London property prices are set to fall next year as uncertainty about Britain’s exit from the European Union damps the U.K. housing market, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research. London, and especially the priciest areas of the capital’s housing market, will be most affected, with prices dropping 5.6 percent in 2017, according […]
The “China property bubble” has come back to a headline-making theme but a quick look at the data uncovers a more nuanced picture, and how this time might be a bit different. Source: Analysis by Real Estate Foresight, based on data from SouFun-CREIS The chart above illustrates the cyclicality of the housing markets, with an […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A wave of restrictions imposed on housing markets in major Chinese cities last week have unnerved some buyers and developers, cutting the area of new homes sold in places such as Beijing and Shenzhen by more than half. More than 20 cities have imposed measures, including higher mortgage downpayments, to cool […]
House prices in Saudi Arabia will stutter over the coming year as investors and lenders wait out the effects of economic uncertainty and new government reforms on the kingdom’s residential property market. Analysts at the Jeddah asset management and investment firm Alkhabeer Capital said that in the near term rental demand would increase “as home […]
Many people believe that investing in real estate is a very low risk investment. the truth is that, depending on the timing, the type of real estate project, and other factors Real estate can either be low, medium or even a high risk investment scheme. Today, we will focus to a specific segment of the […]
All the obstacles facing Singapore’s property market might not be cleared, but one dark cloud over the luxury end has disappeared, analysts said. Singapore’s extremely-high-end properties are now cheap compared with similar luxury properties in other major capital cities, according to Brandon Lee, a property analyst at JPMorgan in Singapore. After a 15-25 percent drop […]
