Overseas Property Investment

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

With no end in sight to the skyrocketing Hong Kong real estate prices, market cooling measures are on their way. Stricter mortgage lending criteria, larger deposits on luxury and investment property, and government land sales all aim to avoid a repeat of the real estate bubble, and subsequent slump…

Rising house prices show that residential properties have become the “hottest” pick for investors who are flushed with cash and believe investing in a tangible asset is a good investment choice. Although it may seem that the property market is on a “wholesale revaluation exercise” with prices climbing across-the-board, it is actually not so. A [...]

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s government said yesterday it will increase land supply to avoid a property bubble, warning that prices of some flats are approaching historic highs. John Tsang, the city’s financial secretary, said prices in June were 8 per cent up from the end of 2009, despite a series of measures the government introduced [...]

9 August 2010, Asia — The Asian real estate investment market showed signs of continuing to make steady improvement in the first half of 2010 with direct real estate investment in the region rising 136% year-on-year during the period to be recorded at an estimated US$30 billion. Although activity levels rose significantly in virtually every [...]

Rock-bottom interest rates, limited supply and a thriving economy are likely to keep Hong Kong real estate prices climbing. Residential prices could see another year of double-digit growth, on top of the 40 percent increase already seen since last year. See the following article from Property Wire for…

The majority of world markets are seeing relief in distressed commercial property levels, but the US and parts of Europe are still hurting. Non-Western and emerging markets have fared best, led by Brazil, Russia, India and Hong Kong. See the following article from Property Wire for more on this…

Investing in real estate can be tricky. For a start, those who intend to make a quick buck by “flipping” property within a few months will find that it is risky, especially in a property market less buoyant than in Hong Kong or Singapore. The alternative is hard work, that is, managing residential properties (and [...]

Greater China leads regional growth in demand for premium office 4 August 2010 Asia — Asia’s leading commercial centres recorded impressive growth in office demand in the second quarter of 2010 as the steady regional economic recovery encouraged multinational companies to reactivate expansion plans suspended earlier after the onset of the global financial crisis, according [...]

HONG KONG: Hong Kong home prices will rise another 15 per cent in the next 12 months as limited supply forces buyers to pay more for property that’s already expensive, CLSA Ltd’s Nicole Wong said. Prices will increase because the city’s promising job market and growing wealth will help drive demand for real estate while [...]

The furore over the proposed demolition of Pudu Jail puzzles me. Very few cities have old dilapidated prisons smack right in city centres. Even “The Rock” which is the infamous Alcatraz is on an island of the US west coast, and was initially the first lighthouse and US Fort. Later, it became a federal jail [...]