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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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/ 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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/ Propertynoise Australia

Sydney and Melbourne landlords lose AUD60 million a month due to international student drought

Landlords in Sydney and Melbourne are losing an estimated AUD60 million in rental income each month, reports Propertynoise Australia (24 June 2020). Chinese property portal Juwai estimates each city has... Read more >


The South China Morning Post
/ South China Morning Post

As China and Australia trade barbs on coronavirus and racism, property market joins list of casualties

Strained relations between Beijing and Canberra are likely to worsen the Australian real estate market that helps support the Australian economy, reports the South China Morning Post (23 March 2020).... Read more >


New Straits Times
/ New Straits Times

'Inflation is likely to stay subdued'

Economists expect inflation in Malaysia to remain subdued for May, reports New Straits Times (23 June 2020). Although the country has lifted its Movement Control Order, put in place to... Read more >


Domain
/ Domain

Sydney and Melbourne landlords lose $60 million a month due to international student drought

The exodus of Chinese students from Sydney and Melbourne is costing an estimated AUD60 million in rental income each month for landlords, reports Domain (23 June 2020). Juwai executive chairman... Read more >


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