Real estate is the driver of the Chinese economy. By some estimates, it accounts (directly and indirectly) for as much as 30 per cent of gross domestic product. Keeping housing prices buoyant and development robust…
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China Property Market Seen Most at Risk as Cash Squeeze Hits
(Bloomberg) — A mad scramble by Chinese property developers to build up their land banks is taking its toll on the industry’s creditworthiness, with builders singled out as having the highest risk of default as…
China’s Property Market Most at Risk of a Cash Squeeze
A mad scramble by Chinese property developers to build up their land banks is taking its toll on the industry’s creditworthiness, with builders singled out as having the highest risk of default as channels of…
Why China ‘holds all the aces’ in a full-blown US-China trade war
The Trump administration announced on Friday it will impose a 25 percent tariff on up to $50 billion in Chinese goods in an effort to protect U.S. intellectual property and technology. China in retaliation said…
Hyatt Regency Brand Unveils Its First Property in the Capital of China
BEIJING, June 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE:H) announced today the continued expansion of the Hyatt Regency brand in China with the opening of its first property in the capital of China -…
China property sales pick up as developers push projects to market
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s real estate investment growth slowed in May but remained firm, with sales growth hitting a near one-year high, defying fresh purchase curbs and higher financing costs and indicating resilience in one…
China Jan-May property investment up 10.2 pct y/y
BEIJING, June 14 (Reuters) – Real estate investment in China rose 10.2 percent in the first five months of 2018 from a year earlier, official data showed on Thursday. That compared with a 10.3 percent…
US-China Green Fund, ChangCheng Property invest in smart, green growth
The US-China Green Fund has made strategic investment in property management operator ChangCheng Property Co Ltd to jointly develop green and smart communities, according to the company’s top management. As an investment organization focusing on…
Restrictions failed to stop mainland’s property punters
The argument that it is difficult to cool China’s property market is something that Hongkongers can relate to, as the city too has long been waging a similar battle. The only difference is that Hong…
Chinese property developers bet on higher returns with mezzanine loans
For more than a year, China has limited financing for and capped the selling prices of new apartments to rein in an overheated property sector. That has left many developers, especially small to medium-sized ones,…
China’s major property firms hit one-year low in financing
BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) — China’s major property firms saw their financing slump in May as costs rose and the market cooled due to tightened government regulation. Forty major listed property developers obtained 45.1 billion…
African property market spells opportunities while London is for the long-term, says Knight Frank chief
He noted that rising investments in infrastructure generally augur a rise in property values. China’s infrastructure investments in Africa are well known. In June 2017, Kenya opened up a new 470-kilometre rail connection between the…
PropertyGuru inks deal with Anjuke, part of China’s leading online marketplace 58.com
a part of Asia’s leading online property company, PropertyGuru Group, announced that it has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Anjuke, a part of China’s leading online marketplace, 58.com. Jeremy Williams, COO, PropertyGuru, Terry Blackburn…
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