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If property prices in China plummeted by 60% there would be no noticeable increase in the default rate on loans issued by the country’s biggest lender, China Construction Bank, it is claimed.

Sales of private homes by developers in Singapore surged 82% month on month between June and July, the latest figures to be published reveal.

A Chinese property industry group is asking the government to refrain from tightening real estate cooling measures including higher mortgage rates and lending restrictions as they are resulting in a slump in transactions.

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The Asian real estate investment market showed signs of continuing to make steady improvement in the first half of 2010 with direct real estate investment in the region rising 136% year-on-year to an estimated US$30 billion, a new report shows.

Mortgage lending rules in Hong Kong are to change and more land made available in a bid to cool rocketing real estate prices.

The Asia Pacific region is leading the global property market recovery while a slower rate of recovery is predicted for Europe and US markets in face of testing economic conditions, according to a new forecast.

Residential property prices in China’s major cities are expected to fall later this year because of the government’s tightening campaign and a coming surge in housing supply, it is claimed.

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