Overseas Property Investment

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

The Chinese government has been imposing residential real estate purchase restrictions in the country’s largest cities with hopes of dampening price inflation, and a slight drop in prices for July indicate it may be working. China’s expanding economy has been fueling a housing boom and prices…

Housing fair: Visitors attend the annual summer housing fair in Shanghai recently. Guangzhou and Shenzhen led price rises in July while prices in Shanghai saw an annual decline of 0.1%. – EPA BEIJING: Average new home prices in 100 major Chinese cities rose 0.2% in July from the previous month to 8,874 yuan (US$1,380) per [...]

Land dilemma: The redevelopment of Kampung Baru (beneath the KL city skyline) is potentially a very problematic one due to multiple ownership of land. The impending redevelopment of Kampung Baru, which is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, will be one of the most challenging urban regeneration projects by the Government. A source from [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: More developers are venturing into China’s property market but their investments may be at risk because of red tape and fears of overheating, analysts say. A MIDF Research analyst said the China market is a tough one to conquer without good connections with local authorities and partners who can deal with changing rules. [...]

PETALING JAYA: LBS Bina Group Bhd, well known for building affordable homes, will launch its maiden property project in Zhuhai, China, worth RM7.5 billion by mid-2012. Managing director Datuk Lim Hock San said the 79 hectare project will comprise high-rise and landed residences and a commercial complex, surrounded by a 120ha golf course. “We are [...]

BEIJING: China’s annual housing inflation ticked higher in June for the first time this year, official data showed yesterday, keeping up pressure on the government to rein in the red-hot property sector. Many economists have warned that a bursting of a property bubble is the biggest risk facing the world’s second-largest economy in the medium [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Apart from the blue and circle lines of the My Rapid Transit system, there is a possibility for other lines, depending on density and economic activity, to be built beyond 2020, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha. However, Kong stressed that the focus would be to implement the blue line, which [...]

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.

The Australian apartment market is bucking a softening trend of the overall housing market, especially in Sydney. Tighter Asian property rules lifting aparment market, especially Sydney SYDNEY: Tighter government regulations introduced by some Asian countries to cool sizzling house prices are contributing to higher demand for new apartments in Australia, property services firm CB Richard [...]

Homebuyers from China are making large investments in the U.S. housing market and are credited with 9% of sales in a yearly period ending March 2011, according to the National Association of Realtors. Many Chinese are seeking foreign real estate investments due to purchasing restrictions China is implementing…