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Archaeologists working at a site in Sangshujiao near the Slender West Lake national park in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, say they were told to leave the site by urban management officers. Photo: Chinanews.com

Chinese archaeologists beaten up in dispute over historic site

Urban management officers attack researchers at dig approved by national heritage authority.

22 Jan 2019 - 10:32pm More on China Society

Car parking is growing in favour with investors as car ownership grows faster than parking spaces in Hong Kong. Here, cars move slowly in heavy traffic on Gloucester Road in Wan Chai on November 13, 2018. Photo: Dickson Lee

Investors dash for cash in co-living, car parks, data centres

22 Jan 2019 - 7:48pm

In the run up to Brexit, residential prices in London have dropped by between 10 per cent and 20 per cent. Photo: Bloomberg

Hong Kong investors expect more declines in London home prices

22 Jan 2019 - 8:52pm

The T Plus residential development in Tuen Mun. Photo: Nora Tam

Jiayuan share crash coincided with selling by chairman

22 Jan 2019 - 7:08pm

Co-working space operators in China are facing a massive funding crunch. Photo: Handout

Noose tightens around co-working operators as funding dries up

22 Jan 2019 - 7:48pm 5

Hong Kong office rentals in Central should continue higher this year, Nomura says. Photo: Roy Issa

Central office rents to continue edging higher this year, Nomura says

22 Jan 2019 - 8:13pm 4

A residential area in Beijing’s Chaoyang district. The site acquired by Sunac China Holdings in the locale has a gross floor area of 668,500 square metres. Photo: AFP

‘Recovering confidence’: China developer buys two sites for US$1.8 billion

21 Jan 2019 - 10:34pm 1

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Sun Hung Kai Properties sold all of its 155 flats at its Downtown 38 apartment complex in Mau Tau Kok on January 19, 2019. Photo: SCMP/Xiaomei Chen

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This indicator is a good yardstick for gauging house prices

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The Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau expressway in Shenzhen, one of the Greater Bay Area cities. Photo: Roy Issa

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15 Jan 2019 - 6:49pm

Chinese are still keen to buy property after the housing marketisation of the late 1990s. Photo: Zheng Yangpeng

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13 Jan 2019 - 10:34pm 6

A property sales office in Hong Kong. Most current homebuyers have high equity in their properties. Photo: Felix Wong

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Sun Hung Kai Properties sold all of its 155 flats at its Downtown 38 apartment complex in Mau Tau Kok on January 19, 2019. Photo: SCMP/Xiaomei Chen

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20 Jan 2019 - 2:45pm 28

Li Ka-shing meets the media before the Cheung Kong Group annual dinner at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: Felix Wong

Companies

If you’re going to buy a house in Hong Kong, live in it, warns Li Ka-shing

12 Jan 2019 - 6:49am 22

Potential buyers queue at the sales event for 118 units at Carmel apartment complex, a development by Wing Tai Properties. Photo: Edmond So

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A peek at CK Asset’s plan to turn a hotel into apartments for 7,500 people, with 54 units on every floor sharing 10 lifts

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Relations between Sino Land and brokers had soured after the property developer said it would only pay 1.7 per cent commission for more than a 1,000 flats sold at its upcoming Grand Central housing development in Kwun Tong. Photo: Roy Issa

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Why Hong Kong’s developers and brokers depend on each other

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The T Plus residential development in Tuen Mun. Photo: Nora Tam

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Jiayuan share crash coincided with selling by chairman

Jiayuan International chairman Shum Tin Ching and his wife, Wang Xinmei, sold 93.62 million shares last Thursday

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Hong Kong office rentals in Central should continue higher this year, Nomura says. Photo: Roy Issa

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Central office rents to continue edging higher this year, Nomura says

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A residential area in Beijing’s Chaoyang district. The site acquired by Sunac China Holdings in the locale has a gross floor area of 668,500 square metres. Photo: AFP

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‘Recovering confidence’: China developer buys two sites for US$1.8 billion

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Hong Kong tops the table as world’s most expensive housing market for 9th straight year

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Potential buyers queue at the sales event for 118 units at Carmel apartment complex, a development by Wing Tai Properties. Photo: Edmond So

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Homebuyers spring into action after developers slash prices

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Sun Hung Kai Properties sold all of its 155 flats at its Downtown 38 apartment complex in Mau Tau Kok on January 19, 2019. Photo: SCMP/Xiaomei Chen

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Scenic Kai Tak site draws fewer than expected bids from developers

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Raffles City in Chongqing, China, is a massive undertaking under construction with towers shaped as billowing sails. It will include a shopping mall, office space, 1,400 residential apartments, and a luxury hotel, according to CapitaLand, which is developing it along with Ascendas-Singbridge. Image: CapitaLand

Companies

CapitaLand says deal will create Asia’s largest diversified property group

Deal will create real estate group with combined total assets of more than S$116 billion, Singapore’s CapitaLand says.

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China’s love of online betting is boosting Philippine property

Wednesday, 16 January, 2019, 12:20pm 2

A building site in Calgary, Alberta. The city’s housing market, which is already quite soft, is being ‘hammered’ by the so-called B-20 stress tests, according to the Canadian Home Builders’ Association. Photo: Reuters

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Time to relax mortgage rules, say Canada home builders

Tuesday, 4 December, 2018, 4:31pm

Amendments to the Overseas Investment Act means only New Zealand citizens or residents are now allowed to buy residential property unless they get a specific exemption. Photo: Bloomberg

Business International

New Zealand door still open to foreign property buyers

Monday, 3 December, 2018, 7:03pm

In the run up to Brexit in March, committing to new developments in London over a multi-year period remains a risky proposition. Photo: Reuters

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London’s biggest office landlords brace for Brexit fallout

Tuesday, 27 November, 2018, 7:47pm 1

Chinese big spenders are curbing their offshore property shopping as tougher capital controls bite

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Chinese big spenders curb offshore home shopping as controls bite

Wednesday, 28 November, 2018, 10:50am 4

A site for development in Southall, London where over 6,000 new flats are expected to be built in the next 25 years. Photo: Eric Ng.

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London’s outer boroughs draw foreign investors seeking cheaper housing, rail links

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Offshore investors have accounted for 61 per cent of Shanghai’s commercial property deals so far this year. Photo: Alamy

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A residential area of London. According to one metric, housing sales in the city are at a record low. Photo: Bloomberg

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