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News updated on 25 April 2020
- S'pore retail and office prices, rents fall in Q1 – www.straitstimes.com
- Q1 private home prices fall 1%, less than initially estimated – www.straitstimes.com
- Hong Kong home buyers shun developers’ sales overtures as economic slump deters families from capital commitments – www.scmp.com
- Impact of Covid-19 on Independent/Budget Hotel Industry in India – bwhotelier.businessworld.in
News updated on 24 April 2020
- State by state: An April update on Australia’s property markets – www.smartcompany.com.au
- Cooling measures may have spared property market greater pain – www.straitstimes.com
- Industrial prices, rents face coronavirus pandemic pressure – www.straitstimes.com
- Hong Kong developers scale back project launches, slow down construction as demand dries up due to coronavirus outbreak – www.scmp.com
- UK Property: Industry hoping the market is ‘on hold’ rather than falling into recession – www.express.co.uk
- China property power grab: Beijing to exploit crumbling UK economy and weak pound – www.express.co.uk
- Will house prices be cheaper for first-time buyers? – www.express.co.uk
- House prices after coronavirus:five-year forecast shows property market could fall as much as 10% this year before rebounding – www.homesandproperty.co.uk
- HOME SALES IN FEBRUARY: The market was already struggling before Covid-19 closed it down – www.spanishpropertyinsight.com
- Tokyo apartment sales drop by over 50 as pandemic hits buyer sentiment – japanpropertycentral.com
- Measures fit for real estate recovery – www.vir.com.vn
- Brighter prospects for $6 billion Saigon Peninsula property project – www.vir.com.vn
- Opportunistic buyers snap up deals amid circuit breaker lull – www.edgeprop.sg
- How much London property prices changed for each type of home in one year – www.mylondon.news
- five-year forecast shows property market could fall as much as 10% this year before rebounding – www.homesandproperty.co.uk
- ‘Outdoor space’ and ‘garden’ are on the rise in London property searches – www.timeout.com
- What is Happening in the Toronto Real Estate Market? – blog.remax.ca
- Never waste a good crisis: Where are the current opportunities in Japan's real estate market – www.rethinktokyo.com
- Around 78,000 unsold homes ready in top 7 cities; Mumbai, Pune account for 45% – economictimes.indiatimes.com
- What’s ahead for Brisbane’s property market? – propertyupdate.com.au
News updated on 23 April 2020
- Tenants who asked London property company for rent reduction ‘told to use holiday and lunch money’ – www.independent.co.uk
- Canberra house prices increase but COVID-19 will soon take effect – www.allhomes.com.au
- Melbourne house prices rose 2 per cent in March quarter pre-coronavirus: Domain House Price Report – www.domain.com.au
- Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City land plot sold for $236.4m – sbr.com.sg
- The tide is starting to turn on Australian property prices, with capital city price growth turning negative for the first time since August – www.businessinsider.com.au
- Industrial rents, prices face downward pressure due to coronavirus spread: JTC – www.straitstimes.com
- What is a Spanish home worth? Bank of Spain issues new guidance on property valuations in a market with no transactions – www.spanishpropertyinsight.com
- Global pension funds raise bets on South Korea logistics assets as pandemic spurs next wave of e-commerce transactions – www.scmp.com
- Lockdown interrupts luxury property rebound – www.coutts.com
- Abu Dhabi's land and real estate deals rise 22% to hit more than Dh19bn in first quarter – www.thenational.ae
- Bengaluru housing market in upswing; Q1 sales beat Chennai, Hyderabad – zeenews.india.com
- Knight Frank sees gloomy outlook for commercial properties in Penang, Johor and Sabah – www.malaymail.com
News updated on 22 April 2020
- Tenants in limbo as some coworking firms work out arrangements for rental rebates – www.channelnewsasia.com
- Post-lockdown boost for housing market:Help to Buy extension and stamp duty holiday could help to reignite property sector, says new report – www.homesandproperty.co.uk
- Prime rents in Orchard Road fall 1.4% in 1Q2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
