Property

People cross a street in Tokyo's Shinjuku district.
Property

Japan property deals poised for first drop in 3 years

Fewer listings and high prices drive foreign investors away

9 March 2019
Residential apartment blocks under construction in Beijing
China People's Congress

China housing stocks slump on revived talk of property tax law

Senior official unexpectedly makes work on the law a priority for the year

8 March 2019
Sun Hung Kai Properties expects to expand its portfolio of investment properties in China to 25 million square feet by 2023 from about 13 million square feet at present.
Nikkei Markets

SHK properties to nearly double China investment portfolio

First-half net profit slumps 38% as a new accounting policy drags down revenue

27 February 2019
BlueCrawler taps on walls with a rod as engineers listen for the telltale sounds of loose tiles.
Property

Wall-crawling robots sound out loose tiles on Tokyo buildings

Replacing human inspectors cuts costs by 25% and improves safety

27 February 2019
Lending is growing for condos like these, seen on Tokyo's bayside area. (Photo by Kazuya Hiruta)
Property

BOJ begins to sweat as Japan's real estate heats up

Key ratio edges higher than long-term trend

24 February 2019
Hong Kong has long reveled in its rarified status as a gateway to China.
Opinion

China's disturbingly fuzzy vision for Hong Kong

Xi blueprint further erodes city's special status

21 February 2019
High-rise condominiums seen on Tokyo's bayside area. (Photo by Kazuya Hiruta)
Property

Tokyo property prices near bubble-era levels

BOJ's easy monetary policy has channeled funding into real estate

19 February 2019
Residential buildings under construction in Qingdao, Shandong Province, in 2018.
The Big Story

China's housing glut casts pall over the economy

A building binge leaves cities with 65 million empty apartments

13 February 2019
Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng, middle, said on Tuesday the 'ghosts of 1MDB have been exorcised' with the launch of a 3.3 billion ringgit real estate development.
Property

Malaysia ‘exorcises 1MDB ghosts’ by reviving development

Australia's Lendlease leads real estate project formerly owned by scandal-hit state fund

12 February 2019
A Hotel 101 in Pasay, south of Manila: DoubleDragon Properties plans to expand into other Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand and Indonesia.
Companies

Philippines' Hotel 101 seeks cash abroad to fuel global rise

Hotel chain operator seeks funds to expand in Philippines and Southeast Asia

30 January 2019
"This fund should be seen as a temporary facility for a limited period," Bank Negara Malaysia Governor said at the fund's launch.
Nikkei Markets

Malaysia launches one billion ringgit fund for home buyers

Move aimed at addressing property supply glut, analysts say more steps needed

29 January 2019
Tokyo waterfront condominium towers like these had been popular with Chinese investors. (Photo by Kazuya Hiruta)
Property

Foreign buyers slam brakes on Japanese real estate deals

China slowdown seen contributing to 34% drop in transactions

27 January 2019
Screen capture of the An Gia project from a computer simulation shown on YouTube (Computer-generated simulation by An Gia)
Startups in Asia

Vietnamese condo startup finds niche in booming middle class

An Gia weighs listing but signs of market overheating are building

25 January 2019
Property sector needs to be watched carefully. (Imaginechina/AP)
Opinion

China's GDP numbers send out a warning

Slowdown is deeper than data shows and will dive further without a trade deal

25 January 2019
A model depicts Serge Pun & Associates' planned midrange housing development outside Yangon. (Photo by Yuichi Nitta)
Property

Myanmar group SPA plots foray into midrange housing

Weak demand in luxury space spurs shift to mass market

23 January 2019
© Illustration by Eric Chow
Asia Insight

Real estate slowdown shakes Asia's economic foundations

Weak markets spell trouble for investors, consumers and retailers

22 January 2019
Besides Singapore and China, Capitaland has a large presence in countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia. 
Nikkei Markets

CapitaLand, seeking scale, buys real-estate group for $4.4bn

Deal will make it world's ninth-largest property fund manager

14 January 2019
The Shanghai real estate market may have finally run out of steam, as the property rent index has remained flat for about two years. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
Property

Stratospheric Shanghai property market plateaus

Despite condo glut, prices remain beyond reach while overall economy takes hit

2 January 2019
In just 10 months, WeWork has become a major player in Tokyo's shared workspace market.
Property

WeWork emerges as a major force in Tokyo's sizzling office market

Shared workspace provider helps fuel biggest real estate boom since bubble years

26 December 2018
A warehouse operated by GLP in Japan's Saitama Prefecture.
Property

Warehouse operator GLP readies $5bn for Japan

Asia's top logistics facilities provider eyes more than 10 projects

22 December 2018
After years of rapid growth, Evergrande's expansion plans are now increasingly challenged by rising financing costs, a slowing domestic economy and a lackluster property market.
Company in focus

Chinese developer Evergrande tightens belt after a decade of audacity

Humbled property giant struggles to find new funding and growth engine

21 December 2018
A WeWork shared office in Fukuoka, in southern Japan. Similar facilities have cropped up in Tokyo, creating demand for office space. (Photo by Daichi Mishima)
Property

Tokyo office vacancies mark 27-year low

Broad-based demand drives market tightening

14 December 2018
CapitaLand Mall Trust and CapitaLand Commercial Trust are widely regarded as safe bets.
Nikkei Markets

Predictable Singapore REITs increase appeal amid uncertainty

Signs of dovishness from Fed bolster investor interest

12 December 2018
JLL estimates that office supply in Singapore's central business district will start to grow only from 2020 onwards when two new buildings are slated for completion.
3 December 2018
With the government reining in lending to investors and developers, China's market for existing commercial properties is at its lowest point in five years.
Property

Asian commercial property suffers first quarterly decline in two years

Real estate transactions hit by higher interest rates

1 December 2018