BEIJING: China will increase protection for property rights, including stepping up oversight of the management of state-owned assets, the Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, citing guidelines issued by the… Read more »
BEIJING: Chinese household debt has risen at an “alarming” pace as property values have soared, analysts say, raising the risk that a real estate downturn could send shockwaves through the… Read more »
By David Finnerty, Yumi Teso Global funds sold about $11 billion of equities and bonds in Asia’s emerging markets after Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election as expectations… Read more »
By Kate Holton, Costas Pitas LONDON: Shares in leading estate agents tumbled on Wednesday after Britain said it would ban one-off tenant fees to try to bring down the cost… Read more »
NEW DELHI (INDIA): Corporate India received private equity investments worth $1.82 billion in October, up 74 per cent year-on-year, while the overall tally for first 10 months this year was… Read more »
By Swati Pandey, Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY: Australia’s ‘spring-selling’ real estate season is seeing a defiant return of Chinese buyers, undaunted by lending restrictions aimed at curbing their interest in the… Read more »
NEW DELHI (INDIA): Switzerland and India have inked a pact to extend the Indo-Swiss Building Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP) by five years till 2021, based on successes achieved by the… Read more »
By Charlotte Greenfield WELLINGTON: New Zealand is looking offshore for hundreds of workers to rebuild roads, railways and buildings after this month’s earthquake amid a shortage of local workers in… Read more »
By Amanda Calvo MADRID: Barcelona fined home-sharing websites Airbnb and Homeaway 600,000 euros ($633,600) each for advertising and renting out apartments to tourists without a license, the Catalan regional government… Read more »
By Tom Arnold DUBAI: Investcorp said that its U.S.-based real estate division had bought a portfolio of properties in the Boston and Denver metropolitan areas for about $250 million. The… Read more »