Cheryl Arcibal
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Italy attracts wealthy Chinese property buyers with food, fashion – and flat tax (opens the original)
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Hong Kong and mainland investors are increasingly eyeing property in Italy, drawn by its lifestyle and flat tax regime, agents say 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 pa
Buyers snap up new Hong Kong flats ahead of likely interest rate rises (opens the original)
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Over 290 new flats launched by Hong Kong developers over the weekend have already been sold, as buyers look to buy before rates increase Hong Kong developers have already sold more than 290 of the new flats they launched over the weekend, as buyers look to lock in mortgages ahead of an anticipated rise in interest rates later this year, according to property agents. “A notable number of home seekers are actively entering the market to secure properties ahead of anticipated local rate increases,”
What’s luring investors to Asia-Pacific property despite higher borrowing costs? (opens the original)
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Hong Kong, Sydney and South Korea emerge as key targets as investors adjust strategies to a higher-rate environment, analysts say “We’ve seen volumes, specifically cross-border volumes in the region, increase by around 30 per cent to date,” said Emily Fell, senior director for living sectors in Asia-Pacific capital markets at Savills. “I think, as opposed to seeing a pullback generally, it’s more a change in strategy and a pivot in sector [focus].”
Asia-Pacific hotels a ‘most compelling’ investment sector: CBRE (opens the original)
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Rising air travel bodes well for growth after regional investment rises 21 per cent to US$8 billion in first six months, property firm says Investor appetite for hotel assets increased in Hong Kong and the wider Asia-Pacific region in the first half of the year as consumers showed growing eagerness to travel and constrained supply supported property values, according to CBRE. The region netted US$8 billion of investment in the period, up 21 per cent from a year earlier, with Japan, mainland Chin
Hong Kong rises in property market transparency rankings, but trails Singapore (opens the original)
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Hong Kong jumped one place to 14th in list of world’s most transparent real estate markets as Asian destinations made progress 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.
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