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China Ranked World's Hottest Residential Real Estate Market Despite Slight Price Drop

SPECIAL REPORT: China Ranked World's Hottest Residential Real Estate Market Despite Slight Price Drop

Despite Beijing's efforts to rein in prices and slow development in the last three years, China remains the hottest residential real estate market in the world, according to the most recent data from Knight Frank, a 115-year-old, London-based consulting firm. Newmark Knight Frank is the firm's North American affiliate in New York City. Read More

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$2.85 Billion Lending Fund Announced to Sidestep China's Tough Stance on Developer Credit

$2.85 Billion Lending Fund Announced to Sidestep China's Tough Stance on Developer Credit

Shanghai-based Noah Holdings (NYSE: NOAH) sees a golden opportunity to broa... Read More

 
$600 Million Little Bay Cove Takes Shape in Sydney

$600 Million Little Bay Cove Takes Shape in Sydney

(Sydney, Australia) -- Sydney's newest coastal residential community, Littl... Read More

 
Global Prime Residential Rents Post Weakest Performance Gains in Two Years

Global Prime Residential Rents Post Weakest Performance Gains in Two Years

According to London-based Knight Frank, a lot has changed on the global eco... Read More

 
Hong Kong Speculates Family Feud Triggered New Arrests at Country's Biggest Development Company

Hong Kong Speculates Family Feud Triggered New Arrests at Country's Biggest Development Company

It's the sort of scenario you might have expected in The Godfather, but har... Read More

 
India's Residential Property Market May Be Headed for Hard Landing

India's Residential Property Market May Be Headed for Hard Landing

In 1959, Charles E Lindblom, the American political scientist, published a ... Read More

 
India Sees Record Rise in House Prices as Affordable Units Get Little Relief

India Sees Record Rise in House Prices as Affordable Units Get Little Relief

Housing prices in India are the highest in the world, according to the most... Read More

 
Hong Kong Buzzing Over Arrest of Senior Executive at Asia's Largest Development Firm

UPDATE: Hong Kong Buzzing Over Arrest of Senior Executive at Asia's Largest Development Firm

For Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., the largest developer in Asia, the news c... Read More

 
Hong Kong's Largest Developer Makes Plans to Sell 3,500 High-End Apartments for $4.1 Billion

Hong Kong's Largest Developer Makes Plans to Sell 3,500 High-End Apartments for $4.1 Billion

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., the largest property developer in Hong Kong b... Read More

 
Minoru Mori, Japan's Mr. Real Estate, Dies of Heart Failure at 77

Minoru Mori, Japan's Mr. Real Estate, Dies of Heart Failure at 77

Billionaire Minoru Mori, Japan's Mr. Real Estate, has died of heart failure... Read More

 
Global Home Prices Poised to Decline in 2012, Asia's Downturn Proved Highly Influential

Global Home Prices Poised to Decline in 2012, Asia's Downturn Proved Highly Influential

According to London-based Knight Frank's latest Global House Price Index (G... Read More

 
S&P Places Japan Prime REIT on CreditWatch After Studying Firm's $445 Million Land Buy

S&P Places Japan Prime REIT on CreditWatch After Studying Firm's $445 Million Land Buy

Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp.'s (J-REIT) planned $445 million downtow... Read More

 
Sekisui House Launches New Planned Community in Sydney

Sekisui House Launches New Planned Community in Sydney

(Gledswood Hills, AUSTRALIA) -- Sydney's newest suburb now has its first ma... Read More

 
China's Four Biggest Banks Plan End Run Around Government's No-Growth Grip on Real Estate Industry

China's Four Biggest Banks Plan End Run Around Government's No-Growth Grip on Real Estate Industry

It isn't a financial civil war yet, but a new move in China's depressed rea... Read More

 
Half of Asia-Pacific Real Estate Firms Plan to Increase Staff in 2012, China Leading the Way

Half of Asia-Pacific Real Estate Firms Plan to Increase Staff in 2012, China Leading the Way

Real estate companies worldwide are gearing up for strong growth over the n... Read More

 
Russian Bear Shows Teeth in Global Office Market, Moscow Rents Spike 41%

Russian Bear Shows Teeth in Global Office Market, Moscow Rents Spike 41%

According to Cushman & Wakefield's Office Space Across the World 2012 repor... Read More

 

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