Chinese new home sales by floor area fell 37.7% year-on-year over the week-long National Day holiday starting from Oct. 1, a private survey showed on Saturday, as tough COVID-19 curbs further dented …
As Timor-Leste reels at child sex claims against an ex-bishop, a taboo is exposed
Former bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo (Image: AP/Firdia Lisnawati) Timor-Leste is facing a dreadful reckoning with the scourge of child sexual abuse after revelations that one of its revolutionary …
Positive property outlook for Iskandar Malaysia in 2023
DEVELOPERS in Iskandar Malaysia, Johor expect the property market outlook for the country’s first economic growth corridor to remain positive next year.
Yours for £200m? UK’s most expensive house goes up for sale, again
Seven-storey Knightsbridge property overlooking Hyde Park has more living space than American football pitch …
Vietnam Property Tycoon Arrested For Alleged Fraud
A Vietnamese property magnate who heads up the Van Thinh Phat group is in police custody facing fraud allegations, authorities said on Saturday.
Vietnam arrests real estate tycoon over financial frauds
Truong My Lan was accused of illegally issuing bonds to raise trillions of dong from investors. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Property tax
THE Walton Cantonment Board, Lahore, has increased the property tax manifold this year for the residents of Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Lahore. The property tax, which was Rs24,516 for my house …
An ETF to Play If a Real Estate Rebound in China Is Underway
Conventional thinking is that the real estate property development crisis in China can only get better after last year’s precipitous drop. As such, a rebound can be a possible play, especially if …
This Secluded Maldives Resort is an Idyllic Wellness Retreat
And that’s why I said yes in about point two milliseconds when I got invited to stay at JOALI BEING, a new wellness retreat on Bodufushi island in the Maldives. Yes, it was in the Maldives, so …
Bay Area man who was FBI special agent took cash bribes from Armenian organized crime lawyer
A federal court jury on Thursday convicted a Bay Area man who was an FBI special agent of conspiring to accept at least $150,000 in cash bribes from a lawyer with ties to Armenian organized crime, …