Trump Park Avenue sues Saudi Prince for not paying over $1.8-M rent

NEW YORK -- Trump Park Avenue sued a Saudi royal for not paying more than $1.8 million in rent on a penthouse in the...

Canadians can’t stop using their homes as piggy banks — analyst

OTTAWA -- Canadians are borrowing against their houses at the fastest pace in more than five years, as home equity lines of credit (HELOC)...

Reviving Filipino culture in architecture

WHETHER it’s an American country house or a Balinese villa, homes in a Philippine neighborhood have architectural inspirations that are all over the place. While...

United Kingdom house prices post first annual decline in six years at start of...

LONDON -- UK house prices recorded an annual drop for the first time in almost six years at the start of 2018, with London...

Solving the riddle of Manila

By Bjorn Biel M. Beltran Special Features Writer AS of the 2015 census, there are over 12.8 million people living in the 619.57 square kilometers of...

Condominium 2017 sales break record in surprise boon to builders

By Francis Anthony T. Valentin Special Features Assistant Editor DESPITE growing fears over an oversupply of condominium units, the vertical property market in Metro Manila ended...

Property buyers shift gaze away from Metro Manila

By Jochebed B. Gonzales Senior Researcher CONSUMER home buying sentiment in the Philippines improved last quarter, boosted by households’ increasing optimism over properties located in areas...

The hidden fortification: Bamboos redefine home-building in Asia

BAMBOO is native through most of Asia -- from the tropical jungles of Thailand and Vietnam, to the resort villages in Bali, to the...

Homeless in Hong Kong: soaring costs fuel housing crisis in Asian financial hub

HONG KONG -- Cheung Muk-gun’s home is an illegal, wooden shack under a highway in one of the poorest areas of Hong Kong, where...

China ousted as Asia’s no. 1 buyer of US commercial property

SINGAPORE -- Singapore ousted China to become the biggest Asian investor in US commercial property last year. It was the first time since 2012 that...

A master plan for a stretch of Pasig riverfront

A STRETCH of the Pasig riverfront is being developed into an estate that will revive public access to the waterfront. That waterfront estate — 35...

New Mumbai metro to beat traffic, but at what cost?

MUMBAI — A new underground metro is expected to ease the burden on Mumbai’s notoriously congested roads and railways, but not everybody in India’s...