property investment
Chinese poured $32.9 billion into Asia property last year, Thailand top destination
Mainland Chinese property buyers acquired real estate across Asia for $32.9 billion in 2017, up 352.4 per cent from $7.28 billion in 2016, a...
Singaporeans, Malaysians duped millions in alleged real estate Ponzi scheme
More than 1,700 private investors from Malaysia and Singapore have apparently been swindled of a total of almost $90 million by a Singapore-based property...
Commercial real estate deals in Singapore slump 42%
According to property firm JLL, Singapore's commercial real estate markets slowed significantly in the first quarter of 2014. Transaction volumes in Singapore declined by...
Ayala Land to invest $1.6b in 2014
Philippine property giant Ayala Land has set aside around $1.6 billion for its capital expenditures in 2014 to support landbanking and project developments. The...
Singapore, Abu Dhabi funds invest in Manhattan
Singapore’s and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds will join developer Related Companies to acquire the Manhattan headquarters of media group Time Warner, the latest...
Brunei family buys entire London street
A family from Brunei has reportedly bought 75 per cent of property along Queensway, the west London thoroughfare, in a series of deals worth...
Vietnam millionaires banking on property
Vietnamese government statistics have revealed that nearly one third of the country’s 30 US-dollar millionaires derive their wealth from stakes in the real estate...
Dubai firm plans $30b Vietnam project
Dubai-based property developer Global Sphere has embarked on a mega-project in Vietnam that reportedly will cost $30 billion and take 17 years to complete,...
S’pore property developer eyes $1.36b IPO
Singaporean property developer Mapletree Investments, the real-estate arm of the state's investment company Temasek Holdings, plans to raise up to $1.36 billion by listing...
Investors drawn by Cambodia property
With more than 2,000 new private residential units to go on sale in 2013 at reasonable prices, Cambodia is increasingly being watched by foreign...
Vientiane property prices jump up to 50%
Laos' capital Vientiane saw real estate prices soar in 2012 by 15 per cent in the city center and up to 50 per cent...
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...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...