Overseas Property Investment

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

JOHOR BARU: Prospective property buyers have some 8,000 units of residential, high-rise homes and commercial developments to choose at the Malaysian Property Exposition (MAPEX) sale here. The four-day fair at City Square, which will end tomorrow, is aimed at attract Johoreans to buy these properties under the ‘My First Home Scheme’, which was launched by [...]

It is true that words like “going green” and “sustainable” carry much weight these days and many times they have been exploited by various quarters as tools for some personal agenda or to promote product sales. Marketers from various “walks” of industries have benefited substantially from the green and sustainable pitches, and no wonder we [...]

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 [...]

A pairing between the Koh Samui Regatta and Sawadee.com Property Expo will see a luxury real estate event take place on June 2nd to 4th.

NEWS that IOI Corp Bhd was acquiring a 49.9% stake in Singapore’s South Beach project didn’t come as a surprise to the market, particularly since the group had previously mentioned its intentions to further expand into Singapore’s property market. This acquisition will add to IOI Corp’s property portfolio in Singapore which now includes its joint [...]

China’s Beijing Real Estate Expo has seen good interest in foreign projects.

Tough note to communicate today: Automattic had a low-level (root) break-in to several of our servers, and potentially anything on those servers could have been revealed. We have been diligently reviewing logs and records about the break-in to determine the extent of the information exposed, and re-securing avenues used to gain access. We presume our [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: MAH SING GROUP BHD is buying nine parcels of land in Tanjung Kupang, Johor Bahru measuring 205.72 acres for RM54.7 million for an industrial park. It said on Tuesday, April 12 the land was acquired at about RM6.10 per sq ft and it plans to develop into an integrated industrial and business park [...]

PETALING JAYA: IOI Corp Bhd’s acquisition of 49.9% stake in Scottsdale Properties Pte Ltd may provide an opportunity for it to be involved in an iconic downtown development in Singapore but there are also concerns on the subdued outlook of the property market there. CIMB Research said the substantial size and location of the South [...]

Real estate assets account for 25.6% of total assets, and that has lost US$2.4 trillion or 26% from its peak in 2007. — EPA How worrisome are real estate bubbles for the banking system? Based upon the recent subprime and then global financial crisis, very worrisome indeed. The reason why real estate is so important [...]