BHP Group Ltd. is confident China’s troubled property market will turn around in coming months, despite gloomy economic signals pushing iron ore and copper prices back to levels last seen during the …
Outrigger to acquire Kaanapali Beach Hotel
From Maui to Maldives, Outrigger is bullish about our mission to be the premier beach resort company in the world,” Jeff Wagoner, president and CEO of Outrigger Hospitality Group, said in a statement.
Residential property assessments going up average 19.5% in Catoosa County
Not long after facing the blow of a tax hike, Catoosa County property owners are looking at that possibility in another form — new property assessments.
As I See It: City of Lebanon: Resist the narcissistic enablement of homeless self-destruction
The city of Lebanon proposed a designated camping or sleeping area for homeless individuals. This is in response to a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that states if that no shelter location …
Spec Penthouse in Dubai Sells for US$114 Million, Setting a Record for the City
A penthouse planned at Dubai’s Marsa Al Arab Hotel has sold for AED 420 million (US$114 million), making it the most expensive residential property ever sold in the city. A penthouse planned at …
Strong headwinds ahead for South Korea’s housing market
Korea’s housing market has experienced a significant slump since July last year. A number of factors, including high borrowing costs, tight credit conditions, and previously stringent tax and …
Hike property tax to curb accumulation of wealth, inequality
An increase in property tax is needed to curb rapid wealth accumulation and rising inequality as the rate in Bangladesh is one of the lowest in the world, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and …
Corruption, bureaucracy hold back property taxation: experts
The institutional culture of the existing property tax administration particularly for land development tax is dominated by corruption and bureaucracy, which is challenging for …
Vanke among three major Chinese property developers that are a step closer to selling shares under Beijing’s ‘three arrows’ rescue plan
Vanke, Poly Developments & Holdings and China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings are leading smaller developers in the new A-share placements process so far “If A-share placement plans are …
A Texas Bill That Would Have Banned Chinese People From Owning Property Has Failed
A bill that would have banned people from China and three other countries from owning property in Texas failed to reach the House floor, with its death a huge relief to the states …