Real Estate Broker

22 Aug 2012

The struggling United States property market is being buoyed by a tide of investment from China. Reports abound of wealthy buyers from Hong Kong and the mainland snapping up distressed real estate...

2:22AM

US market regains its lustre

15 Feb 2012

Forecasters are wary of calling the bottom of property cycles, for obvious reasons. But what's happening in the United States has many hoping for the best.

7:28AM

Smart money

13 Feb 2012

Some useful resources for investing in distressed US real estate:

www.nreionline.com

7:18AM

Plans for rules on 'saleable area'

18 Jan 2012

The Estate Agents Authority (EAA) plans to issue a binding circular stipulating how property agents specify the 'saleable area' of second-hand residential properties.

5:39AM

Can online auction by 20 developers trigger a change of habit?

14 Dec 2011

Buying homes online is not common practice on the mainland. But will a forthcoming attention-grabbing online auction organised by a group of 20 developers change buying habits in the property...

3:16AM

Protect buyers in Hong Kong but don't mollycoddle them

2 Dec 2011

A few months ago I described the amazing procedures I had to go through to open an account with a local Hong Kong bank. It was a lengthy process involving a lot of form-filling and even tape-...

2:15AM

Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

5 comments

4:35AM

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Pitching for foreign projects

As the property market enters a wintry mood in Hong Kong, real estate agents are increasingly turning their attention to foreign sales.

1:41AM

PAIN and gain

Waking up from the American dream has been painful for much of the United States in terms of real estate, but there have been brighter spots of late.

11:45PM

Toronto is a huge hit with buyers

Canada's real estate market remains a global stand-out, according to the latest analysis by Scotia Economics.

11:45PM

Battening down the hatches

These are worrying times for Hong Kong's real estate agents. New mortgages fell to a 28-month low of 6,579 in September, according to data from the Land Registry.

10:09PM

Greek tragedy has its benefits

The Greek economic tragedy is very unlikely to have any kind of happy ending, unless of course you are an international investor looking to gain a foothold in paradise.

6:15PM

Gap on price keeps home sales sluggish

Home sales in the secondary residential market remain sluggish because of a big gap in price expectations between buyers and sellers that has made negotiations more time consuming, Ricacorp...

4:14PM