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Obayashi falls on unit’s link to San Francisco leaning building

  Bloomberg Shares of Obayashi Corp. fell for a seventh day after a unit of the Japanese construction company was found to have done work on a San Francisco tower that is sinking. The shares dropped 4.9 percent to 956 yen at the close in Tokyo Tuesday after earlier falling as much as 8.6 percent, the largest decline since May ...

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Land prices surge in Karachi amid rising demand

  Bloomberg Pakistani financier Arif Habib’s bet on Karachi’s real estate is paying off as land prices in the nation’s financial capital surge amid rising demand and an improving security situation. Prices for Habib’s development in a 1,300-acre property at the northern tip of the city have more than doubled since 2012. Habib’s Javedan Corp.’s project called Naya Nazimabad offered ...

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Billionaire’s fund predicts prolonged slump in India home sales

  Bloomberg Billionaire Uday Kotak’s property fund is predicting a prolonged slump in India’s residential markets as home prices near record levels have crimped affordability, driving sales down. Residential markets across cities have slowed down, with the National Capital Region, comprising Delhi and its surrounding areas, being most hurt, according to Vikas Chimakurthy, senior executive director of the Kotak Realty ...

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