4 d. ago Why South Korea and Japan are turning against foreign homebuyers

Government measures to deter foreign buyers from purchasing residential properties are by no means the preserve of Asian economies. In February 2024, Canada extended a nationwide ban on most foreign buyers until 2027 in an effort to curb speculation and improve affordability. In the US, a growing number of states, including Texas and Florida, have passed laws barring nationals from several countries, notably China and Russia, from acquiring land and property. Yet in the most liveable cities in...

Economics

9 d. ago Opinion | Why Beijing is letting parts of China’s property sector fail

Opinion | Why Beijing is letting parts of China’s property sector fail  South China Morning Post

Events

9 d. ago CR Land, Sunac post better interim results in signs of property recovery

China’s embattled property market is showing signs of a tentative recovery, as some developers posted stronger earnings and reduced losses, supported by government stimulus measures and recovering consumption. China Resources Land’s first-half net profit increased by 16.2 per cent from last year to 11.9 billion yuan (US$1.66 billion), according to the state-owned developer’s statement on Wednesday. Sales rose 20 per cent to 94.9 billion yuan. Sunac, one of China’s largest privately owned...

Politics

1 week ago China's Property Sector Crisis: Systemic Risks and the Paradox of Distressed Debt Opportunities

China's Property Sector Crisis: Systemic Risks and the Paradox of Distressed Debt Opportunities  AInvest

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1 week ago Evergrande’s $50 billion rise and fall leaves scars on China's property sector

Evergrande’s $50 billion rise and fall leaves scars on China's property sector  CNBC

Economics

1 week ago Sell India, buy China? Don’t get stock and property markets confused

Indian stocks have had a good run. Since the end of March 2020, the Nifty 50, one of India’s main equity gauges, has risen almost 190 per cent. It has outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 index, which itself is up more than 150 per cent. Yet in the past year, the ferocious rally has given way to volatility, concerns over lofty valuations and worries about growth and corporate earnings. The unexpected decision earlier this month by US President Donald Trump to impose swingeing tariffs of 50 per...

Economics

1 week ago The View | Sell India, buy China? Don’t get stock and property markets confused

The View | Sell India, buy China? Don’t get stock and property markets confused  South China Morning Post

Economics

1 week ago Evergrande: China’s property giant delisted from Hong Kong stock exchange

Evergrande: China’s property giant delisted from Hong Kong stock exchange  The Guardian

Politics

1 week ago Evergrande delisting marks end of era for China’s property sector

Evergrande delisting marks end of era for China’s property sector  Financial Times

Politics

1 week ago Shanghai eases property rules to revive sluggish housing market

Shanghai eases property rules to revive sluggish housing market  South China Morning Post

Politics

3 w. ago ‘Let the rich spend’: China told to ease property curbs to spur consumption

A high-level Chinese official has called for easing property and other market restrictions to boost spending among the wealthy, as Beijing steps up efforts to stimulate consumption amid deflationary pressures. “Let the rich spend. This is the most direct [approach],” said Yin Yanlin, who was deputy director at the Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, a party organ overseeing economic policy, from 2018 to 2023. Yin, now a senior economic adviser in the Chinese People’s...

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3 w. ago Road King Shocks Markets: $1.5B Debt Freeze Sends China Property Fears Surging

Road King Shocks Markets: $1.5B Debt Freeze Sends China Property Fears Surging  Yahoo Finance

Economics

3 w. ago Chinese families in ‘broken houses’; PLA’s warning: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese military ‘warns off’ US destroyer from vicinity of Scarborough Shoal A US destroyer has entered disputed waters in the South China Sea, less than two days after an apparent collision involving a Chinese coastguard vessel and a PLA Navy ship while the former was pursuing a Philippine coastguard vessel in the area. 2. China boosts hybrid crop...

Events

3 w. ago China’s property crisis icon Evergrande will delist following debt woes

China’s property crisis icon Evergrande will delist following debt woes  CNN

Events

3 w. ago China’s Property Crisis Hits New Low With Evergrande Delisting

China’s Property Crisis Hits New Low With Evergrande Delisting  Bloomberg.com

Events

3 w. ago China Evergrande to delist, marking a watershed in country’s property crisis

China Evergrande Group on Tuesday said that its Hong Kong shares will be removed on August 25 following the stock exchange’s delisting decision, which the company does not intend to have reviewed. The world’s most indebted property developer was informed by the local bourse on Friday that its listing would be cancelled for failing “to fulfil any of the requirements” to resume trading, the company said in a filing. Evergrande’s shares have been suspended from trading since January 29, 2024 – the...

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3 w. ago Evergrande delists from HKEX in milestone for China’s property crisis

China Evergrande Group on Tuesday said that its Hong Kong shares will be removed on August 25 following the stock exchange’s delisting decision, which the company does not intend to have reviewed. The world’s most indebted property developer was informed by the local bourse on Friday that its listing would be cancelled for failing “to fulfil any of the requirements” to resume trading, the company said in a filing. Evergrande’s shares have been suspended from trading since January 29, 2024 – the...

Events

3 w. ago The View | China’s commercial property market has its own version of a ‘national team’

The View | China’s commercial property market has its own version of a ‘national team’  South China Morning Post

Politics

3 w. ago China property: Shanghai, Shenzhen could follow Beijing by dropping buying curbs

Beijing’s surprise move to lift home-purchase restrictions in outlying areas will help stabilise housing prices in the capital by next year, according to analysts, who added that other major cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen could follow suit. The municipal government said on Friday that families with Beijing residency, as well as those who paid social insurance and individual income tax in the city for a set period, would be allowed to buy new and second-hand homes outside the Fifth Ring Road,...

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