By Yawen Chen, Michael Martina BEIJING: China’s average home prices are forecast to rise 4.1 percent in 2017 from the previous year, while growth in property investment would rise 5.4… Read more »
GUIYANG: Southwest China’s Guizhou Province Thursday started construction of 11 expressways totalling over 1,000 km, or 18 percent of the current expressway length in the province. The expressways will mainly… Read more »
BEIJING:“China-standard” bullet trains, or electric multiple unit (EMU) trains, are ready for mass production and commercial operation, according to the National Railway Administration (NRA). Two China-standard EMU trains, the Golden… Read more »
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY: Australian home prices boasted their biggest increase last year since 2009 as December ended on a high note for the red-hot markets of Sydney and Melbourne…. Read more »
WASHINGTON: US builders boosted spending on construction projects for a second straight month in November, pushing activity to the highest level in more than a decade. Construction spending rose 0.9… Read more »
By: Engen Tham SHANGHAI: China’s insurance regulator launched new rules on Tuesday to curb the risks associated with property insurance products, it said in a notice on its official website…. Read more »
By: Donny Kwok | Clare Jim HONG KONG: China Evergrande Group said it would sell 13.16 percent of the enlarged shares in a property subsidiary to eight investors for a… Read more »
By Luc Cohen BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s real estate sector is preparing for a development boom spurred by a successful tax amnesty program and an expected revival in mortgage lending, potentially… Read more »
BEIJING: China’s top three real estate developers made combined sales of more than 1 trillion yuan ($144 billion) in 2016, helped by soaring home prices in big cities, according to… Read more »
By Kylie MacLellan LONDON: Britain’s government announced plans on Monday to build 17 new towns and villages across the English countryside in a bid to ease a chronic housing shortage…. Read more »