The Residences at The St. Regis Bangkok close to selling out
Over 75 percent of units at The Residences at The St. Regis Bangkok (pictured) are now sold, with only 13 four-bedroom luxury residences still available less than a year after its global launch.With a number of design awards received, The Residences at The St. Regis Bangkok has become a...
Continue Reading • 1 Mar 2012
London continues to attract property investment
Properties in prime central London continue to attract investors since the start of the global economic crisis in 2008, as the area offers investment opportunities with promising capital gains, strong fundamentals and solid yields.“Prices in prime central London have been resilient,...
Continue Reading • 29 Feb 2012
Asian buyers influence London property designs
Top-end specialist real estate developers in prime Central London have been responding to a growing requirement from Asian purchasers to develop the latest new-build properties across one level. This is a groundbreaking move away from the more traditional London townhouses that encompass several...
Continue Reading • 27 Feb 2012
SE Asia comes out tops for young British emigrants
Four Southeast Asian cities have been listed in a report as one of the top twenty cities to emigrate for young British people.The story, published by the U.K.’s The Telegraph newspaper, highlighted Jakarta (pictured), Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Manila as leading emigration destinations in...
Continue Reading • 27 Feb 2012
Donald Tsang's Shenzhen penthouse ignites controversy
Former Hong Kong Chief Executive, Donald Tsang (pictured), has become subject of media interest as his property - a planned retirement home is being scrutinised. The penthouse apartment was reportedly surveyed by undercover reporters. Upon seeing the property located in Shenzhen, the...
Continue Reading • 24 Feb 2012
London prime property market shines
London’s prime homes market defied the gloomy economic outlook and achieved sharp gains in 2011.The on-going Eurozone debt crisis and the political turmoil in the Middle East turned out to have little impact on the city’s high-end market, with prices reaching between £500,000...
Continue Reading • 23 Feb 2012
Shanghai eases second home purchase restrictions
The city of Shanghai has relaxed home purchase restrictions in order to allow more buyers to acquire a second property there, according to Shanghai Securities News.The local government has broadened the definition of ‘locals’ to cover residence permit holders who have lived in...
Continue Reading • 23 Feb 2012
Jones Lang confident about Bangkok property market
Global property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is confident that a property bubble will not occur in Thailand despite the supply glut of condos.“The Thai property market is active, particularly condominiums in inner Bangkok, despite domestic political problems and sluggish Western...
Continue Reading • 21 Feb 2012
Johor reveals master plan for glittery S'pore-facing waterfront
Johor has unveiled the master plan for the construction of a Singapore-facing waterfront project (pictured) from 3,000 acres (1,201-ha) of swampy and reclaimed land, consolidated under one company. The land bank stretches 25km and is next to the Causeway. It will be developed by Iskandar...
Continue Reading • 20 Feb 2012
China's property prices remain depressed
Prices of residential properties in China fell in January, making it the fourth consecutive month where values have fallen. This shows that the policy-driven property sector downturn is deepening, adding to concerns of a hard landing in the world’s second-largest economy.Average prices of...
Continue Reading • 20 Feb 2012
No signs of rebound in HK market: tycoon
No evidence suggests a sustainable rebound for Hong Kong’s residential property market, according to Lee Shau-kee (pictured), Chairman of Henderson Land.“The property market as a whole is still not looking good, though some say the market has turned bullish,” said the tycoon,...
Continue Reading • 17 Feb 2012
China to curb illegal land development
China’s central government has revealed its plan to step up control of illegal land development, after the number of land abuse cases increased last year.Several reports noted that authorities from the Chinese land ministry recently held meetings with senior land officials in nine...
Continue Reading • 17 Feb 2012
More Indonesian buyers eyeing prime London homes
London property agents are seeing increasing numbers of enquiries from Southeast Asia, with the number of buyers and investors from Indonesia increasing every week.Charles Smith, Managing Director of UK’s Sotheby’s International Realty, speaking exclusively to Rumah.com, said,...
Continue Reading • 16 Feb 2012
E&O to launch Penang seaside condo this weekend
Malaysian developer Eastern & Oriental Berhad (E&O) has set the launch of the Andaman at Quayside (pictured) in Penang for this Saturday, 18 February 2012.The luxury condo project sits on a prime 21-acre plot in the developer’s Seri Tanjung Pinang development. 75 percent of all...
Continue Reading • 16 Feb 2012
Chinese city suspends easing of curbs
The city of Wuhu (pictured) in China has suspended its decision to ease property cooling measures, in a move that underscores the country’s determination to lower home prices. The industrial city in China’s eastern province will temporarily suspend its home subsidy policy so it can...
Continue Reading • 15 Feb 2012
China developer launches Aussie project in Singapore
Chinese developer Hengyi International has unveiled The William (pictured), a premier international residential development in Melbourne’s CBD. Over the past weekend, Hengyi, in cooperation with CBRE Singapore, exclusively offered the project to Singaporean investors at the Regent Hotel...
Continue Reading • 13 Feb 2012
S'porean buyers beware say London agents
Singaporean property buyers and investors have been urged to be cautious when buying property in London amid on-going concerns they are sometimes paying too much for homes in undesirable locations.Buyers from Southeast Asia are currently responsible for more than 40 percent of off-plan purchases...
Continue Reading • 8 Feb 2012
Property agent jobs losing appeal in HK
Fewer people are now interested in becoming property agents in Hong Kong, as the real estate market remains weak.According to Estate Agents Authority, the number of registered candidates for the qualifying examinations dropped 45 percent to 1,877 this month, from 3,417 over the same period last...
Continue Reading • 8 Feb 2012
London's One Commercial Street launching in Singapore
Redrow Homes London, one of the UK's leading residential and mixed-use property developers, has announced that it will launch the One Commercial Street mixed-use development project in Singapore on 18 and 19 February 2011 at Shangri-La Hotel.“Large scale projects built by leading UK...
Continue Reading • 7 Feb 2012
International buyers dominate in London
International buyers have been key players in the London residential market, according to a recent report by Savills Research. “The amount of international equity flowing into prime London's newly built market continues to increase, with UK buyers a minority,” it noted.Savills said...
Continue Reading • 6 Feb 2012