All Property Week articles in 16 April 2010 – Page 2
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HK rents at pre-crisis levels
Residential rents in Hong Kong have rebounded to levels last seen before the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. A survey by estate agency Midland Realty shows the average rent in Hong Kong's 100 major housing estates was HK$18.20 per sq ft at the end of March, up ...
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Hotels struggle under debt burden
More than $60bn of hotel buyouts during the recent real-estate boom saddled several name-brand hotel chains with mountains of debt. Now, many are finding it tough to restructure and reduce those complicated debt burdens with the hotel industry mired in a downturn.
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No Dubai property rebound before 2011
Dubai's real estate sector will not see a recovery until 2011 at the earliest due to an oversupply of properties, Jones Lang Lasalle has predicted.
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Australia REITs in better shape
Australian property trusts have improved their standing over the past year after cutting debt and repairing their balance sheets, according to a Standard & Poor’s report.
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Goldmans set to use 'caveat emptor' defence
Goldman Sachs Group has signaled it will fight a US lawsuit over subprime mortgage instruments the same way Bank of America's Merrill Lynch unit and UBS have challenged similar claims -- by invoking the concept of caveat emptor: Latin for buyer beware.
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Chinese bank watchdog orders stress tests
China’s banking regulator told larger banks to conduct quarterly stress tests on property loans and ensure the risks attached to such lending is strictly controlled after the government tightened credit rules to crack down on real-estate speculation.
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OnlineQatari Diar unveils new Chelsea Barracks masterplan
Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment has unveiled its new masterplan for the redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site in London.
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Tesco boss celebrates record £3.4bn profits
Recession has made the chain stronger, says chief executive Sir Terry Leahy
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UK Plc reckons the worst is over and is investing to prove it
We will have to wait until Friday for the official decree on the health of the UK economy. But the verdict of a number of the UK's largest companies on Tuesday was unequivocal: the worst is now behind us.
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Surge in demand for prime property
March was the strongest month for London prime property sales since the peak of the housing market in 2007, driven by overseas buyers and a revival in City profits, according to estate agents.
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OnlineProperty big guns give Conservatives advice
The Conservative party has appointed an advisory group of property big-hitters including Mark Clare, chief executive of Barratt, Peter Nears, strategic planning director of Peel, and BPF chief Liz Peace.
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OnlineOne week to register for Property Question Time Live
You only have one week left to register to take part in our Property Question Time Live debate with Labour planning and housing minister John Healey and Conservative shadow minister Bob Neill .
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Abacus deal 'as bad as they come'
Abacus 2007-AC1, the mortgage deal at the centre of Friday's civil fraud lawsuit against Goldman Sachs, also boasts another dubious distinction: It was one of the worst performing mortgage deals of the housing crisis, based on one measure of rating-firm downgrades.
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Hong Kong homes the least affordable in world
Hong Kong homes are the least affordable among the world's major cities and are rapidly becoming less affordable - a fact buyers may find to their cost when interest rates rise.
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Gulf office rents seen falling further
Office rents in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are forecast to fall further in 2010, bucking a rebound that is expected in a majority of markets around the world, Knight Frank has said.
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China tightens rules further
China ordered developers not to take deposits for sales of uncompleted apartments without proper approval and barred them from charging “abnormally high” prices, stepping up efforts to prevent a property bubble.
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OnlineDash through the Ash - tell us your travel stories
Rather than relax on far-flung beaches or hang out in the cities of the world waiting for the cloud to blow over - the UK's population has shown an amazing instinct to get home as the Icelandic ash cloud grounded planes across the country.
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Aldar 'pressing on' with 347 homes in Abu Dhabi project
Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi’s biggest property developer, plans to build 272 apartments and 75 villas and townhouses in the sheikhdom’s capital, Chief Executive Officer John Bullough said.
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Scots police move into £18m Dundee One office
MSP John Swinney visited the new HQ for the Scottish Police Services Authority at the £18m Dundee One development yesterday, before it officially opens in June.
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Brookfield says Simon proposal threatens GGP
Simon Property Group’s plan to invest in bankrupt rival General Growth Properties raises antitrust concerns that would hurt the mall owner after it reorganizes, Brookfield Asset Management said.
