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California's deep-seated trends in single-family residential construction
California's deep-seated trends in single-family residential construction: 22,600 SFR began in the six-month period ending March 2021. This is 7,900 fewer beginnings than the same period one year ago, a decrease of 26%.
In 2020 there were 49,800 SFR starts. This is down 16 percent from 2019 or 9,40…
Rent spirals for landlords waiting for relief of $47 billion!
Lincoln Eccles, who is in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn, New York, owns a 14-unit building, claims it is flooded with unwanted telephone calls, texts and e-mails from investors. Sales would provide some relief—the pandemic placed him behind taxes and gas bills for a year. But he'd like to move …
The rise in Hong Kong home prices is expected to slow in late 2018.
Developers in Hong Kong will be pushed to build smaller units as a result of a new tax.
The upward march of house prices will moderate in the second half, according to JLL's mid-year 2018 Hong Kong property forecast, after the Government implemented a new vacancy tax and curbs on the Pre-sale Con…
The main driver of Hong Kong office leasing activity is co-working operators.
Despite persistent global economic concern and a collapsing local stock market, co-working operators remained a prominent source of demand in the office leasing market in December last year, according to JLL's latest Hong Kong Property Market Monitor report. qatar dale
Eaton House, a coworking s…
Transparency in Asia Pacific property markets is being aided by technology.
Proptech adoption offers a huge opportunity for mature economies in Asia Pacific, such as Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan, to promote real estate transparency. According to JLL's Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) 2018, these top investment locations are on the verge of joining the 'Highl…
Manila has the most annual price appreciation of any housing market in the world, at 22%.
The recent Global Residential Cities Index found that the average yearly price increase for all 150 cities was 4.3 percent.
Manila top the yearly world rankings for the second straight quarter, according to worldwide property consultant Knight Frank's latest Global Residential Cities Index, with …
In 2011, cross-border commercial investment activity benefited London, New York, and Paris the most.
According to Jones Lang LaSalle's Year End 2011 Global Capital Flows Report, direct commercial investment totaled US$410.6 billion in 2011, up 28% from 2010.
"Despite the financial crisis of the last two years, commercial real estate remains a key asset class for many investors," said David Green…
Global Office Markets are Expected to Recover Slowly in 2013.
Global office markets will rebound slowly, according to Cushman & Wakefield's Global Office Forecast released this week, with many important markets ready to continue growing in 2012 and 2013. for sale apartments
While office markets around the world started the year strong, concern and uncertai…
The Profitability of Global Hotel Markets in 2012 was reported by STR.
The Annual Profitability Survey 2012 for selected worldwide hotel markets was recently released this week by London-based STR Global.
The survey, now in its 14th year, offers precise data on hotel revenues and costs, demonstrating the sector's dynamic evolution by city, country, and region.
"W…
In Hangzhou, a major Chinese beverage company plans to invest ten billion yuan in a shopping center.
Wahaha Group Co, China's largest beverage company, aims to invest 10 billion Yuan on a high-end shopping mall in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, within three years in order to lure European luxury companies. The company will make a 1 billion Yuan ($157 million) initial investment. One Chinese Yuan is e…
Hong Kong retains its title as the world's most expensive retail market.
Hong Kong is the world's most costly shopping destination, according to global property advisor CBRE Group, as strong inbound tourist flows and sustained rises in domestic wealth feed occupier demand from international fashion and luxury stores. homes
In the first quarter of 2012 (Q1 2012), the …
The Ritz-Carlton has announced the opening of a new hotel in Vienna.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company reported today that it would begin its global expansion with the opening of the first hotel in Vienna, Austria's capital city.
An investor represented by Verny Capital owns the Ritz-Carlton Vienna. They also completed the purchase of The Ritz-Carlton, Moscow earlier…
Banyan Tree is bringing life to dormant hotel projects.
Banyan Tree Holdings Limited, a Singapore-based luxury resort operator, wants to extend its footprint in Europe and the Americas and revive projects that were put on hold during the 2008 financial crisis. properties in qatar
In Spain, Greece, and Mexico, Banyan Tree will resuscitate initiatives.…
New York's Dorchester Hotel is expanding in Asia.
Dorchester Collections, a hotel management company, wants to extend its portfolio by opening new locations in New York and Asia.
"We'd like to be represented in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore," Christopher Cowdray, the company's chief executive officer, told Bloomberg. "We'd like to …
In 2019, global commercial property investment totaled $800 billion.
Paris has emerged as the world's most liquid real estate market.
JLL, a global property consultancy, reported this week that global commercial real estate investment volumes rose by 10% to $245 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019. This took total activity for the year to $800 billion, up 4% fro…
Coronavirus is wreaking havoc. Hong Kong condo sales are on the rise.
In 2020, new condo project prices are expected to fall significantly.
Just 40 apartment flats from two new mass residential projects were launched in the primary market one month after the Chinese New Year (January 25, 2020), according to JLL's latest Hong Kong Residential Market Monitor Report, …
Commercial property investments are preferred by the world's ultra-wealthy over bonds and equities.
In 2019, the United Kingdom remains the most popular destination for foreign commercial investment.
According to the new Wealth Report 2020 from global property consultancy Knight Frank, private money accounted for $333 billion in commercial real estate investments in 2019, up 5% from the previou…
London is the capital of the United Kingdom. Asia has four of the top five cities in the world's most expensive office market.
London's West End remained the world's most expensive office market, according to CBRE Research's semi-annual Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs report, but Asia dominated the world's most expensive office locations, accounting for four of the top five markets. in qatar
The study also discovere…
In 2016, the Andean Region's and Mexico's real estate investment outlooks are both positive.
According to a new report by Paladin Realty Partners, a Latin American institutional investment manager dedicated primarily to funding affordable-middle-class home building projects, economic growth in Latin America's leading economies of Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia has significantly moderated sinc…
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