- London house prices: property market was powering back from Brexit blues before coronavirus plunged it into deep freeze – www.homesandproperty.co.uk
- Coronavirus: London city council approves deferral of final 2020 property tax payments by 60 days – globalnews.ca
- Six predictions for Australia's property market post COVID-19 – www.realestate.com.au
- Coronavirus hits property market hard in Townsville as house sales 'fall off a cliff' – www.abc.net.au
- Housing market to bounce back from COVID-19 with price growth next year: St George – www.news.com.au
- Brisbane’s house price growth set to stall but not free-fall, experts say – www.domain.com.au
- Developers Pushing Condo Sales in COVID-19 Situation – www.cbre.co.th
- Risks to household finances will remain after COVID-19 – experts – www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca
- Commercial sector to become more valuable after COVID-19 – CBRE – www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca
- Bids for Hong Kong’s land tenders may come in with 20 per cent discounts, foretelling more woes for city’s real estate industry – www.scmp.com
- Demand from tenants bounces back – www.propertywire.com
- Knight Frank: Coronavirus to hit transactions by 38% in 2020 – www.propertywire.com
- Australia's best performing property suburb over the past five years – www.9news.com.au
- Home sellers to wrestle with persistent low price points – www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca
- Toronto Housing Sales Nose-Dive In April – www.bisnow.com
- Greater Toronto Area home sales down 69 per cent mid-way through April – www.cp24.com
- UK House Price Index for February 2020 – www.gov.uk
- Edinburgh v London property: Here's what your money can buy you in the two capital cities. – www.edinburghlive.co.uk
- Australia's best performing property suburb over the past five years – www.9news.com.au
- Opportunity for new foreign capital to enter Indonesia during COVID-19 - Colliers – www.gapurajakarta.com
- When All This Is Over, London Investment Will Bounce Back Fast – www.bisnow.com
News updated on 21 April 2020
- Asia Pacific Commercial Real Estate Investment down 23% – www.thailand-business-news.com
- Shopping malls face falling rents and asset values – www.commercialrealestate.com.au
- Warehousing within city limits, a big opportunity for real estate post Covid – www.thehindubusinessline.com
- Fund managers warming up to Chinese property bonds as market in Asia becomes the cheapest in a decade amid pandemic – www.scmp.com
- Property sales: The UK towns most and least affected by coronavirus REVEALED – www.express.co.uk
- COVID-19 heightens competition for office tenants in Phnom Penh – www.realestate.com.kh
- Real estate prices begin downward trend as COVID-19 escalates – japanpropertycentral.com
- Apartments for sale in Ho Chi Minh City drop to five-year low – www.vir.com.vn
- HCM City vows to remove hurdles faced by property developers – www.vir.com.vn
- Sydney a 'buyer's market' as property asking prices fall during COVID-19 – www.9news.com.au
- Commercial sector to become more valuable after COVID-19 – CBRE – www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca
- COVID-19 heightens competition for office tenants in Phnom Penh – www.realestate.com.kh
- Private sector wants Thai government to push back new Land and Buildings tax – www.thailand-property.com
- Thai developers offer support to clients, discounts to buyers – www.thailand-property.com
- Warehousing within city limits, a big opportunity for real estate post Covid – www.thehindubusinessline.com
- New apartment supply drops 35.8 in March – japanpropertycentral.com
- Apartments for sale in Ho Chi Minh City drop to five-year low – www.vir.com.vn
- Payment of taxes in transfer of private property – www.manilatimes.net
- Where Dubai property rents have risen and fallen, Q1 2020 – www.thenational.ae
- Aldar teams up with banks to offer low interest rate home finance – www.thenational.ae
- Secondary condo sales slumped 25.3% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg
- Robinsons Land goes digital to handle home buying inquiries – www.bworldonline.com
- Spanish property sales fall 1.1% in February year-on-year – www.reuters.com
