China home prices rise in fewer cities in property slowdown
SHANGHAI — China’s home prices rose in the fewest cities since January, adding to signs of a real estate industry slowdown as officials persist...
Property prices in major cities worldwide hit record highs
SINGAPORE — Prices of office, retail and industrial properties in most global cities have reached records since the global financial crisis, with values in...
Harvey-struck Texas counties face blow to property tax take
NEW YORK — Texas communities flooded by Hurricane Harvey could see their property tax revenues sink, a financial blow that would leave many cities...
Davao skyscraper height limits out by end-2017
DAVAO CITY — With more high-rise condominiums mushrooming in the city amid a robust real estate sector, the local government is rushing to piece...
Harvey could reshape how and where Americans build homes
TEXAS — Jerry Garcia’s home in Corpus Christi missed the worst of Hurricane Harvey by just a few miles and lost nothing more than...
In China, to snag a new home, buyers may need to pay as much...
HONG KONG — The cost of car parking spaces in new apartment projects in some Chinese cities is soaring as developers roll out their...
Anchor Land hires contractors for Bay City office tower
LUXURY CONDO builder Anchor Land Holdings, Inc. said it has commissioned two contractors to build Anchor Land Corporate Center, its first office tower in...
Ayala breaks ground on P20-billion Davao township
By Carmelito Q. Francisco,
Correspondent
DAVAO CITY — Companies behind the newest township development in the city, the Azuela Cove, hope to complete the project within the...
St. Luke’s to up budget for hospital at Azuela Cove
ST. LUKE’S Medical Center said it could spend more than the initial P2.79 billion it allocated for a new facility it is building with...
Braving security fears, Chinese seek ‘Silk Road’ riches in Pakistan
LAHORE, PAKISTAN/SHANGHAI — Zhang Yang, a businessman from Chongqing in southwest China, is searching online forums for fellow stout-hearted entrepreneurs willing to cast aside...
US towns that want to shed Confederate symbols hit bureaucratic roadblocks
AS EARLY as November, the stretch of Jefferson Davis Highway that runs through Alexandria, Virginia, will boast a new title after the city council...