Real Estate

Bloomberg Sino Land Co. was part of a consortium that swooped in to buy residential land in Hong Kong from the government for HK$17.3 billion ($2.2 billion), described by local media as a record for that type of property. Shimao Property Holdings Ltd., Wheelock Properties Ltd., K Wah International Holdings Ltd. and S E A Holdings Ltd. were the other ...

Bloomberg As investors wonder whether Sweden’s housing market is headed for a correction, the country’s first mortgage fund is about to enter the $370 billion Swedish home-loan industry. Stabelo plans to pool capital from Swedish institutional investors in exchange for fixed-income securities. That money will then be lent to home buyers. The fund starts offering its products this week and ...

Bloomberg The proportion of London home sellers dropping their asking price is rising as the property market slumps further. With more than four in 10 revising lower, the average price cut of 6.7 percent reflects “initial over-optimism and a tougher market,” Rightmove Plc said in a report published on Monday. New vendors coming to the market in November are also ...

Dubai / WAM Emaar Properties on Sunday reported a significant year-on-year increase in both profits and Dubai property sales in the period from January until the end of September. The property recorded AED4.347 billion ($1.184 billion) in net profits in the first nine months of 2017, up 20 percent from AED3.620 billion ($986 million) during the corresponding period of 2016. ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emaar Malls, the shopping malls and retail business majority-owned by Emaar Properties, recorded a net profit of AED1.506 billion ($410 million) during first nine months (January to September) 2017, a growth of 6 percent over the net profit of AED1.422 billion ($387 million) during the same period in 2016. Total revenue for first nine months was ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced the winners of the Tycoon Real Estate Awards at a ceremony that was held earlier this month at the Taj Mahal Hotel during the Dubai Property Show Mumbai 2017.The ceremony was attended exclusively by leading developers who are driving the success of the UAE’s real estate sector. Her Excellency Majida Ali Rashid, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Following the announcement of its strategic partnership with Dubai Land Department (DLD) earlier this year, Azizi Developments – the fast-growing real estate developer operating in the UAE – is participating in the Dubai Property Show in Mumbai, India from November 3-5. Azizi Developments and DLD are working together jointly in a series of road shows to ...

Dubai / Emirates Business MAG Property Development (MAG PD), the real estate development arm of the MAG Group, is participating in the Dubai Property Show Mumbai 2017, which runs until November 5. Talal Moafaq Al Gaddah, CEO of MAG PD, commented: “Dubai Property Show provides us with a valuable opportunity to reach out to Indian investors, who lead foreign real ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced that over AED 1.3 billion worth of brokerage commissions were made in Dubai’s real estate market between the beginning of January 2017 and the end of September this year, with a total number of 6,200 active brokers working in Dubai’s real estate market. Real estate brokers achieved these commissions after securing land, ...

DUBAI / WAM Real estate master developer Nakheel is heading to India with a diverse range of investment opportunities and incentives as it attends the Dubai Property Show (DPS), in Mumbai for the third consecutive year. Nakheel is offering completed, ready- to-move-into apartments, townhouses and villas. Special incentives, including extended payment plans, are also available for DPS visitors who purchase ...