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Hong Kong’s major property developers are shifting investment in mainland China from residential projects to commercial assets, including hospitality, as weak home sales and fewer attractive investment opportunities prompt them to focus on existing properties, recurring income and debt reduction. “In recent years, after we recycled the capital from our projects, we haven’t really found many good opportunities on the mainland,” Stephen Ng, chairman and managing director of Wharf Holdings, said at...

Cypriots say Israeli money is moving fast and shutting them out as their government embraces Israel as a key ally.

Cypriots say the influx of Israelis is threatening local businesses and pushing communities out of their neighbourhoods.

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Cathy Marcus, Co-head and Global COO of Real Estate at PGIM, discusses her outlook for real estate investment opportunities in the APAC region. She speaks with Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)

Bryan McDonnell, Head of Real Estate Credit Strategies at PGIM, says investors should adjust business models to a higher-rate environment rather than count on rates falling. He describes the market’s recent uncertainty as a gap between rate expectations and reality, with Treasury yields rising above 5% after expectations briefly converged around 4%. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Jess Menton on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)

US-based money manager Principal Asset Management says it is poised to become more active in Asia-Pacific property markets, believing investors have been “underweight” in the region’s office property segment. Richard Hill, its senior managing director and head of global real estate research and strategy, said the group was also seeing continued interest from institutional investors in the Asia-Pacific region looking to access opportunities in US commercial real estate as it was “too big to...

Hong Kong’s MTR is the most profitable subway in the world thanks to a lucrative real estate strategy. Now it’s taking on record debt for a government-mandated tech hub with uncertain demand. (Source: Bloomberg)

The Villages, a 57,000-acre Florida retirement community, is looking to issue almost $180 million in high-yield debt to finance more homes.

Hong Kong homebuyers are poised to see new residential launches in the coming days and weeks following a sell-out weekend of more than 360 flats in two major projects in the city. Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), one of Hong Kong’s major developers and landlords, was set to hold a second round of sales for Sierra Sea Phase 2C(2) in Shap Sze Heung, which is between Sai Kung and Ma On Shan, with 152 flats on offer on Wednesday, it said in a statement. Among them, 128 flats would be sold via a...

Tokyo’s implementation of a rule that requires all property buyers to declare their nationality is raising concerns among investors, according to analysts. Japan’s shift from an ultra-loose monetary policy to gradual normalisation of its interest rates was also likely to force investors to reconsider whether real estate assets were still attractive, they added. “Japan has had a really strong run for the last seven or eight years,” said Neil Brookes, head of Asia-Pacific capital markets at...

Malaysian property tycoon Lee Yeow Seng is making waves as one of the most aggressive buyers of commercial real estate in Singapore, and he is not done yet. His IOI Properties Group is in exclusive talks and due diligence to purchase two property assets – Chijmes, a retail venue inside a former Catholic convent in its civic district, and the nearby Capitol Kempinski hotel, CEO Lee said in an interview. He declined to disclose how much a final agreement will value the two assets at, citing...

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. is in discussions with Ong Beng Seng’s Hotel Properties Ltd. to buy a majority stake in three buildings in Singapore’s Orchard Road shopping belt, according to people familiar with the matter.