Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Despite a well-documented decline in China’s real estate market during 2014, the country’s most mundane buildings have just been voted the most exciting investment opportunity by property professionals across the region.
The logistics real estate sector – the world of… Read More>>
China’s housing prices fell for a seventh straight month in November, but the rate of decline continued to taper off as government measures to revive the market began to take hold.
According to a report released yesterday by real estate… Read More>>
Just days after China’s central bank appeared to move back onto a pro-growth track, a report by the country’s highest-level planning body has found that a previous round of economic stimulus resulted in $6.8 trillion in wasted investment.
The document… Read More>>
Rents in China’s most expensive shopping district rose by more than nine percent in the last year, but the increase was only enough for Beijing’s Wangfujing to keep its ranking as the world’s 13th most expensive place to open a… Read More>>
China’s government says the country is ready for real estate investment trusts (REITs), but according to analysts at Fitch Ratings, even if the legal codes are in place, rental yields need to rise before REITs become a reality on the… Read More>>
Asia’s biggest real estate industry trade show takes place in Hong Kong on December 2nd and 3rd as more than 800 industry professionals gather for MIPIM Asia 2014. In recognition of the growing importance of Chinese investors and investment opportunities… Read More>>
In a policy breakthrough, Shanghai’s party chief announced yesterday that the city’s free trade zone intends to enable Chinese citizens to directly invest overseas for the first time.
“One of our key objectives is allowing qualified individuals within the free… Read More>>
Asia’s richest man continued to sell off his China real estate holdings last week when a property company controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing was acquired by China’s Oceanwide Holdings.
According to a statement to the Shenzhen stock exchange… Read More>>
Veteran real estate executive Randall Hall has joined Pamfleet as Chief Operating Officer for China with the Hong Kong-based real estate investment specialists.
In his new role, Hall will be leading the advisory firm’s China initiatives. Commenting on his new… Read More>>
“China’s home market will never crash because homeowners have to make big down-payments.” This line comes up in nearly every debate and discussion of China’s ever-controversial housing sector.
However, this reasoning may deserve some reconsideration after a recent report in… Read More>>
