up for the developer which warned late last week of lower profits in its latest financial year.
The… Read More>>
Brookfield Funds Default on $161M US Office Debt and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
US defaults and Korean delays lead today’s collection of real estate headlines from around the region, as Brookfield fails to make payment on debt linked to a Washington DC area office portfolio and sources in Seoul says a KKR joint… Read More>>
China Home Sales Show Turnaround Potential and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, China flashes hopeful signs that its long slump in home sales is nearing an end, Mirae Asset Management may soon add a Singapore REIT to its business and India’s Welspun One Logistics Parks… Read More>>
Hong Kong Cuts Tax for First-Time Buyers of Smaller Homes in Bid to Boost Market
Hong Kong’s finance chief delivered the city’s budget in a speech on Wednesday, with the planning document introducing tax cuts for first-time buyers of small homes as the government tries to jump-start sales in the world’s least affordable housing market.
China New Home Prices Rise for First Time in a Year as Supportive Measures Kick in
New home prices in mainland China rose for the first time last month since January 2022, as the loosening of COVID restrictions and the launch of supportive policies helped stabilise demand in the country’s struggling housing market.
January’s 0.1 percent… Read More>>
China Home Prices Fall for 13th Month and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
China’s ongoing real estate struggles lead today’s news from around the real estate world, with home prices falling for a thirteenth straight month, as sales dropped 15 percent during September. That slide also includes developer Yango Group being hit with… Read More>>
China Mortgage Losses Could Hit $350B and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, China’s property crisis threatens to blow a $350 billion hole in the banking system’s mortgage portfolio, a Hong Kong political figure urges the appointment of Ping An reps to HSBC’s board, and debt-stricken… Read More>>
State-Owned Developers Dominate China Home Sales Rankings in 2022
With private development giants like China Evergrande having been brought low by debt troubles, state-owned enterprises continued to expand their dominance of China’s real estate industry in the first half of 2022, with government-backed developers holding 13 of the top… Read More>>