Chinese from the middle class upward are sending some of their money – and even themselves – to Thailand, particularly as China has been reopening following three difficult years under zero-Covid. Many are hoping to hedge against economic pressures at home, while building their future in an inexpensive Southeast Asian country with growth prospects.
The Southeast…
China’s borders have recently reopened for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, allowing the world’s largest source of tourists and potential international homebuyers to travel freely around the globe.
The United States is the second-most popular home-buying destination for Chinese buyers, according to Juwai IQI, one of the largest global real estate platforms with…
Middle-East states including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are launching ambitious property projects and other initiatives to rejuvenate the Gulf economy, reducing its reliance on oil while attracting foreign capital and talent from China and elsewhere.
The Gulf Cooperation Council, a group of six states comprising Saudi, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, grew…
Shan Saeed, Chief Economist at Juwai IQI's Malaysia office, on Thursday, discussed with Global Watch regarding the Belt and Road Initiative and how it will play a major role in the modern era.
Shan, in his comment, "It is critical for both countries to work very closely. China has shown remarkable brinkmanship globally in vaccine…
Property investors from mainland China are sharpening their focus on Portugal and Singapore as alternative investment locations while shifting more money out of traditional markets like the US and Australia and Britain amid concerns about fraying trade relations.
While the Covid-19 pandemic has tempered overseas trips, it has not deterred investors from hunting for…
While the COVID-19 pandemic is having detrimental effects on the real estate sector across the world, Chinese investors continue to search the world for good deals although overall deal closings fell during the first quarter of 2020.
Traditionally, the top five outbound destinations for Chinese investors have been the US, the UK, Hong Kong, Australia…
Cross-border buyers, with the majority from Asia, purchased 500,000 homes in the G7 countries last year, worth an aggregate value of US$250 billion, says property portal Juwai.com.
While the largest number of cross-border property buyers originate in mainland China, significant numbers also come from the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and Singapore, India,…
What is the Wuhan Coronavirus?
A member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before and like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those infected either worked or frequently shopped in the Huanan seafood wholesale market in the centre of the Chinese city, which also sold newly slaughtered…
Mainland Chinese, once the driving force behind Hong Kong’s stratospheric home prices, are now shunning the city after months of protests.
Inquiries for Hong Kong properties from mainland Chinese plunged through the second half of last year, according to Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors data that tracks the percentage of agents reporting a drop in interest…
Juwai-IQI — a newly-merged entity — will provide greater access for Chinese property investors to buy homes in the Asia Pacific region via the website or offline marketing by IQI Global.
As Asia's largest property technology group, the company aims to connect more potential property buyers from China to the Asia Pacific market.
Juwai.com currently reaches 3.3…