Reuters (February 28)
China’s housing market seems to be approaching a paradigm shift. “The broad idea is to create a two-tier system. Local governments will rent out or sell flats below market prices to most residents, including some 300 million Chinese migrant workers who live far away from their hometowns in the mainland. Upgraders and investors could settle for a smaller private residential market, where regulators meddle less.”
Tags: China, Flats, Housing market, Investors, Local governments, Market prices, Migrant workers, Paradigm shift, Regulators, Rent, Residential, Residents, Sell, Two-tier system
Reuters (July 6)
Canary Wharf has been no stranger to challenges and now faces a new blow. “HSBC is quitting the financial hub and moving to smaller quarters…. Hybrid working is an existential threat for commercial property.” Canary Wharf’s “pivot to residential and retail may only be a partial salve.”
Tags: Canary Wharf, Challenges, Commercial property, Financial hub, HSBC, Hybrid working, Pivot, Residential, Retail