Real Estate

Bloomberg Several large Chinese cities including Shijiazhuang, Chongqing, Nanchang, Nanning and Guiyang are imposing restrictions on home resales as part of the nation’s campaign to cool its heated property sector. Chongqing will ban sales of new and existing residential properties in downtown areas within two years of purchase, according to a statement on the city’s housing authority website. The move ...

Bloomberg Perween Rahman was returning home one evening in March 2013 from her job as head of the Orangi Pilot Project, which for years has pushed land title claims for Karachi’s poor, when she was shot three times by a gunman. Rahman died as she was rushed to hospital by her friend and colleague Anwar Rashid. “He was a sharp ...

Bloomberg Asian property prices have reached risky levels, especially in Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai, according to S&P Global Ratings. “Asset prices, especially property prices, today are as stretched as they were before the Asian crisis,” Elena Okorochenko, head of Asia-Pacific ratings said at a conference in Singapore on Wednesday. Combined with increased household debt, prices in Sydney, Hong Kong ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Decent gains held by the real estate sector kept UAE markets stable on Tuesday, with ADX General Index closing high 0.71 percent at 4470 and DFM General Index slightly down 0.03 percent at 3652 points. Emaar hit a new high, closing at AED8.78, driven by the momentum created by the now-running Cityscape Global 2017. Market analysts ...

Dubai / Emirates Business MAG Property Development (MAG PD), the real estate development arm of MAG Group, announced the details of its flagship MAG Creek Wellbeing Resort project at Cityscape Global 2017. The AED 2.2 billion project reflects the company’s ability to achieve industry excellence and exceed its customers’ expectations in the freehold sector by introducing innovative and unprecedented and ...

Bloomberg China’s Cindat Capital Management is joining an acquisition of QHotels Group valuing the UK hospitality company at more than $660 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. Cindat, which focuses on overseas property deals, is negotiating a joint purchase of QHotels with UK investment firm Aprirose, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Union Properties (UPP) has announced a new masterplan for its flagship MotorCity development in Dubai with a completed value of more than AED 8 billion. UPP has also signed an agreement with China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), one of the world’s largest construction companies to build the new mega development. The announcements were made on ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Bloom Properties, a Bloom Holding business specializing in the development of integrated and sustainable communities, is marking an impactful participation at the 16th edition of Cityscape Global 2017, providing investors, home buyers and visitors at the definitive exhibition with construction updates on its diverse range of developments in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The construction of Bloom ...

Dubai / Emirates Business During a visit to region’s biggest property event, DAMAC Properties Chairman, Hussain Sajwani, sees Dubai’s maturing property sector entering a new cycle of growth. DAMAC has significant presence at the 16th Cityscape Global 2017 with a 528 square meter stand. DAMAC’s first-half year sales performance, the continuing recovery of global economies through GDP growth indicators, as ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The UAE retained its number one position as the most appealing country to invest in real estate in the world for GCC residents, while Dubai is the most preferred city, according to new research. The latest Real Estate Barometer study, conducted in partnership between YouGov and Cityscape Global, asked GCC home buyers and real estate investors ...