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    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Hong Kong economy
      Hong Kong developer declares end of ‘golden era’ for housing profits

      Chinachem’s chief executive says the government is taking more control of the market

      Aerial view of residential housing in Hong Kong
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      Japanese business & finance
      Hunt for trophy apartments in Tokyo sends prices sky high

      Newly minted millionaires vie with foreign buyers for scarce property

    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Japan
      Overseas real estate buyers identify Japan as an opportunity

      Once a place to enjoy but leave, the country has now become one for outsiders to plant roots

      Skyscraper
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Young families join the Tokyo drift from city to country

      Japan’s smaller centres and rural locations exert a post-pandemic pull as more companies also leave the capital’s orbit

      A Japanese couple stand in their garden with house and banana plant behind
    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Singapore bargain-hunters target distressed Chinese properties

      Wave of developer defaults follows Beijing’s crackdown on speculation

      Construction sites in China’s Henan province
    • Saturday, 1 October, 2022
      Hong Kong economy
      Prestigious Hong Kong flats stand empty as property market slumps

      Prices set to drop at least 10% this year with developers forced into fire sales

      People sit on a bench overlooking Hong Kong
    • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
      Renting in Tokyo: the perks and the pitfalls

      International tenants may find lower rents and less competition than in other global cities, but also hidden costs and obstacles

      The view across Tokyo’s skyline towards Mount Fuji, showing crowded buildings in Koto, Minato and Chuo
    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      LexChinese politics & policy
      China property: $150bn is not enough to lift sector out of its slump Premium content

      Predictions of a crash hitting the financial system are wide of the mark. The outlook is instead for slow, attritional correction

      Residential buildings under construction at Tahoe Group’s Cathay Courtyard development in Shanghai, China
    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Japanese business & finance
      Hong Kong elite descends on Tokyo for bargain property buys

      Investors join luxury real estate tours as yen hits record lows and Bank of Japan sticks to ultra-loose policies

      People walk down a colourful street in Tokyo
    • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
      Hong Kong economy
      Mainland China property companies pull back in Hong Kong

      Cash-strapped developers sell up and shun land sales after Evergrande liquidity shock

      The Two International Finance Centre building and other skyscrapers in Hong Kong’s Central district in 2021
    • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
      Ruchir Sharma
      China is less likely to back Russia while facing troubles of its own

      Systemic risk in the property sector and early signs of Japanification threaten both its economy and alliances

      A residential block under construction in Nanning city in south China last year
    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      Can Kuala Lumpur lure back international workers?

      The city has affordable homes and a vibrant culture, but bureaucracy and a downturn are deterring many

      Rapid KL train on an elevated track
    • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
      Hong Kong conundrum: sky-high prices and flats the size of parking spaces

      Ranked the world’s least affordable housing market, the cramped city suffers from a lack of supply

    • Monday, 20 September, 2021
      LexEvergrande Real Estate Group
      Evergrande: predictability of defaults reduces contagion risk Premium content

      The likeliest scenario is that shareholders will be wiped out while its lenders absorb big losses

      A housing complex developed by Evergrande in Luoyang, China
    • Wednesday, 25 August, 2021
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      Private schools distort China’s property market, frustrating Xi’s egalitarian quest

      Policy battles market forces over for-profit schools built by developers near residential projects

      Chinese students queue up in lines during a mass rally for the upcoming annual college entrance examination
    • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
      House & Home
      Superstition, murder and the mystery of Hong Kong’s ‘haunted’ houses

      Why do homes on some of the world’s most expensive real estate lie derelict and unloved?

      Illustration of ‘The haunting of Dragon Lodge’ by Thomas Hale
    • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
      Inside BusinessJune Yoon
      Hong Kong property defies the gloomy forecasts

      Developers reap benefit of demand from mainland China buyers

      Property adverts in Hong Kong
    • Monday, 22 March, 2021
      A complete guide to the healthy home
      Where do you sit on the ‘mappiness’ index? 

      Health and wellbeing ratings are now major factors when it comes to buying a property. Here are the happiest places around

    • Friday, 20 November, 2020
      Singapore property market draws expats from Hong Kong

      Buyers and businesses disillusioned with political troubles are quietly moving to the city-state

    • Friday, 13 November, 2020
      Seoul woos wealthy homebuyers but prices locals out of the market

      Its bid to become an alternative to Asia’s financial hubs has resulted in a divided city

      Yeouido Hangang Park, on Yeouido Island, home to Seoul’s financial district
    • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
      FT Wealth
      Covid-19 and security law cloud outlook for Hong Kong luxury homes

      Sky-high prices forecast to fall as mainland buyers hold back in the face of uncertainty

    • Wednesday, 22 July, 2020
      News in-depthProperty sector
      Hong Kongers eye UK property as they weigh escape routes

      British homes are relatively cheap for city residents unnerved by new security law

    • Friday, 8 May, 2020
      Property sector
      A ray of light in global property

      How markets are beginning to stir from their coronavirus-induced slumber

    • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
      Coronavirus: why property markets in Asia are struggling to recover

      Homebuyers in Hong Kong, Singapore and China remain hesitant

      People wearing protective face masks visit the lookout of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong on February 25, 2020. - The new coronavirus has peaked in China but could still grow into a pandemic, the World Health Organization warned, as infections mushroom in other countries. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images)
    • Friday, 6 March, 2020
      The taming of Sri Lanka’s top-end housing market

      Slow economic growth and an excess of prime property have hit Colombo hard

      City view and houses and the beach side with beautiful ocean, photo taken in the main road near the beach in Colombo city, Sri Lanka, taken by drone device. photo taken on 29/08/2018
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