The South China Morning Post
/ South China Morning Post

Is Ho Chi Minh City the next Beijing or Shanghai? Vietnam ranks high on Juwai's top 10 countries to invest: so should you buy up luxury property quick?

Interest is building fast in Vietnam's luxury property market, reports the South China Morning Post (31 July 2020). After the government amended its Law on Residential Housing and opened the... Read more >


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/ Mortgage Business

Foreign buyer interest up in Australia

New findings from NAB's Q2 2020 Residential Property Survey have suggested that Australia continues to attract foreign investors, with buyer activity continuing to increase, reports Mortgage Business (30 July 2020).... Read more >


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/ Smart Property Investment

Foreign buyer interest up in Australia

NAB's Q2 2020 Residential Property Survey shows the quarter seeing higher activity from foreign buyers in comparison to Q1, reported Smart Property Investment (29 July 2020). Foreign buyers account for... Read more >


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/ The Bob Dey Property Report

Home ownership transfers way down, Juwai says foreign buyer share way up

According to Statistics NZ, transfers of home ownership dropped to 26,265 in the March quarter – 44% below the level first measured, in the June 2016 quarter, and 30% down... Read more >


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/ Elite Agent

Almost 20% of new Victorian homes are sold to overseas buyers

The National Australia Bank's Q2 2020 Residential Property Survey shows that new properties across Australia are being bought by overseas buyers, reports Elite Agent (29 July 2020). New development sales... Read more >


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/ MSN

Australian passports are now more powerful than US ones as the coronavirus reshuffles the visa world order

Australia's early success in containing the coronavirus has made the country's passports now more powerful than those from the United States, stated an article by MSN (22 July 2020). The... Read more >


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/ The Malaysian Reserve

Malaysia well-positioned to attract more Chinese students

IQI global group CEO Kashif Ansari said Malaysia is a great alternative to the UK, the US and Australia for Chinese students looking to enrol in overseas schools and universities,... Read more >


New Straits Times
/ New Strait Times

IQI Global posts RM2.4bil sales in 1H

Despite market volatility and the ongoing pandemic, real estate specialist IQI Global has sold over RM2.4 billion of properties in the first half of 2020, according to a report in... Read more >


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