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WHY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD IT ARE CHOOSING NOT TO BUY HOMES IN CALGARY
The question then becomes How big of a bet are you willing to place on real estate?... READ MORE›
RESILIENCE OF REAL ESTATE SECTOR IS NOT JUST OF ITS OWN MAKING
In the competitions for both land and financing, there are only winners and losers, no real estate enterprises are simply surviving... READ MORE›
THIS BLOCKCHAIN STARTUP COULD REVOLUTIONIZE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
If blockchain contracts overall continues to garner legal support, Propy's approach could dramatically simplify international real estate investments... READ MORE›
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WORLD'S BIGGEST REAL ESTATE BINGE IS COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU
A frenetic gathering of brokers, developers and other real estate professionals all jockeying for the attention of Chinese buyers... READ MORE›
CHINA TO BAN IVORY TRADE WITHIN A YEAR OR SO, AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON HONG KONG
Wildlife groups say Hong Kong's legal ivory trade provides cover for a vast illegal trade that is fueling a poaching crisis decimating elephant herds in Africa... READ MORE›
HONG KONG RETAINS TITLE OF WORLD'S COSTLIEST HOME MARKET
Hong Kong's median multiple represents a substantial deterioration in its housing affordability, Demographia said in the report, citing a median multiple of 11.4 times in 2010... READ MORE›
LONDON HOUSE PRICES MOST OVERVALUED IN THE WORLD, SAYS UBS
London house prices most overvalued in the world, says UBS... READ MORE›
FRUSTRATED BY REAL ESTATE BIDDING WARS? IN AUSTRALIA THE BIDS ARE TRANSPARENT
Australians have access to a lot more real estate data than we do in most parts of Canada... READ MORE›
REAL ESTATE UP, DOWN OR FLAT? 5 FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT HOME PRICES IN 2017
The government's Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and real estate analysts will be watching carefully to see whether construction and potential buyers stay in balance... READ MORE›
THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSING MARKET JUST GOT EVEN PRICIER
Compared with the 1997 peak, overall flat prices in June were 94 percent higher, according to government data... READ MORE›
SYDNEY HOUSING WORLD'S SECOND-MOST EXPENSIVE
Demographia, which ranks housing affordability in cities with a population over 1,000,000, listed Australia's major problem as urban containment policies... READ MORE›
IF WE'RE OK WITH GOVERNMENT MEDDLING IN HOUSING, WHAT ELSE IS FAIR GAME?
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has unveiled a series of 16 steps she hopes will cool the red-hot housing market in Toronto... READ MORE›
WHEN FOREIGN BUYERS ABANDON CANADIAN HOUSING
As Siddall says, foreign speculative investment, sometimes called hot money, can definitely drive real estate prices up as it pushes its way into the market... READ MORE›
NEW MORTGAGE RULE MIGHT 'TEMPER' HOT MARKETS, BUT NOT FOR LONG
Canadians who have built equity in their homes throughout the real estate boom of the last 15 years or so, though, would be on more stable ground... READ MORE›
BRITISH 'BANKER' ARRESTED OVER HONG KONG 'PROSTITUTE' MURDER
The women were discovered in the 31st floor flat in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong a skyscrapper-filled central area popular with young, expat professionals... READ MORE›
CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN HOUSING: SPLURGE AT AN END?
Shanghai-based Australian real estate agent Scott Kirchner helped moneyed Chinese buyers snap up new Australian apartments and homes at a record rate last year... READ MORE›
HONG KONG'S SKY-HIGH PRICES MAKE IT TOO RISKY FOR SAVILLS
Hong Kong is highly, highly expensive, Kiran Patel, who helps manage 18 billion as chief investment officer at Savills Investment, said in an interview in Singapore... READ MORE›
ARE REAL ESTATE AGENTS DUE FOR A RUDE AWAKENING FROM B.C. FINANCIAL COMMISSION?
