Overseas Property Investment

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

YESTERDAY, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said the Government is monitoring the spike in house prices. He went on to say that it will not hesitate to implement measures to keep them under control. This is probably the first time the housing minister has come outright to state a fact that [...]

Vancouver Canada is the best place in the world to live. This is according to the top 10 chart of the world’s most liveable cities revealed by the Economist Intelligence Unit. This is the fifth straight year that Vancouver, with its world class services and facilities has topped the chart. This time the report put [...]

A group of what you might call professional squatters, but would be more likely to call opportunistic anarchists have seized one of Colonel Gaddafi’s London Residences. The group calling itself “Topple the Tyrants” occupied the residence in Hampstead Garden Suburb on Wednesday. “Saif Gaddafi and the Gaddafi regime have taken millions of pounds, billions of [...]

Back on board the China property market rollercoaster as we ride into 2011. Before the last stop we watch a sub-index of property stocks on the Shanghai Composite Index slump 28% at the end of last year on the promise of new property taxes to curb growth. Now as it seems unlikely the taxes will [...]

This one is bound to have sent a few shivers down the overseas property industry’s spine. South African President Jacob Zuma is thought to be coming nearer to banning foreign ownership of land in the country. However, the ban may not be as alarming as the headlines read. “Land reform will now be based on [...]

Before selling their projects to investors via trusts, property developers in China may be ordered to set aside more cash. Officials are currently searching for more ways of cooling the country’s real estate markets. Read more about this in the full article from PropertyWire. Property developers in…

Before selling their projects to investors via trusts, property developers in China may be ordered to set aside more cash. Officials are currently searching for more ways of cooling the country’s real estate markets. Read more about this in the full article from PropertyWire. Property developers in…

The size of the Chinese market offers a wealth of real estate opportunities for U.S. developers. Furthermore, the number of persons 60 or older in China will exceed the U.S. population in less than 40 years, so senior housing is a rich prospect. Read more about this in the full article from National…

More Chinese cities saw the cost of new homes fall in March, official data showed on Monday, leading to suggestions that government moves to cool the real estate market could be having an impact. The National Bureau of Statistics data, which came a day after authorities moved to further limit banks’ lending, showed prices of [...]

A property boom in Singapore is being credited to buyers from mainland China.  The average property price is the highest since the first quarter of 2008, and that is being helped by the tightening of real estate rules in China. Read more about this in the full article from PropertyWire. Buyers…