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Q3 Commercial Property Market Stabilized on Portfolio Transactions

Nov 7th, 2016

Asia Pacific’s commercial real estate market stabilised in the third quarter, with USD 30.4 billion of income-producing investments were recorded in the July to September quarter. Development site sales, a key aspect of the Asia Pacific real estate universe, reached USD 76.3billion in the quarter, according to research firm Real Capital Analytics...

China Speeds Up Rolling Out New Property Purchase Rules

Oct 8th, 2016 login required

Whether China's property market is getting hotter or cooling down is yet to be clear, but one thing is certain, that is the government, from central to local, are ramping up effort to roll out new property purchasing rules ......

Why Millennials Aren't Buying Houses (USA Market)

Oct 1st, 2016

Some are putting their careers before babies and homes. Others haven't left home in the first place....

Moody's Says Rebound in HK's Property Market Negative for its Bank

Oct 6th, 2016

Moody's Investors Service says that the rebound in Hong Kong's property market is a negative development for the territory's bank, despite the strengthening impact it will bring to existing collateral buffers and developers' credit profiles.

Property Developers Made Great Profits in 1H on Pre-booked Sales

Sep 1st, 2016

Listed property developers were reporting 2016 interim results in August ... What is the developer's total turnover and net profit, on what level of gearing ratio, learning the latest status of major property developers' earnings in the Hong Kong and China markets...

Singapore Q2 Office and Retail Property Market Review

July 25, 2016

Transaction prices and rentals of office and retail properties in Singapore continued downwards trending in the second quarter from the quarter before it, data released by Singapore's urban land authority uncovers

IMF Trims Global GDP Outlook on Brexit

July 20, 2016

The International Monetary Fund trimmed its forecasts for global economic growth this year and next as the unexpected UK vote to leave the European Union creates a wave of uncertainty amid already-fragile business and consumer confidence, the IMF said.

And its impact on the countries in the region...

China Economy Grew 6.7% in the First Half

July 15, 2016

China economy expanded 1.8% in the second quarter from the first quarter this year, it represents 6.7% growth from same quarter last year, according the latest data released by the statistic bureau today. First half new yuan loans reached RMB 7.5 trillion, record high ever since the financial crisis year of 2009.

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2016 Apr 14 Singapore economy grew by 1.8% year-on-year in the first quarter, the growth rate was unchanged as the previous three quarters, services sector posted weak performance, countered by quicken paced construction sector.

2016 May 23 Macau's Shun Tak Group buys a prime land in downtown Singapore near its popular tourism spot Orchard Road for SGD145million for new estate development

2016 May 23 CapitaLand Commercial Trust is offering to buy all remaining shares(60%) in the CapitaGreen building in Singapore for SGD393million

2016 Apr 13 China's first quarter export dropped 4.2% year on year, while import dropped 8.2%, leaving trade surplus RMB810.2billion for the quarter.

2016 Apr 5 India's central bank lowered interest rate by 25 basis points today, while Australia's central bank kept interest rate unchanged on the same day.

2016 Mar 25 South Korea central bank said GDP growth rate dipped 0.7% year-on-year to 2.6% in 2015 from 3.3% of 2014. Last low growth rate was 2.2% in 2012.

~~Singapore's Private Residential Property Index Fall Slowed~~

July 1st, 2016

Singapore's private residential property index fell 0.6 point to 140.0 points in the second Quarter from 140.6 points in first quarter, flash estimate released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) today reveals. This represents a decline of 0.4% by quarter-on-quarter basis, slightly slower than the 0.7% decline in the previous quarter.