Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Hong Kong’s Gale Well Group has slashed the price for a beach villa complex in the city’s Southern District by 25 percent over the past four months, as the financially-troubled property investment firm seeks to accelerate asset disposals.
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China’s real estate crisis isn’t confined to the mainland anymore, with top-five Hong Kong builder New World Development announcing late Friday that it will defer payments on four sets of bonds due this month.
The decision to forgo paying $77… Read More>>
The Hong Kong government on Thursday announced the hiring of former Chinachem CEO Donald Choi as managing director of the Urban Renewal Authority, with the appointment coming less than nine months after he stepped down from the helm of the… Read More>>
Asia’s largest real estate investment trust grew its top line and boosted its distributions to investors in the 12 months ending 31 March, as operating performance continued to improve, according to financial results released on Tuesday.
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Vacancy in Hong Kong’s Grade A office market held steady in April at 13.7 percent, with prime Central district reporting a slight increase, after commercial property investment in the city fell 17.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter to $850… Read More>>
Centaline Group has established a student housing operating platform in Hong Kong, as the local property agency seeks to capitalize on rising demand for accommodation from mainland Chinese students.
Branded CampusOne Communities, the platform aims to assist asset owners in… Read More>>
A benchmark Hong Kong interbank offered rate has weakened to a 30-month low after the city’s de facto central bank intervened in the currency market, with analysts expecting lower borrowing costs to boost home sales and fortify property developers’ bottom… Read More>>
Mike Cai Wensheng, the billionaire co-founder of selfie-app Meitu, paid HK$650 million ($84 million) for a commercial property in Tin Hau on Hong Kong Island in a deal that values the Park Aura building at 20 percent above what comparable… Read More>>
Heirs to the fortune of Hong Kong’s late “Minibus King” have dropped their price for two units in The Center, marking a record low for what was once Hong Kong’s most expensive office building.
Two units on the 27th floor… Read More>>
Another Hong Kong property developer is ready to swallow a loss amid the ongoing slump in asset prices in the city, seeking to sell his 19-floor holding in a Wan Chai office building for around 10 percent less than he… Read More>>
