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North Rhine plays a wait-and-see game

NORTH Rhine Doctors Pension Fund, a 9 billion euro (US$11 billion) German fund, said yesterday it was too early to invest in global property stocks and real-estate investment trusts because credit markets would tighten further. The fund, with 12 ...

From KATHLEEN CHU, Shanghai Daily,  17 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Bloomberg News,  FTSE

Cashed-up Qatar set to pounce

QATAR Investment Authority, the country's US$60-billion sovereign-wealth fund, plans to make more real-estate acquisitions in 2009 as global prices decline and investors sell assets. "We are looking for prime properties in major cities at distressed ...

From KATHLEEN CHU, Shanghai Daily,  14 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Bloomberg News

Knock-On Effect Spreads Across Japan

JOINT Corp and Pacific Holdings Co led a slump in Japanese real estate shares after developer Urban Corp filed for bankruptcy protection this week. Joint Corp, a condominium builder, fell to the lowest in eight years, declining 18 percent to 196 yen ...

From KATHLEEN CHU, Shanghai Daily,  15 Aug 2008

Developers squirm as market dives

JAPANESE developers yesterday fell the most in two weeks after gross domestic product data revealed an unexpected decline in housing investment and on concern that credit is tightening in the building industry. The Topix Real Estate Index closed 3.4 ...

From KATHLEEN CHU, Shanghai Daily,  13 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Bloomberg News,  Lehman Brothers,  Deutsche Bank

Slowdown in Japanese land prices expected

GAINS in Japan's land prices will probably slow in the next few years as investors become more wary after the subprime-mortgage market collapse, according to CB Richard Ellis, the world's biggest commercial property brokerage. "We are expecting to ...

From KATHLEEN CHU, Shanghai Daily,  2 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Richard Ellis,  Bloomberg News

Expert call on global REITs: Rebound on way

GLOBAL real estate investment trusts are set to rebound because their earnings growth is strong, according to Todd Canter, chief executive officer for the Asia-Pacific region at LaSalle Investment Management Securities. "The worst may be behind us," ...

From KATHLEEN CHU, Shanghai Daily,  19 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Bloomberg News,  Jones Lang LaSalle

Japanese real estate feels pinch

JAPAN'S growth in office-investment returns slowed last year as gains in property prices eased, according to a survey released yesterday. Total real estate returns, including capital gains and rental income, reached 14.7 percent last year, compared ...

From KATHLEEN CHU, Shanghai Daily,  17 Jun 2008
Related Topics: CB Richard Ellis Group Inc,  Bloomberg News

China boosts growth in Australia

AUSTRALIA direct real estate investment returns rose to 18.1 percent in the year to March 31, outperforming bonds and stocks, as the country's 17-year economic boom pushed up office values, according to an index of properties. Returns on office ...

From KATHLEEN CHU, Shanghai Daily,  1 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Bloomberg News

Japan land trust feels pinch

JAPAN Retail Fund Investment Corp, a commercial property trust, will ease off on acquisitions to focus on improving the quality of its assets as Japan's consumer confidence nears a five-year low and borrowing costs rise. "We will pursue better ...

From KATHLEEN CHU, Shanghai Daily,  22 Apr 2008
Related Topics: UBS AG,  Bloomberg News,  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc

Expensive Tokyo apartments proving hard to sell

CONDOMINIUMS put up for sale in Tokyo and the surrounding area dropped for a seventh month in March as rising prices deterred buyers, swelling inventories, the Real Estate Economic Research Institute said yesterday. The number of condominiums placed ...

From KATHLEEN CHU, Shanghai Daily,  15 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Bloomberg News

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