With Myanmar mired in civil unrest, many wealthy citizens are rushing to buy flats in Thailand, as many are looking for somewhere else to call home and to take refuge.
Myanmar moves to refine investment policies – Global Property Guide
Myanmar is trying to prove further that it is serious to turn its economic page towards prosperity as the ruling government mulls to approve new investment laws that could draw foreign capital to the …
Oman joins Gulf’s golden visa push to attract foreign capital
The country follows Bahrain and the UAE in launching the scheme, which offers visas to investors who put at least 250,000 Omani rials into certain sectors of the economy.
Singapore’s Thomson Medical launches $4.3 billion Johor Bay project
Thomson Medical Group said on Monday that it has launched a project worth more than 18 billion ringgit ($4.3 billion) in the Malaysian state of Johor, in one of Southeast Asia’s largest private …
Wealthy UAE residents look to snap up prime London property
Stuart Bailey, head of prime central London sales at estate agent Knight Frank, said: “If you are from the UAE, for example, and of a generation that has not yet bought in London, both the suppressed …
Criteria for Malaysia’s petrol subsidies to include property, luxury car ownership, but is it practical?
Analysts say the new factors announced by PM Anwar Ibrahim could complicate implementation of the targeted subsidies.
Iraq Allows Jews To File Property Claims – The Forward
An estimated 135,000 Jews lived in Iraq. After 1948, the government removed them from civil service positions and barred them from enrolling in universities, traveling or buying and selling property.
Vietnam prepares to evacuate half a million people ahead of Typhoon Kajiki
Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate from Vietnam’s coastline facing the South China Sea, with airports and schools shut as authorities brace for Typhoon Kajiki. The Vietnamese …
Vietnam evacuates tens of thousands, shuts airports as Typhoon Kajiki approaches
The Vietnamese government said Typhoon Kajiki is expected to be as powerful as Typhoon Yagi, which battered the country less than a year ago, killing about 300 people …
Indian buyers warned: Using international credit cards for Dubai property payments, violates RBI rules
Indian buyers using international credit cards to pay for property in Dubai are under regulatory scrutiny. Experts warn that such payments violate RBI rules under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, …