Real Estate

China Expected to Trim Mortgage Reference Rate on Tuesday

Improving net interest margins are seen as giving authorities some space to use monetary stimulus to bolster the economy's flat…

2 months ago

China Evergrande Liquidators May Sue Its Auditor PwC: Report

PricewaterhouseCoopers had been Evergrande’s auditor since 2009 — when the developer listed in Hong Kong — and resigned from that…

2 months ago

Nikkei, Hang Seng and Asian Stocks Enjoy Upbeat Mood

The Nikkei 225 was up 0.92% at the close in Tokyo on Friday, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong…

2 months ago

China Sees Record Bank Loans in January to Spur Economy

Banks extended 4.92 trillion yuan ($683.7 billion) in new yuan loans in January, up sharply from December, new PBOC data…

3 months ago

Beijing Throws Lifelines to ‘Whitelisted’ Property Developments

Country Garden, Sunac China, Greenland, CIFI and SCE Group have all had some of their projects listed as being suitable…

3 months ago

China New Home Prices Climb at Fastest Pace for 30 Months

Figures showed price rises across 100 cities, signalling the decline in China's property sector may be slowing

3 months ago

China Moves to Lift Property Sector Amid Evergrande Crash Fears

Three big cities have eased home-buying curbs, while first loans have been approved for projects on official 'white-lists', amid moves…

3 months ago

Will Evergrande Really be Liquidated? Not if China Says No

A multitude of factors such as social stability and impacts on the property market will be at play when Chinese…

3 months ago

Court Orders China Evergrande Liquidation to Pay its $300bn Debts

The verdict in Hong Kong came as no surprise. Analysts are now anxious to see how courts on the mainland…

3 months ago

China’s Guangzhou Fully Eases Large Home Purchase Limits

The move “will help accelerate a reduction of housing inventory and promote activity of the property market," one analyst said

3 months ago

China Evergrande Facing Potential Wind-up Hearing on Monday

A Hong Kong Court is due to hear applications on Monday to wind up the world's most indebted developer in…

3 months ago

Bid to Help China Property Groups Lifts Shares ‘But May Not Work’

Move to relax lending rules seen as unlikely to have a significant impact because banks won't lend to private developers…

3 months ago