Overseas Property Investment

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

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 [...]

Ireka is involved in the construction of phases three and four of Sandakan Harbour Square in Sabah KUALA LUMPUR: Ireka Corp Bhd is confident its 23%-owned associate company, Aseana Properties Ltd, which has been weighing down on the company’s financial performance with its losses, will be able to contribute positively to the group in the [...]

Singapore is looking like a great place to invest with a strong emerging economy and a prime location for trade and business. Singapore has three primary strengths encouraging investors to start paying attention: proximity to China, a diversified economy and a free trade philosophy. See the following…

A survey of 60 international investors (including private equity fund managers, investment bankers and real estate developers) released this week by Ernst & Young has found that Brazil will continue to be one of the most popular destinations in the world for residential property investment in 2011, and in fact will see the level of [...]

The dream of homeownership is very much alive in the emerging world. The financial crisis that began in 2007 had its roots in excesses in the housing market that remained unresolved in 2010 and that will continue to roil economies in 2011 and beyond. Everybody now knows about America’s dodgy “subprime” mortgages (the term says [...]

With the NKEA in mind, it is time to make GKL a livable place which is clean and peaceful, and filled with environment-friendly economic activities producing high-quality, high-value goods and services. MANY analysts compare, rather simplistically, the economy of Singapore with that of Malaysia. This is like comparing apples with oranges. The two economies cannot [...]

Lack of supply is sustaining rents and spurring development in the Middle East retail sector, including Cairo Festival City and the Avenues Mall in Kuwait. With retail sales emerging from a slump, shopping complexes are springing up across the Saudi region, attracting domestic and international brands…

While New York, Sydney, Hong Kong and London are leading the worldwide retail rent revitalization, emerging markets are more than holding their own in places like Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. Despite a trend toward stabilization and growth, the global retail market remains divided, most markedly in…

Recovery in emerging markets will outpace established economies, reflecting the marked divide in global commercial property. Developed economies in the US and Western Europe continue to be weighed down by debt, while prospects are better for Latin America and much of Asia, where real estate price growth…