News updated on 20 April 2020
- Co-working spaces thrive in HK, struggle in Singapore shutdown – www.straitstimes.com
- London property: Number of new homes on the market drops across all boroughs – www.cityam.com
- As coronavirus widens the renter-owner divide, housing policies will have to change – www.abc.net.au
- Portugal sees property price growth in face of global uncertainty – www.propertywire.com
- Coronavirus outbreak will halt 520,000 UK house sales in 2020 – www.theguardian.com
- Savills predicts 'strong recovery' for office and retail sectors in Saudi Arabia, post Covid-19 – www.arabianbusiness.com
- Never waste a good crisis where are the current opportunities in japans real estate market – japanpropertycentral.com
- Debt-laden HNA Group sells prime waterfront office tower in Shanghai for US$509 million – www.scmp.com
- Home sales to plummet in April with COVID-19 recession, but rebound next year: BCREA – bc.ctvnews.ca
- Three Phases: How prime London’s property market will emerge from the Covid-19 lockdown – primeresi.com
- Canadian Home Prices Could Drop as Much as 5% Due to Coronavirus: Report – torontostoreys.com
News updated on 19 April 2020
- London house prices stalled by coronavirus:Rightmove halts monthly report for first time ever as so few homes put up for sale – www.homesandproperty.co.uk
- Property market update: Searching beyond city limits – www.realestate.com.au
- New office space supply down 32 per cent in 8 major cities: Report – www.thehindubusinessline.com
- Housing prices unlikely to drop despite pandemic: experts – www.vir.com.vn
- Auction pain continues as property prices start to fall – thenewdaily.com.au
- Exclusive | India may see rebound in property transactions in second half of 2020, says Priyank Shah of JLL – www.moneycontrol.com
- Retailers Start Including Pandemic Clauses In New Leases – www.bisnow.com
News updated on 18 April 2020
- Evergrande’s Emerald Bay project flops for the second time in two months as buyers stay away amid Hong Kong’s economic slump – www.scmp.com
- Mainland Chinese investors are selling Hong Kong property after China reports first GDP contraction in four decades – www.scmp.com
- CapitaLand secures $280 million in green loans to green out global portfolio by 2030 – www.vir.com.vn
- City pushes ahead with key ventures – www.vir.com.vn
- Perennial sells 30% stake in 111 Somerset to Shun Tak for $155m – www.straitstimes.com
- Fannie Mae: Home sales will decline by 15% in 2020 due to coronavirus, but what will happen to property prices? – www.marketwatch.com
- Housing prices unlikely to drop despite pandemic: experts – vietnamnews.vn
News updated on 17 April 2020
- Holiday-rental sector loses half a billion euro so far this year thanks to coronavirus, as private owners mull licences fees and tourism taxes – www.spanishpropertyinsight.com
- How will high unemployment affect Australia’s property market? – www.domain.com.au
- MBK goes forth with new mall – www.bangkokpost.com
- EEC residential transfers likely to deflate – www.bangkokpost.com
- Why negatively geared landlords are going to struggle the most with reducing rents for tenants – www.domain.com.au
- Sales galleries and showflats go online – www.edgeprop.sg
- Singapore Residential Sales Rose 20% In Q1: Huttons Asia – www.propertyguru.com.sg
- Covid-19 impact: Office space leasing down in Q1 as companies put decisions on hold – economictimes.indiatimes.com
- Covid-19 impact: RBI’s additional liquidity measures to provide relief to real estate – economictimes.indiatimes.com
- RBI’s measures will provide major relief to developers: Experts – www.thehindubusinessline.com
- Hong Kong homeowners at lower risk of facing negative equity or defaulting on mortgages than during Sars, finance chief says – www.scmp.com
- Tokyo office vacancy rate increases for first time in 9 months – japanpropertycentral.com
- China home-buying curbs set to stay despite nascent rally – www.businesstimes.com.sg
- Coronavirus Australia: Experts say Queensland rental changes could trigger property fire sale – 7news.com.au
- Philippines' property, infrastructure players want continuity of construction to fuel economy – www.thestar.com.my
