Overseas Property Investment

The most recent asia property investment news from a variety of international property news sources.

George Town: The development potential of Penang island’s southeastern area is growing as more property developers are eyeing it for their projects. Business Times has learnt that CP Land Sdn Bhd, the property arm of the CP Group, has disposed of 40 hectares of land it owns in the Queensbay area at Bayan Lepas to [...]

SANDAKAN: The third and the final phases of a RM510 million Sandakan Harbour Square, comprising a shopping mall and an international hotel, are on track to be completed by year-end. According to project manager Ireka Development Management Sdn Bhd, Sandakan Harbour Mall is scheduled to open by end of the year, while the opening of [...]

China’s Hawaii-style island is gearing up to become a major beach destination in the Asian region.

SINGAPORE: The optimum flat-to-applicant ratio for public housing launches appears to be 1:2, with almost every applicant that is given a chance to pick a flat doing so. In his latest blog entry titled Who Are The Successful Ones?, posted on Monday, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan gave an analysis of how earlier build-to-order [...]

New landmark: Kuok standing in front of a model of The Greens condominiums. He says The Greens is on ‘one of the last remaining landbanks you can get in TTDI.’ The Greens luxury condominiums and Menara LGB will add to the TTDI skyline Within the next three years, the prestigious Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) [...]

Green city: To become a world class city, Kuala Lumpur must also be sustainable. One way of doing that is by building and designing buildings with minimal environmental degradation, in other words, building green buildings. Building by-laws should compel developers to provide green features in their projects While green solutions have long been adapted by [...]

PETALING JAYA: CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets has downgraded the property sector rating to neutral from overweight in view of the mixed signals from transaction volumes and the growth rate of residential loan approval. Basically the CLSA has turned cautious on the outlook of the property market based on some negative and positive signals that have fogged [...]

Sri Lanka’s resort real estate sector is set to be Asia’s next success story.

In what has been a disconnect in the new age of Asian travelers, global hotel giants Starwood and Hilton are recognizing the growing Chinese market outside of the region.

Island hotelier Lars Ydmark’s Tri-Asia Hospitality Management Company has signed on to manage a 49 room boutique hotel on the southwest side of the island