China’s investment in property development rose 25.6 percent year on year in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. Compared with the 2019 level, property …
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China January-March property investment up 25.6% y/y
Real estate investment in China rose 25.6% in the first three months of the year from a year earlier, cooling from a 38.3% gain seen in the first two months, official data showed on Friday.
TABLE-Breakdown of China’s Jan-March property investment
Following is a breakdown of China’s real estate investment for the year to March, published by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday. Actual investment in the sector (bln yuan, pct change y/y): …
China’s GDP forecast to grow by more than 20 PER CENT in Q1
China’s GDP could grow by more than 20 per cent year-on-year when data is published tomorrow, analysts say, which would mark the largest rise since at least 1993 when Beijing started tracking the data …
China Property Developers Face Rising Credit Polarisation in 2021
Fitch Ratings believes sector-wide expectations of slower growth and continued regulatory pressure will sustain a trend towards deleveraging among China’s prop …
China’s 2021 Resolution: No More Ugly Buildings
Urban structures should be functional, green, and pleasant to look at, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.
Evergrande Fails China’s ‘Three Red Lines’ Test as Peers Improve
Of those largest real estate companies, only four violated all three metrics. With China’s property sector accounting for about 29% of economic output, regulators are determined to rein in its risk, …
Breakingviews – Capital Calls – JLL is late to China’s property services party
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. Jones Lang LaSalle is late to a party. The $9 billion New York-listed company is weighing up a sale of its Chinese property management business for at least $500 million, per…
China’s first-tier cities tighten property policies to curb speculation
SHANGHAI: Shanghai residents who plan to buy new houses need to calculate their scores first and check whether they are eligible for a lottery system.
JLL Weighing Sale of China Property Management Business
Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. is weighing a plan to sell its property management business in China for at least $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
China’s Record Surge of Defaults Driven by Property Developers
Property developers are propelling a record wave of China corporate bond defaults this year, as Beijing moves to clamp down on borrowing in the debt-laded sector.
Intellectual property in China
Hong Kong electoral reform has neither breached the Sino-British Joint Declaration nor international obligations This article originally appeared on the South China Morning Post (www.scmp.com), the …
Fiji reef battle: judge finds China-linked developers guilty in landmark case
The case has been described as a ‘watershed’ moment that will test Fiji’s environmental laws Jona Ratu and his daughter survey the channel dug into the reef on Malolo Island by the China-linked … In…