Adding another data point to gauge the state of China's property market, a study by CLSA finds a high 15% vacancy rate in the nation's housing, leaving 10.2 million units unoccupied. The report says that total could rise by up to 4 million units annually. (China Daily).
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Shanghai relaxes home purchase restrictions
* Non-local residents are now qualified to buy 2nd homes once they've
held residence permits for 3yrs. (Shanghai Securities News)
* Residence permit holders previously were not allowed to buy 2nd homes
in Shanghai
* Local agents believe this is a relaxation policy as there has never
been such a case that non-local residents could buy 2 homes.
More customized relaxation on the property market later?
held residence permits for 3yrs. (Shanghai Securities News)
* Residence permit holders previously were not allowed to buy 2nd homes
in Shanghai
* Local agents believe this is a relaxation policy as there has never
been such a case that non-local residents could buy 2 homes.
More customized relaxation on the property market later?
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Incoming! Interest Rate Risk...
"Pimco to Raise $600 Million for REIT to Buy Mortgage Debt..."
Although most central bankers in the developed world still maintain a low interest rate environment to support the economy recovery, they might soon reverse the process more abruptly than the market predict. When they do that, short term interest rate tend to spike up quickly. Pimco certainly anticipate such a scenario, and preparing for it by reducing the duration of their fixed income investments, in other words, they start to move from the short end of the yield curve (short terms bond investments) to the long end of the yield curve (long terms bond investment such as mortgage debt). It is a key signal for other bond investors to follow in the market place.
Maybe our sovereign wealth fund should do the same thing to hedge against the perceived interest rate risks?
Although most central bankers in the developed world still maintain a low interest rate environment to support the economy recovery, they might soon reverse the process more abruptly than the market predict. When they do that, short term interest rate tend to spike up quickly. Pimco certainly anticipate such a scenario, and preparing for it by reducing the duration of their fixed income investments, in other words, they start to move from the short end of the yield curve (short terms bond investments) to the long end of the yield curve (long terms bond investment such as mortgage debt). It is a key signal for other bond investors to follow in the market place.
Maybe our sovereign wealth fund should do the same thing to hedge against the perceived interest rate risks?
Sunday, 27 March 2011
Gold at $3000?
This chart tracks the the performance of gold since July of 2002 against the three largest bubbles of the last 40 years. Past bubbles have shown strong but steady growth for the first 7-8 years before moving into a hyper-growth phase for the last 18-24 months. Each series is adjusted for inflation and is smoothed with a 3-month moving average.
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