US 30-year mortgage rate rises to five-month high of 7.24%
US MORTGAGE rates increased to the highest level in five months, pushing down home-purchase applications for the fifth time in the last...
Money laundering accused Su Baolin’s Sentosa property goes unsold at auction
A VACANT plot of land in Sentosa Cove, acquired in 2021 by one of the 10 foreigners arrested in the S$3 billion...
US Judge approves US$418 million settlement that will change real estate commissions
A SETTLEMENT that will rewrite the way many real estate agents are paid in the United States has received preliminary approval from...
In San Francisco, a home renovation can become a battle royale
SAN FRANCISCO’S top governing body spent time on Tuesday (Apr 23) discussing what most residents surely would not consider a major priority...
Country Garden extends bonds to avoid first local default
CHINESE developer Country Garden Holdings, one of the biggest symbols of the nation’s broader property debt crisis, won approval to push back...
Daughter of Chinese steel-and-nickel tycoon picks up S$84 million Bin Tong Park bungalow
THE daughter of China-born steel-and-nickel magnate Xiang Guangda has become the owner of a large brand-new bungalow in the Bin Tong Park...
Private credit for real estate boosting green building premium
PREMIUMS are piling on for greener or climate-adapted buildings, as private credit funds swoop in to refinance floundering commercial real estate (CRE).
New US home sales jump to highest level since September
SALES of new homes in the US bounced back in March in a broad advance as prospective buyers toughed out high mortgage...
Hong Kong developer weighs stake sale in London office skyscraper project
HONG Kong developer Lai Sun Development is considering options for a planned office tower in the City of London, including a potential...
How Hudson Yards went from ghost town to office success story
IT WAS March 2019, and 13,000 people were on Manhattan’s West Side at a star-studded opening ceremony for the largest private real...