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Latest news and features on international property, including developers, buying habits and property price trends.
Parkview, luxury residential blocks on Tai Tam Reservoir Road of Hong Kong Island, on October 20, 1995. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong property

Person connected to HSBC banker buys luxury property for US$15.9 million

The sale comes as sentiment in the city’s property market improves gradually.

UAE

Dubai and Abu Dhabi vie to attract Chinese luxury property buyers

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong tops global list for priciest homes despite slump: Deutsche Bank

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US-China relations

Texas governor signs bill banning Chinese citizens from buying property in state

The initiative allows those who hold valid US visas to purchase property, but only if the property is used as a primary residence.

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Protesters at the state capitol in Austin, Texas, on May 10 opposing bills to ban citizens and entities of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, from buying properties in Texas. Photo: AFP
Tokyo

China’s property slump drives Hong Kong investors to Japan amid yen weakness

Hong Kong investors continue to make waves in Japan’s real estate market, rivalling those from the US, Singapore and mainland China.

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Calling women ‘birdies’ is offensive, deems South African advertising regulator

Ruling comes after a complaint over a billboard advertisement placed near a Johannesburg golf course by a real estate agency.

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Fame and celebrity

How Princess Beatrice’s husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, is redefining luxury

The luxury property developer shares his insights on authentic design, family life and sustainable luxury.

Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, the husband of Princess Beatrice, is the founder and CEO of London-based design studio Banda. Photo: Handout
Thailand

Bangkok’s housing glut spreads to Phuket as developers eye tourist demand

Unsold inventory in Phuket rose to 4,982 units across 16 projects at the end of the fourth quarter last year, Colliers said.

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Architecture and design

When the Lady of the manor returned to her English country home

A London-born former Hongkonger on moving back into her family’s 15th century estate in southwest England.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s Link takes rental hits amid fight to retain retail tenants

Manager of Link Reit expects more rent pressure at home, while Singapore and Australia assets perform well.

The interior of Qibao Vanke Plaza in Shanghai, a Link Reit retail property. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong property

NWD-led group gets US$166 million from home sales in Hong Kong Southern district

Buyers include people from The Peak, the Southern district, Kowloon, as well as affluent individuals from mainland China and overseas.

Deep Water Pavilia in Wong Chuk Hang. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong property

HKEX chairman Carlson Tong sells Pok Fu Lam luxury home for US$9 million

The four-bedroom house at Villa Cecil fetched around three times the investment in 2000.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s Gale Well continues asset sales with US$66 million Stanley property

The deleveraging property investor has sold a number of properties recently, while other assets remain on the market.

Property investment

The View | Trump’s war on universities not a threat to student housing market

The market remains attractive despite the scapegoating of foreign students in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.

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People walk through Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 15. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong property

As Hong Kong office rents plummet, landlords upgrade with video walls

JLL says nearly 44 per cent of Hong Kong’s grade A office space is more than 30 years old.

The Hing Wai Building in Central. Photo: Google
Middle East

Capital from Hong Kong, mainland China sets sights on UAE property

Inquiries from Chinese buyers surge and Hong Kong’s Gaw Capital and Black Spade Capital make investments.

Property financing

Lawrence Ho’s family office invests in Hong Kong real estate broker IFCX

Investment by Black Spade follows the billionaire’s bet on Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast Auto in 2023.

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Asia housing and property

Indonesia, Vietnam industrial property demand to rise: Knight Frank

Knight Frank says demand for manufacturing-related real estate could rise by as much as 20 per cent in Indonesia and Vietnam.

An apparel factory in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: AFP
Fame and celebrity

Meet car loan billionaire Don Hankey’s glam daughter-in-law Skye Hankey

Married to the billionaire’s son Rufus, the socialite is known for her extravagant lifestyle and impressive collection of luxury handbags, but keeps her private life low key.

Thailand

Earthquake jitters sway Thailand’s market for high-rise office towers

Concerns over building safety are adding further pressure to a market that was already grappling with slowing demand.

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Asia housing and property

Wealthy Chinese turn away from US real estate amid Trump’s trade war

A growing number of Chinese homebuyers are shifting their attention to markets like Thailand, Australia, Singapore and the UK.

Potential homebuyers evaluate residential promotions from a salesperson at the 47th House and Condo Expo in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 20, 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong office tenants pay world’s second-highest costs: Savills

City’s office-space costs, which trail only London’s West End, declined 1.1 per cent in the first quarter, property consultancy says.

A tram travels among office buildings in Central on January 17, 2025. Photo: Edmond So
Banking & finance

Macroscope | A world economy on the brink could use some win-win cooperation

With a global financial crisis looming, governments are left with few options beyond bracing for what’s to come and working together.

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Asia housing and property

The View | Trump tariff storm can’t take shine off US property market

Trump’s reckless policies have caused a surge in risk, but the US property market will continue to capitalise on its unique strengths.

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Hong Kong

Asia-Pacific office tenants eye flexible spaces, short leases as trade war lingers

Despite a 42 per cent slide over the past six years, prime office rents in Hong Kong remained the most expensive in the region.

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Jakarta’s business district as seen on April 14, 2025. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Opinion | China can offer Trump the trillions of investment dollars America needs

If Trump’s Maga goal is genuine, cooperation with China – and opening the doors to Chinese investment – is his only rational choice.

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US President Donald Trump in a cabinet meeting on April 10. Photo: AFP
Asia housing and property

The View | Asian real estate in a Trumpian age: buy Japan and India, avoid China?

While China might be fertile ground for experienced investors, Japan and India have more of the stability and fundamentals markets demand.

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Singapore

Ong Beng Seng to step down from Singapore property firm amid Iswaran scandal

The man who brought Formula One to Singapore is leaving his property firm, with a guilty plea pending in a prominent corruption scandal.

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