- Buying property virtually during lockdown – www.realestateview.com.au
News updated on 16 April 2020
- Virtual property viewings in lockdown: 'blind sales' help keep London housing market afloat amid Covid-19 crisis – www.homesandproperty.co.uk
- CDL acquires 51% stake in China's Sincere Property – www.straitstimes.com
- Industrial rents in Singapore to moderate in 2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
- More than 1,000 Hong Kong homeowners could see loans exceed value of properties in first quarter – www.scmp.com
- China's March home prices up 0.1% m-o-m after stalling in Feb – www.businesstimes.com.sg
- China home prices resume upward climb as coronavirus impact abates – www.straitstimes.com
- Social housing projects wait for incentives – www.vir.com.vn
- Hanoi office market has good performance in Q1: CBRE – www.vir.com.vn
- Confidence in Australian property market suffers biggest monthly fall in 47 years: Westpac – www.domain.com.au
- Australian housing prices fall as coronavirus infects property market – thenewdaily.com.au
- Coronavirus: New measures to give Reits more flexibility in raising funds, managing cash flow – www.straitstimes.com
- Even In Downturn, Home Prices Projected To Remain Stable – www.bisnow.com
- Up To 20% Drop In Property Prices Post-Covid-19 For Malaysia’s Real Estate – www.therakyatpost.com
News updated on 15 April 2020
- Pandemic transforms office market – www.bangkokpost.com
- Singapore home sales set for harder hit as lockdown tightened – www.nst.com.my
- Vancouver is seeing fewer home buyers from China – www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca
- Consumer confidence is suffering an unprecedented decline – www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca
- Warehouse market may see more interest during COVID-19 – www.realestate.com.kh
- Tokyo secondhand apartment prices see first drop in 15 months – japanpropertycentral.com
- UAE developer offers three month rent exemption for tenants – www.arabianbusiness.com
- Why property prices will shoot up after the pandemic – au.finance.yahoo.com
- China, Singapore seen leading property market recovery after coronavirus pandemic eases, analysts say – www.scmp.com
- Hanoi’s once-hot property market sputters, says CBRE – www.phnompenhpost.com
- How coronavirus crisis could impact Metro Vancouver real estate – www.citynews1130.com
- New home sales down 37.4% in March: URA – sbr.com.sg
- Condo rents up 3.2% in March – sbr.com.sg
- UK Property Sales Listings Plummet In March – www.bisnow.com
News updated on 14 April 2020
- Singapore property investment sales may dive up to 70% in 2020 – www.businesstimes.com.sg
- Property investment sales plunge 37% in Q1 amid virus crisis: Report – www.straitstimes.com
- Lendlease rolls out Covid-19 community relief efforts across Asia – www.edgeprop.sg
- Realtors need to compromise on prices to offload inventory post COVID19: Deepak Parekh – economictimes.indiatimes.com
- Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi facing large-scale disruption in office for lease – www.vir.com.vn
- Empire City leaders vow to kick off 88-storey tower – www.vir.com.vn
- Chinese buying of Vancouver real estate plummets with COVID-19, says Canadian realty firm – www.straight.com
- Residential housing segment to see muted demand in 2020: CARE Ratings – www.thehindubusinessline.com
- Coronavirus threatens to derail Indonesia’s housing market recovery, with sales of flats down almost a third – www.scmp.com
- Condo resale prices up 0.4% in March – sbr.com.sg
- Office vacancy seen to rise as travel ban dents POGO growth – www.bworldonline.com
- AboitizLand offers contactless homebuying – www.bworldonline.com
News updated on 13 April 2020
- Thailand’s developers struggle with ‘guaranteed returns’ in Covid-19 property crisis – thethaiger.com
- Nearly 5,000 residential units made available in Dubai in Q1 2020 – www.khaleejtimes.com
- Property markets remain upbeat in China, Singapore, Britain and Australia – despite the coronavirus pandemic – www.scmp.com
- Student homes a bright spark for Dubai property market – www.thenational.ae
- UAE realty sector to recover strongly in post-COVID-19 era – www.gulftoday.ae
- GuocoLand unit sells Shanghai-based hotel for $290.7m – sbr.com.sg
