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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 - 08:30
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Australians ′scrambling′ for second jobs to deal with rising mortgage repayments and cost of living (The Guardian)
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Latest data also shows unemployment at highest level since the pandemic, which analysts doubt will stop RBA hiking interest ratesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians are “scrambling” to find more work to cover soaring living expenses and prepare for higher mortgage costs, economists say, after new data showed unemployment ticked up to it's highest rate since the pandemic.The key jobless figure lifted to 4.6% in August, from 4.5% the month before, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Continue reading......
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24.09.26 - 08:27
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Preise für Wohnimmobilien im zweiten Quartal gestiegen (Dow Jones)
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DOW JONES--Die Preise für Wohnimmobilien in Deutschland sind nach Angaben des Statistischen Bundesamtes (Destatis) im zweiten Quartal 2026 um durchschnittlich 0,6 Prozent gegenüber dem zweiten Quartal 2025 gestiegen. Gegenüber dem ersten Quartal 2026 ......
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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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24.09.26 - 01:00
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Hong Kong rises in property market transparency rankings, but trails Singapore and Japan (SCMP)
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Hong Kong has climbed one place in a list of the world's most transparent real estate markets by property consultancy JLL and subsidiary LaSalle Investment Management, though it still trails regional peers Singapore and Japan in the rankings.
The city secured 14th place in the latest edition of the Global Real Estate Transparency Index, a report released every two years. The new report covers 146 city markets in 88 countries and territories worldwide.
The ranking was the highest of any market in......
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23.09.26 - 20:15
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More US Homebuyers Apply For Riskier Mortgages As Interest Rates Top 7% (ZeroHedge)
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More US Homebuyers Apply For Riskier Mortgages As Interest Rates Top 7%
Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times,
Higher interest rates pushed prospective homebuyers toward riskier mortgages last week, new industry data show.
The total volume of mortgage applications declined almost 2 percent for the week ending Sept. 18, according to a report released by the Mortgage Bankers Association on Sept. 23. This represented the third consecutive weekly drop.
Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home fell 1 percent and were down 11 percent from the same time a year ago. Refinancing applications also fell to their lowest levels since February 2025, down 3 percent monthly, and were 62 percent lower year over year.
"Applications for both refinance and purchase loans declined further last week, noting that the comparison is to the week that included the Labor Day holiday," Mike Fratantoni, the group's senior vice president and chief economist, said in a news release.
Last week's decline aligned...
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