On a recent Saturday, more than 100 salespeople swarmed the floors of a luxury shopping mall in Hong Kong, haranguing shoppers to check out deals at one of the city’s latest residential projects.Most …
7 places where rent has not increased (so far) in 2022 in Dubai
Don’t fret, there are still plenty of places where you can get cheap rent in Dubai. We’ve spoken to the experts at Property Finder to find you the areas where rent hasn’t increased (so far) this year …
India’s RBI likely sold dollars, received forwards to stem rupee’s drop – traders
The Reserve Bank of India likely sold dollars via state-run banks on Tuesday and conducted buy/sell swaps to limit the rupee’s losses, three traders told Reuters.
Fears Taiwan could be the ‘next Ukraine’ as tensions boil over with China in explosive row
China is yet to make a telling move on its neighbour but continues to insist Taiwan is a breakaway province it must re-unify.
You Won’t Believe Tyler Perry’s $100M Mega-Mansion in Georgia
Multi-talented actor, director, producer and screenwriter Tyler Perry has built an impressive career in Hollywood. But the media mogul didn’t stop there. Worth a whopping $1 billion, Perry has …
Four Points by Sheraton coming to Oman
Mustafa Sultan Enterprises today announced it has signed an agreement with Marriott International to debut the first Four Points by Sheraton in Oman, …
What are the best Asian-Pacific tropical islands to live and work on? Thailand’s Koh Samui and Phuket, Langkawi in Malaysia and Australia’s Hamilton Island offer idyllic …
The top pick of Tim Skevington, managing director of Richmont’s Thailand, affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate, is Koh Samui. Do you have questions about the biggest topics and trends …
Insight 2022/2023: China millennials’ mortgage boycott: Why the property crisis?
Chinese millennial homebuyers took to the streets and social media to wage a boycott on mortgage payments, as their homes stood unfinished with financially distressed developers unable to complete …
Mortgage to rent scheme for distressed borrowers moves ahead
The mortgage to rent scheme is moving forward as state-owned asset management agency Kedipes, the finance ministry, banks and the EU are finalising the details, reports said on Monday. The ‘Mortgage …
Real estate market building back to pre-pandemic growth levels: Bahrain
Citing data from the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB), the report notes that the total value of transactions for the first nine months of the year was BD799.2 million …