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Flurry of China small developers listing debt on Hong Kong board, with offers of high yields
Small-cap property stocks, with few fans in Hong Kong’s stock market, can attract investors with high-risk appetite through high-yield bond offerings – some at 9.1 per cent. → Read More
Growth in home prices in China’s bigger cities may push up costs countrywide, think tank says
Growth in home prices in China’s bigger cities is expected to outperform the national average in 2019, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a top government think tank, said in report released on Thursday. → Read More
China’s smaller cities have modest rebound in March as homebuyers return, snapping a four-month deceleration in prices
Price of new homes rose in 65 of the 70 cities covered, a big jump from 57 in February, and the pickup in prices was most apparent in the smaller, far-flung cities. → Read More
Declining home sales in smaller Chinese cities during Lunar New Year point to longer term troubles
Property developers in China’s tier 3 and 4 cities have reported disappointing home sales during the traditional Lunar New Year buying season this year. And their troubles might not end here, according to industry insiders. → Read More
Hong Kong rents could be about to march higher after five months of deflation, analysts say
Hong Kong renters hoping for a prolonged bout of deflation could be in for disappointment in the next few months as data shows rental prices may be about to round the bottom, bringing an end to a soft patch that started in August.... → Read More
Hainan reassigns 20.7 million square metres of residential land for industrial use to fit Xi’s vision for province
The island of Hainan in southern China will reassign for industrial use huge swathes of land previously earmarked for residential development, in a move designed to end its reliance on property development as it builds the country’s largest free-trade zone.... → Read More
Chinese police break up criminal syndicate for illicit transfers of US$4.4 billion through Macau casinos
The suspects smuggled point-of-sales (POS) machines to Macau, using them to disguise the locations of fund withdrawers to help them move 30 billion yuan (US$4.4 billion) of cash out of mainland China → Read More
Beijing relaxes caps on home prices partially as unsold flats in the capital city rise
Beijing, where property curbs are most stringent amid the central government’s drive to cool overheating in the sector, has put on sale another two land sites without a cap on selling prices in a policy shift that began late last year to generate demand for flats in the market slump.... → Read More
Chinese firms’ US dollar bonds snapped up as hopes of trade war breakthrough boost confidence
A flurry of bonds issued by small Chinese firms in US dollars this week have been met with healthy demand from investors as market sentiment improves amid an easing of US-China trade tensions and signs of monetary easing.... → Read More
Chinese developer Kaisa’s Xian fallout highlights shanty town redevelopment risks
Shares of mainland Chinese developer Kaisa Group Holdings tumbled another 4.3 per cent on Thursday after a 7.2 per cent drop a day earlier as it faces losing its investment in an urban redevelopment project in northern Xian city, highlighting the inherent risks in such deals.... → Read More
China’s Zijin Mining to raise US$1.2 billion through share issue to fund takeover of Nevsun Resources
Zijin Mining Group, China’s largest gold miner, said it plans to issue 8 billion yuan (US$1.16 billion) worth of shares in Shanghai to finance the purchase of a Canadian mining company, the biggest overseas acquisition since the company went public in Hong Kong in 2003.... → Read More
To ease controls or not? Chinese cities see-saw on policy amid property market slump
Local authorities need to strike a delicate balance between ensuring economic growth and toeing central government line to keep home prices under control → Read More
How do Shanghai and Beijing defy China’s property slowdown?
Overseas investors’ surging investment in commercial properties in China’s top cities has helped Shanghai and Beijing defy the credit tightening and market slump to sustain their high transaction volumes this year, a trend that is expected to extend into 2019, according to property consultants.... → Read More
Guangzhou further eases housing restrictions, sets stage for more mainland China cities to loosen curbs
The mainland Chinese city of Guangzhou, one of the country’s largest, further eased housing restrictions on Monday, five days after it scrapped a ban on sales of apartments to individuals.... → Read More
Here are five things to look forward to next year in China’s residential property industry
While sales of auto and home appliances are slowing, policymakers are not expected to ease property curbs because they are waiting for the final signal that investment growth has decelerated, analysts said → Read More
Xian tops list of cities with biggest home price increases globally
The northwestern city of Xian, home to China’s Terracotta Army and a population of nine million, reported the biggest increase in home prices globally in the year leading up to September, 2018, according to property consultancy Knight Frank.... → Read More
Blackstone buys Shanghai office and mall project from Singapore’s Mapletree Investments for US$1.25 billion
The Blackstone Group has bought an office and retail complex in Shanghai from Mapletree Investments of Singapore for about US$1.25 billion – the latest mega deal in China’s commercial property sector clinched by offshore investors.... → Read More
Guangzhou becomes latest mainland China city to ease curbs on apartment sales. Who’s next?
Guangzhou, one of mainland China’s largest cities, ended a 21-month ban on the sale of apartments to individuals late on Wednesday, but analysts were quick to point out the move was more of a policy recalibration, rather than an all-out loosening.... → Read More
A rebel holdout of Chinese lore fires the first salvo against the state’s year-long crackdown on real estate speculation
Heze, a city of 8.3 million residents in Shandong province, has cancelled the three-year reselling ban imposed in 2017 and given the green light for developers to use more of the capital from pre-completion sales → Read More
Long road to maturity ahead for China’s 1.2 trillion yuan stratified and undeveloped rental housing market
Liu Juan, 28, lives in a village in northeast Shunyi district, 20km away from downtown Beijing. She has to climb narrow and steep stairs to get to her 8 square metre apartment, which is stacked with boxes. Throw in a sofa bed, and there is barely any room for visitors to sit. Clothes hang on a cooking range.... → Read More