Hong Kong’s declining housing market may have a silver lining as the city has fallen to fifth place on a list of the world’s riskiest housing markets compiled by a Swiss bank, which measured residential prices in 25 leading cities… Read More>>
Home Prices In China Still Rising But Harvard Brushes Off Bubble Fears
The China Index Academy finally released their monthly data on the country’s housing market and while home prices didn’t rise at the eye-melting pace of previous months, the average price of homes in China continued to climb — rising 1.65… Read More>>
China Turns to Witchhunt to Burst Bubble and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Donald Trump got himself elected president by conjuring up wetbacks under the bed, so why can’t China solve its housing bubble by blaming rumour-mongering agents and developers? Trump-inspired or not, the Chinese government is cracking down on developers and property… Read More>>
China Housing Prices Up For 17th Straight Month – BOC Sounds Bubble Alert
Housing prices in mainland China rose an average 2.83 percent in September compared to the August, as more experts warn of a housing bubble. The Bank of China was the latest to raise concerns over the country’s real estate market,… Read More>>
China’s Richest Man Warns Of Biggest Housing Bubble In History
Dalian Wanda chairman Wang Jianlin believes China’s real estate sector is facing the biggest housing bubble in history and warned China’s leaders could face a similar headache in the property sector to what it had to deal with when the… Read More>>
Surge in Housing Starts Could Be Bad News for China’s Stock of Unsold Homes
China’s economic maestros achieved a victory in the first quarter, as recovering home sales helped to rekindle real estate investment, and rebounding land sales helped to refill the coffers of local governments. However, the rally has raised questions about the… Read More>>
Hong Kong and London Lead List of World’s Biggest Housing Bubbles
Surfing twin waves of credit from the US and China that have driven prices up by 60 percent in the last eight years, Hong Kong has become one of the world’s most unaffordable places to buy a home. Now UBS… Read More>>
Jinan Lifts Home Purchase Restrictions Amid Housing Glut
The capital of eastern China’s Shandong province will now allow potential buyers to purchase as many homes as they would like, regardless of whether or not they are residents.
The move by the city of Jinan was confirmed by officials… Read More>>
Zhejiang Developers Now Guaranteeing That Prices Will Go Up
The problem with China’s real estate market in 2014 is confidence, and whether there is too much confidence or not enough of it may depend upon which side of a deal you are sitting on.
Developers in Zhejiang – one… Read More>>
Hohhot Confirms Removal of Home Sales Restrictions
After some apparent second thoughts, the Chinese city of Hohhot has officially lifted some of the key restraints on home sales, as the Inner Mongolian capital struggles with a severe oversupply of housing.
According to a statement on Hohhot’s local… Read More>>