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Iskandar Real Estate News MMC Corp Bhd plans to further unlock the value of the company’s massive landbank, in excess of 4,500 acres located in Iskandar Malaysia, by strategically developing the land for industrial customers. Group managing director Datuk Hasni Harun revealed that the company, via subsidiaries, has two large pieces of land in Johor [...]
Shayne Heffernan: How to Develop an Inflation Hedge 2013
Shayne Heffernan: How to Develop an Inflation Hedge 2013 QE1, QE2, QE3, the Bernanke “Twist” and QE4 are pumping out money at a rate never before seen in history. The Fed will not only generate US inflation but it will be exporting that inflation to the rest of the World, especially emerging markets. It is [...]
Islamic Finance KLCCP Stapled Group
KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KLCCP) is eyeing significant redevelopment opportunities for some of its assets as it transforms itself to become the country’s largest real estate investment trust (REIT) – KLCCP Stapled Group. “We have a three-pronged approach for growth and this includes the significant redevelopment potential arising from Kompleks Dayabumi, and that is why [...]
World’s Largest Eco Theme Park
Meritus Hotels & Resorts Signs MOU with Funtasy Island Development for the Management of Hotel and Villas in the World’s Largest Eco Theme Park sian hospitality chain Meritus Hotels & Resorts (MHR) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Funtasy Island Development (FID) Pte Ltd for the management of a deluxe resort development comprising a [...]
Indonesia Real Estate Pakuwon Jati Jakarta Drives Profits
Property developer Pakuwon Jati saw a 115 percent year-on-year increase in net profit in 2012 to Rp 748 billion ($76.9 million) on the back of opening a new commercial center in South Jakarta, a company executive said. The company’s comprehensive profit rose 102 percent to Rp 766 billion in 2012 from a year earlier, while [...]
Yishan Capital Partners Expands to Philippines and Indonesia
Yishan Capital Partners the Singapore based asset manager started investing in Asian emerging markets in 2009, has decided to focus its resources on two key markets: the Philippines and Indonesia, Yishan managing partner John van Oost told the Inquirer. The executive was in town last week for the Philippine Investment Forum organized by Euromoney, where [...]
Thailand Property – Bubble at the Low End
Thailand Property – Bubble at the Low End in Bangkok In Thailand mortgages will set a new record of 21-22% of Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) over the next two years, most of these mortgages are at the low end of the market and is raising the risk of a bubble forming in that part [...]
Japan Real Estate Takes a Hit
A government survey showed land prices fell an average 1.8 per cent in 2012 compared with a 2.6 per cent fall in the previous year. The average price of residential land shrank by 1.6 per cent from a 2.3 per cent drop the year before, while the average price of commercial land dipped 2.1 per [...]
Yongsan Development Project Stalls
The Yongsan development project came on the verge of bankruptcy as its developer is facing default under severe financial difficulties. The Dream Hub failed to the meet the deadline of payment of 5.9 billion won ($5.4 million) in interest on its asset-backed commercial paper as of 6:00 p.m. The developer would head toward bankruptcy if [...]
Philippines Real Estate Report: Tony Tan Caktiong Buys in Manila
DoubleDragon Properties Corp., a property venture of fast food magnates Tony Tan Caktiong and Edgar “Injap” Sia II, is breaking into Metro Manila’s competitive property market by bringing P1.52 billion worth of residential inventory in a skyscraper rising beside the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue. W.H. Taft Residences, DoubleDragon’s first offering in Metro [...]
Hong Kong Real Estate Report
Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced today that new measures are introduced — effective immediately — to strengthen the risk management of banks’mortgage lending business, and the ability of mortgage borrowers to cope with the potential impact of interest rate rises in future. Lenders are required to increase the mortgage rate upward adjustment for stress testing [...]
Asian Real Estate, Asset Owners Return
Asian Real Estate, Asset Owners Return JLL An estimated $110-B is expected to flow into Asian commercial real estate in Y 2013, making up about 25% of the global total, according to Jones Lang LaSalle NYSE:JLL Rising inflation and lowered borrowing costs are leading institutions increasingly to view property as a safe haven investment, resulting [...]
Cambodia’s construction sector gets US$ 2.1-B investment in 2012
Cambodia’s construction sector gets US$ 2.1-B investment in 2012 The construction sector in Cambodia attracted the investment projects of about US$2.1-B last year, a 72% rise compared with some US$1.2-B in Y 2011, according to a report from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Friday. The report said that last year, the [...]
Philippines Real Estate Report
Philippines Real Estate Report Manila Ayala Land Inc. unveiled a P20-billion, five-year development plan for a new urban entertainment hub, which will rise at the former Sta. Ana racetrack under a venture with horse-racing operator Philippine Racing Club Inc. “Circuit is Ayala Land’s 21-hectare integrated, mixed use development anchored on entertainment experiences that brings together [...]
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China Economy in for a Shock
Thursday’s PMI revived investor worries about whether China can sustain an economic revival this year, after annual growth slumped to a 13-year trough in 2012. China’s factory output and investment performance for April released earlier …
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