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Minoru Mori, Real-Estate Magnate, Dies

March 13, 2012

Minoru Mori, whose entrepreneurial risk-taking helped transform the central Tokyo skyline, has died at age 77.

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Texas’s Hines to Double Down in London

February 22, 2012

Hines, one of the world’s largest real-estate groups in terms of assets, is preparing to spend $1.6 billion on buildings in the U.K., doubling its assets in the country in an effort to diversify away from riskier acquisitions.

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U.A.E. Banks Dip Back Into Real Estate

February 8, 2012

Banks in the United Arab Emirates are tiptoeing back into real-estate lending.

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London’s Home Shortage Set to Get Worse

February 1, 2012

London looks likely to experience a drought of new housing over the next few years, as construction of homes amid fears of renewed recession and a dearth of mortgage finance, a report from property consultant suggests.

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Dubai Home Costs to Fall More

January 3, 2012

Prices in Dubai for residential property are like to fall for years to come, weighed down by an oversupply of homes and the global economic slowdown.

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Fosun Surprised By Soho China Shanghai Investment

December 30, 2011

A fight is brewing between two of China’s biggest property developers as they wrestle for control of a commercial real-estate site in the heart of Shanghai. 

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Soho China Buys Stake in Shanghai Property

December 30, 2011

Soho China said it would buy a 50% stake in a commercial site from units of Greentown China and Shanghai Zendai Property for $632 million.

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Shanghai’s Pudong, Once Soulless, Rises Up

December 21, 2011

Pundits once mocked Shanghai’s Pudong district, a purpose-built version of Manhattan, as overdesigned and underoccupied. Today, as worries of a Chinese property crash are back in force, Pudong is an unlikely bright spot.

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Link REIT Posts 21% Income Rise

November 9, 2011

Link REIT, the largest Hong Kong-listed property trust by market cap, said distributable income for its fiscal first half increased 21% year-to-year earlier because of rising rental income.

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Housing Drop Imperils China’s Growth

November 7, 2011

China’s property prices are dropping at a faster rate, suggesting Beijing has tamed housing costs but also raising concerns about China’s role as a global engine of growth.

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E-House Makes Bid for China Real Estate

October 28, 2011

E-House (China) Holdings has offered to acquire China Real Estate Information Corp. in a cash-and-stock deal that values China Real Estate at $897.3 million.

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New World Development Plans Capital-Raising

October 18, 2011

New World Development proposes to raise as much as US$1.59 billion from a rights issue in Hong Kong, in a move aimed at strengthening its capital base.

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China Construction Bank Raises Mortgage Rates

October 17, 2011

The Beijing branches of China Construction Bank Corp., the country’s largest mortgage lender by assets, have raised the mortgage rates for first-time home buyers, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Sunday.

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North American Buyers Revisit London

October 11, 2011

North American property buyers returned to the London real-estate market with gusto in the first half of 2011, but market watchers warn that interest may not be enough to stop values from falling in some areas.

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Swedish Auction Shows Healthy Market

October 5, 2011

Sweden’s property market is in robust health. At the country’s biggest-ever property auction, which got under way in Stockholm this week, 25 properties were sold for a total of $137 million.

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Blackstone Sells Stake in Shanghai Mall

September 28, 2011

Blackstone Group is selling its 95% stake in a Shanghai mall to New World Development for $228 million.

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S&P Wary Over China Developers

September 28, 2011

With liquidity pressures set to grow, Chinese property developers may be squeezed by sales declines over the next year, Standard & Poor’s said.

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Hong Kong Residential Site Sold for $400 Million

September 6, 2011

The Hong Kong government sold a residential site in the New Territories to blue-chip developer Sun Hung Kai Properties for $400 million in a land auction Tuesday.

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Anglo Irish Sells Loans to Two Banks, Lone Star

August 28, 2011

Private-equity giant Lone Star Funds and banks Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase are the winning bidders for Anglo Irish Bank Corp.’s $9.5 billion portfolio of U.S. commercial real-estate loans.

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Australian Property Joins Decline

August 24, 2011

One of the few bright spots in real estate amid a three-year global slump, Australia now faces falling home prices and fears of overbuilding.

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