- Beijing’s Olympic building boom becomes a bust [LA Times]
- UK – Door slams shut on property jobs [Sunday Times]
- Commercial Property Prices in U.S. Fell 15% in 2008 [Bloomberg]
- A Dubai Deal Called Into Question as Boom Ends [Wall Street Journal]
- Hong Kong Luxury Rents Fall to 2-Year Low on Supply [Bloomberg]
- Wealth of Malaysia’s top 40 tycoons down US$21.3b [AsiaOne]
- UAE Freehold property owners to get residency [The National]
- Amy Winehouse looking for a house in St. Lucia [Jewssip]
Posts Tagged ‘Beijing Property’
International Property News Beat – Beijing Bust, Malaysian Billionaires & UK Property Jobs
by Overseas Property Mall on Monday, February 23rd, 2009 in Property News Summaries
Prospects of Real Estate in Beijing After the Olympic Games
by OP-Mall on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 in Beijing Property, China Property

The Iconic Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing
Beijing’s property market has been ogled by investors for some time now. In the rush to build new infrastructure to compensate for the millions of visitors to the Olympic Games, many bought into the boom in the hopes of making a nice profit. But when China’s real estate market started to heat up a few years ago, Beijing tightened the rules. Suddenly it wasn’t as easy for foreigners to buy property anymore, especially if they lived overseas. While the new rule makes it a little harder for foreigners to invest in Chinese property, it isn’t all doom and gloom. Although a lot has been said and written about the Chinese property market, many investors are disheartened by the confusion of information in the market.



