For ensuring your overseas property dream doesn’t turn into an investment fiasco If you’re a regular investor with global outlook, you’ve almost certainly thought about it: Buy a property in…

Last newsletter we gave an update on the status of China's national real estate market, so in this newsletter we’ll zoom in on recent residential market policy changes in Shanghai,…

The August 2021 start of the Evergrande financial meltdown was a momentous turning point in China’s real estate market. It marked the beginning of the end to the steep decades-long…

The vacancy rate in the Shanghai office market has dramatically increased in recent years, with the city now having enough vacant space to fill 34 fifty-story skyscrapers. One might easily…

Business innovation is often driven by necessity, which at times takes the form of desperation, and the real estate industry is no exception to this rule. Investors in multi-million dollar commercial real…

China emits more than twice as much carbon as the US or any other nation (i), and China’s built environment – including all aspects of its construction and operation and not including…

The trillion-dollar question at this point in time is whether China's residential property market has reached bottom or not. The million-dollar questions include: How is current market demand for office and industrial…

Foreign business leaders in China have in recent years noted that it is becoming more difficult to compete against local enterprises. Some point to what they consider unfair subsidies or business practices,…

Professor Hermann Simon (founder of Simon Kucher and Associates), who coined the term ‘Hidden Champions’ for medium-sized businesses that dominate their niche, shared an interesting observation at a recent talk in Shanghai. He…

U.S. Office MarketThe past year or so has seen more and more transactions in the United States where office buildings are being sold for less than half of what they were bought…