Singapore increased the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) and lowered Loan-to-Value (LTV) limits on Thursday, slamming the brakes on its housing market after statistics released earlier in the week showed home prices having jumped nine percent in the past 12… Read More>>
JP Morgan Goes Flexible in Central Office and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, JP Morgan is riding the flexible workspace trend in its Chater House office, and slashing rents in the process. And speaking of leasing costs, the city finally saw apartment rents decline last month… Read More>>
Singapore Hikes Stamp Duty 2% on Million Dollar Home Sales and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore home sales jumped 37 percent in January compared to the same month last year, but it didn’t take long for the city-state to react to the sudden real estate surge as regulators roll out a new tax on luxury… Read More>>
Dalian Wanda Announces $10B China Healthcare Scheme and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading the news today, Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda is ready to bet $10 billion that Sichuan residents will have some major healthcare needs, CY Leung notices that Hong Kong’s home market seems to be getting frothy, and JP Morgan coughs… Read More>>
Ascendas REIT Now Singapore’s Biggest and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s headlines, Singapore has a new leader in its REIT race as investors bid up the value of Ascendas’ listed trust. Back in China, Vanke takes another look at rental housing and the mainland’s investment market has now surpassed… Read More>>
How Hong Kong’s Stamp Duty Drives Demand for New Homes and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Despite new stamp duties introduced last year demand for new homes in Hong Kong continues to rise in 2017. Also in the headlines today, comments by Goldman Sachs that China developer shares were undervalued helped trigger high single digit price… Read More>>
China Closes 100 Golf Courses and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Being obscenely rich just continues to get tougher in China’s erstwhile party paradise as Beijing has now shut down 100 golf course in the last five years. Also in the headlines today, the mainland real estate market bounced back to… Read More>>
Dasin Retail Launches $85M Singapore Trust and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading the region’s real estate news today is the latest Singapore-based listed trust, which now offers investors units representing retail properties across Greater China. Also in the headlines, GLP leases more sheds, and the state-backed investors behind Evergrande’s privatisation plan…. Read More>>
After Nearly 4 Year Market Slide, Singapore Says Property Curbs Here to Stay
Singapore home prices are on the city-state’s longest slide in almost two decades, but the authorities running the country’s economy have no intention of letting up on the restrictions that started taking the air out of a historic pricing bubble… Read More>>
