NEWS BRIEF

State firms told to exit real estate

China's State-owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) told state-owned enterprises (SOEs) dabbling in real estate to prepare to exit the market, state media reported. With the >>more...

SECTOR BRIEF

Real estate prices rise at record pace

Real estate prices in February rose at the fastest pace in almost two years, adding urgency to the government's efforts to rein in speculation and increase the amount of affordable housing. >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

CITIC Group considers spinning off real estate business

CITIC Group, the state-owned financial conglomerate, is planning to spin off its real estate unit in an initial public offering in order to raise funds for expansion, state media reported. Speaking >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

Property prices rise 10.7% yoy in February

Property prices in China rose 10.7% year-on-year in February, according to new figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the Wall Street Journal reported. While prices continued to rise, >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

50% down payment now required for land purchases

According to a message posted on its web site, the Ministry of Land and Resources will now require a down payment of 50% for land purchases, Bloomberg reported. The down payment must be paid within a >>more...

SECTOR BRIEF

Guangzhou looks for 'civic virtue'

Plans to introduce regulations designed to instill a sense of civic virtue in residents of Guangzhou's low-income housing complexes by deducting points for unruly behavior, have come under fire from some quarters as impractical and discriminatory. >>more...

SECTOR BRIEF

China to lead world real estate developers

In the next five years, the world will see all of its top 10 real estate developers coming from China, real estate tycoon Wang Shi predicted at a forum on Sunday, Sina.com.cn reported. >>more...

SECTOR BRIEF

Asia's Property bubble expands

The world's biggest property developer has snapped up two more sites in China and Hong Kong. >>more...

FEATURE STORY

Tightening threat

Will a mortgage clampdown cripple China's property market? >>more...

SECTOR BRIEF

S&P: Mid-2010 could be "turning point" for developers

Standard & Poor’s believes mid-year will be a critical turning point for certain real estate developers, with smaller or over-extended players likely to be squeezed by credit tightening >>more...

BLOG

The investment banks turn into Chinese property bulls

UBS and JP Morgan have turned bullish on China's property sector. Let's hope they know something we don't >>more...

BLOG

Is there a bubble in Hainan?

There are plenty of fears that Hainan's sudden house price spike could be the biggest bubble yet seen in China. But do the prices reflect that it is the only decent holiday resort in the country? >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

What bubble?

Residents of big Chinese cities are worried about bubbles. It's easy to see why: Shanghai mortgages rose 1,600% in 2009 from 2008 to US$15.58 billion, while residential property prices in the city >>more...

COLUMN

What next for China's property market?

MALCOLM MOORE: The government has started to put the brakes on the property market, but how far will it go to burst the bubble? >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

Blowing bubbles

Property prices continue to rise as 2009 comes to a close >>more...

EDITORS' JOURNAL

Property prices continue to rise - of course they do!

November stats showed increasing strength in the property market, but let's not start whining over rising prices. >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

First signs of property tightening

China's cabinet has introduced the first of much talked about market cooling measures, but so far it's only targeting speculators and not end-users >>more...

COLUMN

Don't invest in property

MALCOLM MOORE: When even Vanke, China's biggest property developer, is sounding a warning, it is time to run for the hills >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

Risk takers: Chinese property developers are rarely once bitten, twice shy

The liquidators finally came in for Skyfame Realty on November 6. For some months, the Hong Kong-listed developer had been jettisoning assets in a bid to keep its head above water, but to no >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

Chinese property developers retain a hunger for risk

The fall and rise of Evergrande Real Estate offers insight into the cavalier tendencies of certain Chinese property firms >>more...