Singapore Home Price Growth Slows, Rents Decline as Market Cools
Singapore home prices grew at a slower pace last quarter and rents fell, as the city-state’s property boom began to lose steam.
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Singapore home prices grew at a slower pace last quarter and rents fell, as the city-state’s property boom began to lose steam.
Hong Kong home prices rose for the first time in almost a year in March as the city’s removal of property curbs revived sales.
Greater China’s property market crisis and the challenges it poses for lenders will be on full display on Monday, when embattled developer China Vanke Co. and the region’s biggest banks report earnings.
China’s overseas investment is heading for an eight-year high as its dominant firms build more factories abroad, a shift that could soften criticism of Beijing’s export drive.
The Related Cos. founder is following the money flowing south by bringing his influence to everything from real estate to schools and health care.
Apr 7, 2020
Bloomberg News
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U.K. house prices stagnated in March as the outbreak of the coronavirus brought the market to a standstill.
Average house prices were unchanged from February at 240,384 pounds ($300,000), Halifax said Tuesday. From a year earlier, prices gained 3%.
Home values were picking up at the start of the year after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election victory reduced some of the uncertainty from Brexit. But in the past month, the virus pandemic has brought the U.K. economy to its knees, and the government has advised that housing transactions be delayed until it passes.
“Most market activity has been paused,” said Russell Galley, managing director at Halifax. “With viewings canceled and movers being encouraged to put transactions on hold, activity will inevitably fall sharply in the coming months.”
The lack of transactions may make gathering information more difficult as well, Galley said. Still, it’s too early to make a long-term assessment of the market.
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