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28.09.26 - 04:45
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China Extends Mortgages To 40 Years, But Homebuyers Remain Reluctant To Borrow (ZeroHedge)
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China Extends Mortgages To 40 Years, But Homebuyers Remain Reluctant To Borrow
Authored by Michael Zhuang via The Epoch Times,
China's decision to extend the maximum term for individual home mortgages from 30 years to 40 years has received a lukewarm response from homebuyers.
Residential buildings under construction by Chinese real estate developer Vanke in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province on May 9, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty ImagesSeveral major Chinese banks moved quickly to offer 40-year mortgages after the policy took effect, with some advertising approval times as short as 15 minutes. However, Chinese media reports indicate that relatively few prospective buyers are opting for the longer loans.
The policy change, announced jointly by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and China's National Financial Regulatory Administration on Aug. 28, allows individual home mortgages to run for up to 40 years, according to Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency.
The PBOC said the longer term...
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28.09.26 - 02:06
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Italy attracts wealthy Chinese property buyers with food, fashion – and flat tax (SCMP)
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Italy is becoming a magnet for wealthy property investors thanks to its high quality of life and flat tax regime, and interest is also on the rise among mainland Chinese and Hong Kong buyers, according to property agents.
Rome introduced a flat tax regime nine years ago to attract high-net-worth individuals, with foreign residents allowed to make a flat annual tax payment of €300,000 (US$342,000) on all their overseas income under the scheme's latest rules.
The tax incentive has become a draw......
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27.09.26 - 10:01
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Global property investors see signs of recovery in China, but wary of oversupply: JLL (SCMP)
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International investors who have seen early signs of recovery in mainland China's office and retail property markets are expected to start buying when oversupply concerns are eased, according to global real estate firm JLL.
Stuart Crow, JLL's CEO for capital markets in the Asia-Pacific region, said foreign institutions would fall back in love with mainland property assets when new supply was absorbed by fresh take-up.
“International investors are waiting for the real economy to really absorb......
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24.09.26 - 10:06
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Investors pivot to selective China bets in technology as property growth fades: DBS Bank (SCMP)
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The sentiment among investors that China is a “single bet” is giving way to picking individual winners, with technology displacing property as the engine of growth, according to DBS Bank (Hong Kong).
“Instead of looking at China as one big thing, there are selective sectors that we think will benefit from this trend,” Dennis Lam, managing director and head of research at the bank, said during a media briefing on Thursday.
Artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing and innovative drugs would......
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24.09.26 - 02:06
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How China′s growing Reit sector is giving foreign property investors a route back in (SCMP)
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Foreign investors are starting to look again at mainland China's commercial property market after years of retreat, drawn by sharply lower asset prices, wider yields and cheaper yuan financing, even though cross-border capital remains a small fraction of the overall market, analysts said.
The shift did not yet amount to a broad return of foreign money, they added.
Instead, some international investors were finding ways to participate through China's domestic capital markets, using onshore......
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