Overseas Property Investment

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

The greatest challenge for shopping centres today is not about theme and concept, says Henry Butcher Retail managing director Tan Hai Hsin. Instead, it is about market saturation. “There are too many retail space chasing the same customers,” he says. Notwithinstanding that, developers continue to plan for shopping centres big and small throughout the country. [...]

Seven developers from Penang and Kuala Lumpur are launching properties, comprising largely residential projects with over RM2.271bil gross sales value (GSV), for the island and Seberang Prai beginning the second half of 2011 and in 2012. Some 1,722 units of the properties with an RM1.899bil GSV are planned for the island, while the remaining 1,389 [...]

There is a question at the moment, like some sort of mystical force may be at play; over why the UK buy to let scene is currently thriving beyond belief. It is simple economics: Hardly anyone is buying a home right now, for reasons to be explained below. And home builders are hardly building, primarily [...]

A lot has been said about how much it costs now to buy a house or an apartment. For someone who is just starting out, or for a newly married couple looking to buy their first home, it can mean making a huge sacrifice elsewhere just so there is enough money for the down payment [...]

Setia Tropika, a mixed property development project in Kempas, Johor Baru by SP Setia. KUALA LUMPUR: Shares of SP Setia Bhd, the largest property stock on Bursa Malaysia, rose 5 sen to RM4.15 after meeting earnings expectation for the half way mark of its financial year with analysts confident the company would be able to [...]

UOA Development Bhd chairman, Tan Sri Alwi Jantan (right) together with managing director CS Kong (centre) and non-independent non-executive director Alan Charles Winduss (left) looking at the main screen after the listing ceremony. AZMAN GHANI/The Star PETALING JAYA: Last Wednesday marked UOA Development Bhd’s debut on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. Year-to-date, the property [...]

IPOH: Come September, The Haven Lakeside Residences in Tambun will be showcased internationally by Tasweek Real Estate Development and Marketing at the world’s largest property expo Global Cityscape in Dubai. Tasweek Real Estate’s impressive portfolio includes marketing of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building in the world, and has set a record for pricing [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: OSK Research Sdn Bhd has maintained its ‘overweight’ call on the property sector. In a note today, OSK said the biggest gainers from the current upcycle were the mid- to high-end developers, particularly those with focus on developing landed properties and also had significant exposure in high-growth areas. “As such, our top buys [...]

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 [...]

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