At a talk entitled, “The key driver for property demand will always be affordability” during the Star property.my Fair 2018 in KLCC, the audience was asked about Budget 2019. “How many of you here thinks Budget 2019 is positive for you?” No one raised their hands. Perhaps they have yet to feel the effects of […]
03-Sep-2018 by Kaja Knudsen, Contributor Photo By: Billion Photos Shutterstock.com Over the years, the UAE real estate market has been growing at a constant rate. According to the latest reports, the market has also recently seen a fall in rental and sales prices making it even more attractive to investors. It is now considered by […]
A new report into the 2015 global luxury real estate market ranks Vancouver as the top performing city worldwide. In a top 100 list that includes Shanghai, San Francisco and Monaco, Vancouver is the clear leader, with prices accelerating 24.5 per cent last year. Sydney, ranked second, grew just 14.8 per cent in the same […]
SINGAPORE—Chinese property developers have become a familiar sight at construction sites in both the world’s wealthiest and least-developed cities, from New York to Nairobi, Kenya. Now, as growth continues to slow at home, they are becoming ever more ambitious, with plans to build not just skyscrapers and roads but entire cities from scratch. Some of the most […]
BEIJING, CHINA – AUGUST 27: A Chinese day trader reacts as he watches a stock ticker at a local brokerage house on August 27, 2015 in Beijing, China. A dramatic sell-off in Chinese stocks caused turmoil in markets around the world, driving indexes lower and erasing trillions of dollars in value. China’s government has implemented […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes rose to their highest level in 1-1/2 years in February, a sign the lackluster recovery in the U.S. housing market could be accelerating. The National Association of Realtors on Monday said its pending home sales index rose 3.1 percent last month. Economists polled by Reuters […]
Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang’s Fosun International Ltd. is weighing a bid for commercial property broker Cushman & Wakefield Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said. The Shanghai-based investment firm is among several companies that have expressed interest in Cushman, whose owners are seeking about $2 billion, according to the people. The process is at […]
After two years of slim pickings for Southern California home buyers, the supply of houses for sale may be starting to open up, at least a bit. And that could power the region’s housing market to a stronger spring. Market watchers and real estate agents say they’re starting to see more sellers as prices remain […]
The continuous need for more housing is one of the few things most French politicians seem to be able to agree on. Both the Socialist Party and the centre right UMP argue that France needs to build at least 500,000 new homes every year. That quota is never quite reached, but the idea still remains […]
