Property investment

20 Feb 2013

Nan Fung Development sold 113 Argyle Street, close to the Mong Kok East MTR station, for HK$8,824 per square foot, agents said. The developer was unavailable for comment.

Year of the Snake is a year to buy gold

12 Feb 2013

The Year of the Snake, according to fung shui master Wong Man-chiu, will continue to be a volatile year in both the macro economy and the stock and property markets.

Mainland property players still upbeat despite tougher conditions: survey

6 Feb 2013

DTZ Research conducted a cross-sector and cross-regional survey of those with an interest in the mainland property market for their views on market demand in the New Year, their financing and...

Investors cry foul at 'misleading' celebrity advertising

4 Feb 2013

The investors of Taishan Landmark complained that the 70,000 square metre shopping mall had been largely deserted since it opened in late 2010 because of poor management, and that their...

Both good and bad news in China's property rebound

14 Jan 2013

Last week China Vanke, the country's biggest residential property developer, announced that home sales last month leapt an impressive 140 per cent compared with December 2011.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Soundwill Holdings sell 29 shopping units at The Sharp, Causeway Bay

Car parking spaces are passe. Savvy property investors are moving up, so to speak.

Mainland property seen warm next year

The mainland's property market is expected to bounce back next year, propelled by the new leadership's push to make urbanisation its top priority.

Yuexiu Property chairman Lu Zhifeng bullish on China for 2013

The chairman of Yuexiu Property, a Guangzhou-based developer, believes the mainland property market will improve in the second half of next year.

Lifestyle

Singapore ideal home in Asia for mobile rich

Singapore topped Hong Kong as the most desired place in Asia for so-called mobile millionaires to reside, with quality of life cited as the main attraction, a RBC Wealth Management survey showed...

DEVELOPERS

Property developers in China take first steps abroad

Chinese developers are starting to venture overseas, chasing wealthy locals who are buying apartments from New York to Sydney as the government restrains the property market at home.

INVESTMENT

Expats in Hong Kong say property measures discriminate against them

Disgruntled expatriates living and working in Hong Kong believe they have become collateral victims of government measures aimed at curbing demand for property from mainland buyers.