Goldman sees ‘high return’ potential in Chinese property bonds
GOLDMAN Sachs Asset Management still sees opportunities for strong returns in Chinese property firms’ high-yield dollar notes as business prospects have improved.
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A US$1.5 trillion wall of debt is looming for US commercial properties
ALMOST US$1.5 trillion of US commercial real estate debt comes due for repayment before the end of 2025. The big question facing those borrowers is who’s going to lend to them?
UK house-building falls by most since 2020 as interest rates bite: PMI
HOUSE-BUILDING in the UK fell at the sharpest pace since May 2020 last month, a survey released on Thursday (Apr 6) showed.
Iras probing property transactions for stamp duty tax avoidance
THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) is investigating property transactions under an audit to uncover cases of avoidance of stamp duty tax, the tax agency said in a statement on Thursday (Apr 6).
Swedish real estate unexpectedly extends rebound in realtor data
A REBOUND in Swedish home prices unexpectedly gathered pace last month, casting doubt on most forecasters’ gloomy outlook for one of the world’s worst-hit housing markets.
UK house prices rise for 3rd month in a row
BRITISH house prices rose for a third month in a row in March, representing a further calming of the market after the turmoil sparked by former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s “mini-budget” last September, data from mortgage lender Halifax showed.
UK’s Cambridge tries to catch up with younger, innovative peer
HOME to one of the world’s oldest universities and renowned for contributing to discoveries such as the structure of DNA, Cambridge, England has still been recently overshadowed by its Massachusetts namesake that spawned Moderna Inc.’s mRNA Covid-19 vaccine technology. Now, the UK city is trying to regain the limelight.
Competition in Singapore co-living sector cranking up
DEMAND for co-living spaces in Singapore levelled up over the last two years. But with more operators pushing into the niche residential space, competition has cranked up at a time when demand may be pulling back.
What property bubble? Why Singapore may be an outlier
IT IS official – tenants in Singapore now pay more for their apartments than their counterparts in notoriously expensive Hong Kong.