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Chinese investors who have borrowed from the bank to buy a house abroad are facing a double-whammy as they contend with an economic slowdown at home and surging interest rates across the globe that are hampering their ability to pay for their purchases, according to analysts.
The tower, opened by Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1965, was London’s tallest building for 16 years.
With Filipinos shopping online more than ever, rental growth for industrial space in Manila is likely to rise between 3 per cent and 5 per cent this year after jumping nearly 40 per cent last year, Knight Frank says.
The former tech exec joined Bill Gates at Microsoft after dropping out of his Stanford MBA, and continues to make a billion a year from his stake in the company
Cristiano Ronaldo sold his Juan Pablo Molyneux-designed Trump Tower apartment at a loss – but did he just invest in a mansion on Dubai’s Billionaire’s Island?
Defaulted property developer CIFI Holdings has for the third time in two months unveiled a loss-making asset disposal plan as it looks to fund operations and alleviate liquidity pressure.
Bobobox, Indonesia’s largest outdoor accommodation operator, is looking to expand into either Japan or the US this year, as it seeks to deploy its sleeping pods and cabins in two of the world’s most developed lodging markets, according to its president.
Of the 30 cities monitored in the Savills World Prime Residential Index, 17 will see price declines, with Hong Kong projected to see the highest drop of up to 10 per cent and as much as 3.9 per cent in Singapore.
Measure is aimed at addressing worries about Canadians being priced out of housing markets in cities and towns across the country.
More office landlords and flexible work space operators are likely to form partnerships that will do away with the traditional lease business that has been ‘catastrophic’ for the industry, according to the founder of The Work Project.
From sprawling estates to full-floor apartments, former first lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis owned and stayed in some OTT homes – here are 16 of them scattered across the US
The ‘James Bond-esque’ estate houses the Finnish driver’s wife Minttu, and children Robin, Rianna and Grace, as well as a garage for his collection of Ferraris and Rolls-Royces
The first self-made Black female billionaire in the US has a property portfolio valued at more than US$630 million, and focuses her philanthropic efforts on educational causes in S Africa and the US
Don Lemon is launching his own media company after he was let go by CNN – and he’s taking it to Elon Musk’s X, just like Tucker Carlson did after he was fired from Fox News
The scale and extent of the impact, however, remains to be seen, even as half of those who availed visas under the Business Innovation and Investment Programme last year were from mainland China and Hong Kong, Juwai IQI’s Daniel Ho says.
Hong Suk-joon of the ruling People Power Party said that a Chinese property buying spree can put upward pressure on housing prices.
The scandalous ‘Casino King’ used to be one of the richest Australians with a US$5 billion net worth, so why is he worth just half that today? From his enviable property portfolio to controversies …
Data showed foreign investment in property such as farmland, pastures and forests jumped to about 40 million acres in 2021.
Many Chinese developers in Australia and New Zealand have closed or scaled back, amid a property crisis in China, weak demand and higher construction costs.
Risland Australia has struck a deal to sell its last landholding in the country to Chinese-backed private developer Avantaus for US$157 million.
HDB said it has successfully delivered about 80 per cent of pandemic-delayed projects, or a total of 73 projects from October 2020 to December 2023.
Hong Kong’s decade-long property bull run, stopped in its tracks during the pandemic, plunged into negative territory after the local monetary authority raised interest rates in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve.
Electric cars, batteries and energy storage will be areas of focus in the first half of 2024, with consumer segments to follow, says Deutsche Bank Middle East CEO.
From the billion-dollar Antilia home in Mumbai and former Sea Wind residence to Dubai mansions and Stoke Park in the UK, the Reliance boss and his family’s property portfolio is impressive indeed
After a lull of two years, Chinese buyers appear to be stepping up their home purchases in Australia again. That has kept Sydney real property agent Peter Li super busy over the recent Christmas and New Year holidays.