The exposure of Philippine banks and trust entities to the volatile property segment inched up to 21.1 percent in March from 21 percent in December last year, as the industry’s loans and exposures to …
The Netherlands Repatriates Nearly 500 Looted Artifacts to Sri Lanka and Indonesia
Six of these objects are held by the Rijksmuseum, which is returning stolen items for the very first time The Netherlands has announced that it will return 478 colonial artifacts looted from Indonesia …
Moving to New Jersey, pumping gas, looking at India (JEFF EDELSTEIN COLUMN)
I’ve been going to the same gas station for 15 years, and the same guy always works there. I’m embarrassed to say I don’t know his name, although he’s told me his name, at least once. (Before we …
Hong Kong mortgage changes attract interest, but property experts foresee limited impact on home prices, transactions
The easing of mortgage policies from Friday has attracted interest from potential borrowers, according to brokers and bankers. But experts see limited impact on home prices and transaction volume.
Bulk Buys: Even Rio Tinto is concerned about China’s destitute property barons now
Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) chairman Dominic Barton, speaking from an event in Mongolia where he was spruiking the significance of the miner’s Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine, acknowledged China’s property …
10 Best Home Insurance Plans in Singapore for HDB & Private Property (2023)
Your home is probably the most expensive thing you own right now. (Not to be presumptuous, but I’m assuming you don’t have a $3 million supercar or yacht.) So it makes sense to protect it. And in this …
‘I will not stay quiet’: Israel evicts Palestinian family from home after 45-year legal battle
Israeli authorities on Tuesday evicted a Palestinian family from their contested apartment in Jerusalem’s Old City, the family said, capping a decades-long legal battle that has come to symbolize …
Israel expels Sub Labans from their home in Jerusalem’s Old City
Israeli forces and settlers have expelled a Palestinian family from their home in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem based on an Israeli court order. The order said the family, who have lived in their …
Dubai property prices surge at fastest pace since 2014
Dubai residential property prices in the year to June 30 rose at their fastest in almost a decade, climbing by 16.9%, while average rents jumped by 22.8%, property consultancy CBRE said on Tuesday.
Dubai property prices rise fastest in almost 9 years, data shows
Dubai’s property market maintained its unprecedented pace of growth in June, as average prices in the emirate rose at the strongest pace since late 2014, a..