On average, prices rose 0.61 per cent, against 0.65 per cent in March. But on a year-on-year basis, average new-home prices rose 4.9 per cent in April, according to a Reuters calculation based on...
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- May 19, 2013
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China Property
China’s property market has surged in recent years. After prices jumped 25 per cent in 2009 alone, the central government imposed austerity measures, including lending curbs, higher mortgage rates and restrictions on the number of homes each family can buy.
15 May 2013
Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics show residential sales' values jumped 57 per cent year-on-year last month, but were down 13 per cent month-on-month.
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14 May 2013
The value of private home sales on the mainland last month dropped 13 per cent on the month to 494.6 billion yuan (HK$624.5 billion) after the authorities imposed measures to curb soaring prices...
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9 May 2013
The mainland property market will continue to grow, but at a slower pace, while developers which focus on the mass market will experience strongest growth, Moody's Investors Service said.
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8 May 2013
Hong Kong- based investment fund Telok Real Estate Partners is looking to add two more projects to its portfolio in Macau, where it expects home prices to continue rising in the face of a severe...
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8 May 2013
The need to provide a high standard of health care for China's growing population has taken centre stage in terms of policy implementation and execution.
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Mainland home sales plunged last month after local governments fell in line with control measures demanded by Beijing.
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Driven by strong demand, average prices of new homes in 100 major mainland cities rose 1 per cent last month from March, extending the run of increases to 11 consecutive months, the China Index...
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The mainland should expand property ownership taxes to more cities instead of imposing a 20 per cent capital gains tax on transactions if it wants to prevent a steep rebound in home prices this...
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During a recent discussion with business school students at Tsinghua University the question arose as to whether real estate prices would fall if populations began declining. This is certainly...
3:44AM
The mainland's recent property market cooling measures have perplexed foreign nationals, who wonder what the new rules mean for them. Time for a quick call to Chris Dillon, author of mainland...
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To try to contain the fast growth in home prices, Guangzhou's Municipal Land Resources and Housing Administrative Bureau ordered developers and property agents to submit pricing for all new...
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