Public confidence in the integrity of the real estate services sector and its regulation has been shaken, Rogers wrote in her interim report... READ MORE›
HONG KONG PUBLISHERS SPOOKED, ANTI-CHINA BOOKS OFF SHELVES
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi skirted a direct question on whether the men were under Chinese detention at a recent press conference... READ MORE›
WHY ARE ALL THESE ANGRY MEN IN HONG KONG WEARING BRAS?
On Sunday dozens of men wearing bras gathered outside a police station in the busy Wan Chai district of Hong Kong island... READ MORE›
'MOMENTOUS SIGNIFICANCE': MODERN-DAY SLAVE TO GET HIS DAY IN COURT
Hong Kong narrowly defines human trafficking as a crime only involving cross-border sex trafficking for prostitution, meaning that victims of forced labour are not legally protected... READ MORE›
STRONG CHINA PROPERTY DATA MASKS BIG PROBLEM
As long as they destock slowly, there is no problem, he told the Asia Financial Forum in Hong Kong... READ MORE›
'NOBODY IS SAFE': THOUSANDS PROTEST IN HONG KONG OVER MISSING PUBLISHERS
The demonstrators gathered outside government headquarters - the scene of pro-democracy protests in late 2014 - carrying banners that read Release Hong Kong Booksellers Now!... READ MORE›
RESCUE ENDS IN TAIWANESE CITY STRUCK BY QUAKE
The 6.4-magnitude quake, which struck before dawn on Feb. 6, killed only two other people in Tainan, the city where the Wei-Guan Golden Dragon building collapsed... READ MORE›
SOARING VANCOUVER HOME PRICES SPUR ANGER TOWARD FOREIGN BUYERS
The tweet went viral and hundreds of other young Vancouver residents soon began expressing their own frustrations in tweets about the red hot housing market... READ MORE›
CBRE TO BUY JOHNSON CONTROLS' WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS FOR $1.48 BILLION
CBRE in turn will provide Johnson Controls with its suite of real estate services, including brokerage, commercial mortgage origination and servicing, as well as facilities management... READ MORE›
BOOING, A WALKOUT, AND HONG KONG VETOES CHINA-BACKED ELECTORAL REFORM PROPOSAL
Pro-democracy protesters celebrate after lawmakers voted against the electoral reform proposals in Hong Kong... READ MORE›
CHINA REAL ESTATE SECTOR: MORE CITIES SEE NEW HOME PRICES RISE IN DECEMBER, BUT NATIONAL PICTURE REMAINS MIXED
New house prices in a survey of China's 70 biggest cities were up by 7.7... READ MORE›
POLICE CRACK DOWN ON ALL THOSE EMPTY APARTMENTS IN NEW YORK AND MIAMI THAT ARE USED TO HIDE 'DIRTY MONEY'
Police crack down on empty New York and Miami apartments that are used to hide 'dirty money'... READ MORE›
CHINA'S 'REMOVAL' OF HONG KONG BOOKSELLER IS 'SERIOUS BREACH' OF TREATY, U.K. SAYS
The Joint Declaration is the treaty signed in 1984 between Britain and China safeguarding Hong Kong's rights and freedoms after Beijing took power in 1997... READ MORE›
BOOING, A WALKOUT, AND HONG KONG VETOES CHINA-BACKED ELECTORAL REFORM PROPOSAL
Pro-democracy protesters celebrate after lawmakers voted against the electoral reform proposals in Hong Kong... READ MORE›
NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO TAKE CHINA UNIT PRIVATE
New World Development and New World China Land subscribed for perpetual securities issued by Evergrande, which they have the right to convert into shares... READ MORE›
CHINESE POURING BILLIONS INTO U.S. REAL ESTATE, ESPECIALLY HOMES
Between 2010 and 2015, Chinese buyers put more than 17 billion into U.S. commercial real estate, with half of that spent last year alone... READ MORE›