- Property investments fell 37% to $3.02b in Q1 – sbr.com.sg
News updated on 12 April 2020
- Singapore property investment sales take coronavirus hit with 37% Q1 drop: Report – www.straitstimes.com
- Coronavirus: Singapore property prices set to tumble, fire sales ‘unlikely’ – www.scmp.com
- Is it a good time to buy property in Hong Kong? – www.scmp.com
- Why the coronavirus could slash property prices by 30 per cent – thenewdaily.com.au
- Property prices will not 'endure catastrophic' falls – www.skynews.com.au
- German Residential Real Estate Is Attractive In Coronavirus Environment: An Overview – seekingalpha.com
- Lessons For Real Estate From A Market Coming Out Of Lockdown – www.bisnow.com
News updated on 11 April 2020
News updated on 10 April 2020
- Bangkok hotels turn rooms into office space – www.cbre.co.th
- Vietnam’s second-home segment on the rise – www.vir.com.vn
- Service apartment show stable development in the real estate market – www.vir.com.vn
- Major reforms set to update WA’s strata laws – www.perthnow.com.au
- Presale property market remains sluggish: survey – www.taipeitimes.com
News updated on 9 April 2020
- Measures needed for Vietnam’s post-pandemic real estate market recovery – www.edgeprop.sg
- Real estate prices begin downward trend as COVID-19 escalates – www.realestate.com.kh
- Canadian real estate markets hit hard by pandemic – www.cbc.ca
- Landlords And Tenants Are About To Get A Lot Closer – www.bisnow.com
- Toronto Still North American King of The Cranes – www.bisnow.com
- Property prices to fall – themalaysianreserve.com
- Property prices expected to fall amid bleak market outlook – www.thejakartapost.com
- Dubai Q1 real estate transactions rise 10% on the back of government policies – www.thenational.ae
- HDB resale prices up 0.7%in March – sbr.com.sg
News updated on 8 April 2020
- TD Bank chief optimistic of steady recovery after pandemic – www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca
- Alberta market home sales fall by nearly 10% within one month – www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca
- Hong Kong’s property prices to fall by up to 20 per cent as the city’s jobless ranks swell amid Covid-19 pandemic – www.scmp.com
- Developers target Hong Kong buyers for overseas property, as local dollar becomes Asia’s strongest currency amid coronavirus pandemic – www.scmp.com
- Property prices to plunge as auction clearance rates fall off a cliff – www.smh.com.au
- Sydney and Melbourne property prices could fall up to 30% due to coronavirus – www.savings.com.au
- Australia’s rising rental market short-lived as coronavirus could see rents fall by 10 per cent – www.domain.com.au
- 31% Can’t Pay the Rent: ‘It’s Only Going to Get Worse’ – www.nytimes.com
- Vietnam real estate sales at four-year low – www.phnompenhpost.com
- Battersea Owners Submit Plans To Switch Office And Resi – www.bisnow.com
- Toronto Home Sales Drop 76% Amid COVID-19 Shutdown – www.huffingtonpost.ca
News updated on 7 April 2020
- Coronavirus prompts sudden lending changes for hopeful home loan borrowers – www.domain.com.au
- Pandemic leaves WA housing market with bargain hunters and those desperate to sell – www.watoday.com.au
- Biggest threat to Australia from coronavirus – au.finance.yahoo.com
- The post-Covid-19 era: Radical changes in Bangkok’s property market – thethaiger.com
- Parliament: Law compelling landlords to pass on property tax rebates to tenants 'doesn't make them worse off', says DPM Heng – www.straitstimes.com
- MAS waives TDSR limits for borrowers seeking to defer mortgage repayments – www.straitstimes.com
- Housing sector to see muted demand in 2020: KPMG – economictimes.indiatimes.com
- Investment funds eye deeper discounts, fire sales as distress mounts in Hong Kong property sector – www.scmp.com
- Prices and rents of Hong Kong’s tiny flats to fall this year as coronavirus-driven uncertainty hits demand amid oversupply – www.scmp.com
- Foreign investors keep their distance from Niseko – japanpropertycentral.com
- How is coronavirus affecting the German property market? – www.iamexpat.de
- Pandemic triggers 25% drop in London’s commercial real estate deals – www.fnlondon.com
- Foreign buyers still rule Phuket condos – www.bangkokpost.com