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23.03.26 - 09:36
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War-induced interest rate shocks unlikely to upset Asia′s property markets (SCMP)
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Last week, the energy shock caused by the war in Iran showed signs of becoming a full-blown financial and economic crisis. The attacks on energy infrastructure across the Middle East, coupled with soaring prices of crucial refined petroleum products such as diesel and jet fuel, forced investors to start pricing in a prolonged disruption to supply and a contraction in demand.
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens sooner than anticipated, the scale of the damage to energy assets in the Persian Gulf......
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23.03.26 - 09:30
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′Luxury takes time. We don′t have time′: The former top military officer on a mission to fix the Dutch housing crisis (The Guardian)
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Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan plans to simplify the housebuilding process to tackle shortage of 400,000 homesElanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan is on a mission. The new housing minister of the Netherlands is charged with building 100,000 homes a year and breaking through a planning deadlock to combat one of Europe's worst housing crises.The Irish-born 50-year-old is new to politics. Until a fortnight ago she was the country's top female military officer, famous for getting flak jackets redesigned for women's bodies and holding her own in a male-dominated sphere. Continue reading......
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23.03.26 - 09:18
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Regal′s US$194 million hotel sale highlights investor push into Hong Kong student housing (SCMP)
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Regal Hotels International Holdings and its units have sold the 494-room Regal Kowloon Hotel for about HK$1.52 billion (US$194 million) to the real estate investment arm of Centaline Group, which operates one of Hong Kong's largest property agency networks, to be converted into a student hostel.
Regal Hotels and affiliates Century City International Holdings and Paliburg Holdings agreed to dispose of the 17-storey hotel on Sa Po Road, including two basement floors, the group said in a filing......
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23.03.26 - 00:36
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Potential rate cut pause, geopolitical tensions may cloud Hong Kong property recovery (SCMP)
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Hongkonger Katie Chan was hoping to buy a flat to live in, and although the 37-year-old accountant was in no rush, the potential longer pause in interest rate cuts could delay her decision.
For Chan, the ideal mortgage would be if the one-month Hong Kong interbank offered rate (Hibor) fell below 1.95 per cent, but this year the key driver for local mortgage costs and corporate borrowing rates had only dropped to as low as 2.02 per cent, according to data tracked by the Hong Kong Association of......
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