Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Rising prices, worsening pollution, and the spread of economic development are changing the quality of life in China’s cities, and according to a newly released report, Zhuhai has now pushed aside Hong Kong as the country’s most livable city.
The… Read More>>
Following a record year in 2013, transaction volumes in Asia Pacific’s commercial real estate markets slid 15 percent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2014, with the value of investment deals in China dropping 18 percent, according to a recent… Read More>>
Hong Kong real estate powerhouse Wharf (Holdings) hinted that more discounts could be on the way for its China projects as even the strongest property companies become troubled by the country’s home sales headwinds.
The 128-year-old Hong Kong conglomerate has… Read More>>
China Vanke, the mainland’s biggest developer by sales, continued its global expansion this week by acquiring a residential site in Hong Kong for HK$860 million (RMB 688 million). The project will be Vanke’s second venture in Hong Kong and will… Read More>>
Hong Kong private equity shop Gaw Capital and Dutch design firm MVRDV have started transforming a Kowloon warehouse into an 18,000 square metre set of luxury loft offices in a developing business area of Hong Kong.
MVRDV’s conversion of the… Read More>>
The biggest real estate company in the world’s second largest economy, China Vanke, announced this week that it is moving its stock listing from Shenzhen to Hong Kong.
The move, which was reported in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, allows… Read More>>
Hong Kong is the world’s most expensive city for companies to locate employees, with mainland competitor Shanghai coming tenth, according to a recent survey by real estate consultancy Savills.
However, a separate poll published today by the Economist rates Singapore… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s property market continues to experience a shortage of new supply, with the number of completed flats falling to a four-year low last year, but analysts expect supply to pick up in coming years.
Figures from the quarterly report of the Housing Authority show that only 8,300 new private residential units were completed last year – nearly 18 per cent less than 2012. The number also fell far short of the government’s expectation of 13,551 flats for 2013.
A fund managed by Singaporean real estate developer Mapletree set new records for land prices in Hong Kong’s Kowloon district recently with its purchase of a commercial site for HK$3.77 billion (US$486 million).
The successful bid by Mapletree investments, beat… Read More>>
A REIT controlled by Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing is bucking a Hong Kong government proposal that would widen the scope of activity for real estate investment trusts listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Justin Chiu Kwok-hung, who heads Fortune REIT, a trust operated by Li’s Cheung Kong Holdings has stated that the proposal, which would allow REITs to engage in new project development may present too much risk.
