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Record growth for Myanmar hotels in 2014 expected
The thriving hotel market in Myanmar's economic capital Yangon is set for another year of record growth in 2014, according to property research firm...
Mecca property sales quadruple in 2013
Sales values and volumes have risen by up to four times in the holy city of Mecca within 2013, even though land prices are...
Study: Dubai property market can absorb 25,000 units a year
High growth in Dubai’s population means that the emirate can absorb 25,000 new units a year without oversupply, according to a Citibank study. The...
Vietnam seeks to attract more foreign home buyers
The Vietnamese government is planning to make it easier for foreigners to buy real estate in Vietnam. The Ministry of Construction’s has proposed that...
Residential rents, sales prices in Dubai rise further
According to information released by property data firm Reidin.com on February 27, rents for residential properties rose 2.12 per cent month-on-month in January 2014,...
New study: Top trends for Dubai real estate
Real estate investment and advisory firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) on February 10 released its new study 2014 Top Trends for UAE Real Estate.
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Report: Dubai house prices at pre-crisis level by 2015
Dubai house prices are only 15 per cent short of their 2008 peak and will return to those pre-crisis highs within 18 months, property...
Chinese investors spend $1.9 billion on Pearl Dubai
Real estate developer Pearl Dubai said in a statement on February 3 that it had sold property assets worth $1.9 billion to Hong Kong-based...
Dubai’s property sector expects rapid expansion as Expo 2020 looms
The expectation that the Expo 2020 held in Dubai will prompt around $6.5 billion worth of investment in infrastructure projects is boosting the entire...
Singapore landmark building sold for $766 million
A consortium led by Singapore property group Perennial Real Estate Holdings has bought the TripleOne Somerset building close to the city state's main shopping...
Philippines condo supply to peak in 2014
The supply of residential condominiums in the Philippines will likely peak in 2014 and taper in the following years as developers fulfill previous commitments...
Yangon gets 1,000 new hotel rooms
Yangon will get around 1,000 new hotel rooms in 2013 at an international standard on top of the existing 1,500 to 2,000 that a...
Singapore helps drive strong Asian hotel investments
But is this matched by quality?
According to a Jones Lang LaSalle sponsored index, hotel investments in Asia Pacific are no longer the high risk...
Asia hotels in investor spotlight
Hotel receipts nearly tripled in Asia the first quarter of 2013, supported by a tourism boom in the emerging countries of Southeast Asia’s Mekong...
Malaysian investors favour UK property
Investors from Malaysia have poured no less than $3.8 billion into the UK property market since 2010, new data from global real estate form...
Cheap loans boost Philippine real estate
The real estate market in the Philippines is expecting another good year after residential and commercial property purchases and rentals have been booming throughout...
Property boom in the Philippines
The Philippines is in the midst of a property boom that is shifting Manila’s skyline upwards and redefining its status in the world as...
Singapore home sales bound to drop
Residential property sales in Singapore may drop as much as 27 per cent in 2013 after sales surged to a three-year peak in the...
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Intel invests almost half a billion dollars more in Vietnam
US information technology giant Intel has invested an additional $475 million in its facility in Vietnam in...
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Poverty on the rise in Thailand as coronavirus, strong baht batters economy
Thailand is facing rising urban poverty
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