An annual study of housing markets worldwide by investment bank UBS has identified Hong Kong as one of the world’s riskiest places to buy a home, while sizing up Singapore as a market ready for an upswing.
In its 2017… Read More>>
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An annual study of housing markets worldwide by investment bank UBS has identified Hong Kong as one of the world’s riskiest places to buy a home, while sizing up Singapore as a market ready for an upswing.
In its 2017… Read More>>
As housing markets on the mainland have started to look more dicey, Chinese home buyers have flocked to global gateway cities such as Vancouver and Sydney, driving up home prices and stunning local residents.
Analysts have cautioned that mainland capital… Read More>>
After months of speculating whether Blackstone Group, Gaw Capital or a Chinese sovereign wealth fund would buy up the assets of Ascendas’ $1 billion hotel REIT, the Singapore-based real estate trust announced this week that no deal would be forthcoming…. Read More>>
This week in Greater China’s community of property professionals, a Swiss bank steals talent from Xintiandi, a long-time Temasek man moves up the chain, and some agency veterans head for greener pastures. Read on for the all the details.
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While Hong Kong and Tokyo usually spring to mind as the most expensive cities in Asia, a new report by Swiss banking group UBS shows that, when average wages are factored in, Beijing and Shanghai could actually be less affordable… Read More>>
China’s major banks are expected to soon ease requirements for mortgage loans as the country’s government seeks to ease downward pressure on its housing market.
The anticipated move by the country’s big four state-run lenders, was reported yesterday in the… Read More>>
Real estate developer Grosvenor is changing the guard at its Asia operations as Nicholas Loup, CEO for Asia-Pacific at the London-based company is preparing to leave after 25 years with the group. Replacing Loup in the privately held company’s Hong… Read More>>
Wong Choihing built Hydoo International Holding into one of China’s fastest growing developers of logistics real estate through entrepreneurial zeal and close ties to the party. Now the billionaire businessman’s ability to use official relationships to build his company appear… Read More>>
New economic data released last week reinforce the view that China’s economy is struggling to build a meaningful recovery, and at least one investment bank believes that an unstoppable slowdown in China’s real estate industry may be behind some recent disappointing… Read More>>
Despite a flurry of news reports questioning the credit worthiness of China’s real estate developers and raising the spectre of potential bond defaults, Switzerland’s biggest bank, UBS, is launching a new fund targetting residential opportunities in the nation’s second-tier cities.