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HONG KONG PROPERTY SALES PLUMMET
A report on Hong Kong’s property market shows that home sales in the region’s powerhouse economy have plummeted 39 percent quarter-over-quarter to a record low in Q1 2016. JLL’s Hong Kong Property Index for Q1, 2016 shows that sales have dropped to an all-time low of 6,221 units. Joseph Tsang, Managing Director and Head of […]
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GOV. AIDS 22% THAI REVENUE RISE
Thanks to government measures to boost the property market, Thailand’s leading property developers saw their revenue rise by almost 22 percent year-on-year in Q4 2015.The government incentives made cuts in transfer and mortgage fees and gave a special interest rate for mortgages from the Government Housing Bank. According to Property Report, the net profit of […]
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ASIAN OUTBOUND INVESTMENT SETS RECORDS
A new CBRE report shows that Asian outbound investment into global real estate assets set new records in 2015. Asian outbound real estate investment in 2015 stood at a record $62.4 billion, a year on year increase of 37 percent. Markets with higher returns continue to lure Asian investors. “While we see dominance of the […]
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Huge Investment Drop Worries Malaysia
Malaysian authorities have expressed concern at the impact that a 70 percent drop in real estate investments between 2014 and 2015 may have on other areas of the economy. Approved investments in Malaysia’s real estate sector fell from $21.67 billion in 2014 to just $6.58 billion in 2015 according to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority […]
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CHINESE OFFERING UNITS ON MALAYSIAN ISLAND ECO-CITY
A Chinese developer is promoting residential units on a mega-project located on four artificial islands in the Johor Strait separating Malaysia and Singapore. Forest City is projected to be a $41 billion, 14 square kilometre self-contained eco-city scheme developed by Country Garden, though no units are yet completed as the islands themselves are still under […]
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VINGROUP MOVES INTO AUSTRALIAN MARKET
Vingroup, Vietnam’s top property developer, has entered the Australian market after a $16 million land deal in Sydney’s central business district, according to The Australian newspaper. It was reported that Vingroup will build a hotel complex in the city. A 172-room hotel was proposed for the 1,030 square metre land, but no approval has been […]
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ISSUES FACING REAL ESTATE IN AEC
A recent CBRE study, ‘ASEAN Economic Community: A boost to South East Asian real estate’, noted a number of challenges and opportunities facing the sector with the advent of the AEC. Transparency in markets was highlighted as a challenge with Cambodia in particular needing to create an atmosphere more conducive to doing business. A lack […]
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