Overseas Property Investment

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

Concerns over budget cutbacks and economic woes are eroding investor confidence, resulting in the first decline in commercial tenant interest in the UK since the opening quarter of 2009. Supply increases and declining demand are halting the progress of recovery in the rental sector as well. See the…

PETALING JAYA: Jones Lang LaSalle’s Global Real Estate Transparency Index 2010 report, which quantifies real estate market transparency, shows Malaysia slipping two places from 23rd in 2008 to 25th out of 81 countries, Jones Lang Wootton (JLW) said in a statement that Malaysia remained a “transparent” market and the third most transparent country in South-East [...]

London continues to lead the thriving UK real estate market in price performance, with Northern Ireland the sole price loser in the second quarter. Southern parts of the UK outperformed the North, while greater market supply may account for a slower rate of property price inflation. See the following…

With banks still reeling from the credit crisis, lending constraints will force many UK real estate developers to pursue more creative financing. Requiring banks to unload distressed property to free up funds for lending, though, could prove counterproductive and costly. See the following article from…

The UK market is seeing an influx of properties, yet prices are still remaining strong, indicating robust demand and restored consumer confidence. Recovering real estate prices, combined with the prospect of a Capital Gains Tax hike and an end to Home Information Packs, motivated many sellers while…

SHANGHAI: Malaysian conglomerate Hong Leong Group(HLG) is to create a luxury hotel chain in China, with at least ten Guoman Hotels over the next five years. Violet Lee, Group Managing Director of Guocoland China, HLG’s property investment arm here, told reporters at a special interview, the company would bring the unique English hospitality to the [...]

A steep capital gains tax hike by the new UK coalition government could precipitate a surge in property sales, aggravating housing shortfalls by inhibiting residential investment. A capital gains tax as high as 50 percent, which might be imposed next April, has prompted the National Landlords Association…

SINGAPORE: YTL Corp Bhd expects Singapore to be its next big market, said managing director Tan Sri Francis Yeoh. He said despite the global financial crisis, YTL went ahead to acquire some assets in the island-state in the past two years and these turned out to be highly successful ventures. In late 2008, YTL bought [...]

Knowing — or maybe believing is a better word — that property markets and economies around the world are on the way back up sure is a nice feeling. It may be a short-lived feeling, because according to some there are signs that the short-lived positivity will end as quickly as it begun. I am [...]

Lipsey, the commercial real estate training company has just revealed its annual chart of the top 25 brands in the commercial real estate sector. Because of the mergers and acquisitions witnessed in the past year, it is highly anticipated to see what difference they have made to the various brands’ images. The 2010 chart of [...]