Category: PROPERTY

FBI warns the communist state is drawing lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by trying to insulate its economy from economic reprisals ... ( read original story ...)

New Zealand home prices dropped by 2.3% in the second quarter of 2022, the largest quarterly decline since 2009, according to a report released Tuesday by CoreLogic NZ. Property prices fell in all ... ( read original story ...)

Housing affordability grew worse in the first quarter, as the average mortgage burden climbed by 0.52 percentage points to 38.35 percent nationwide, a report released yesterday by the Ministry of the ... ( read original story ...)

Accusations of a plagiarized report sparked a denial and a war of words — along with promises to sue and defiance in the face of such threats — as politicians clashed yesterday. Taipei City Councilor ... ( read original story ...)

For a developed country, insurance penetration remains low at 1%. On the surface, Taiwan’s insurance industry may appear to be winning in terms of its financial report. But GlobalData is reporting ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan officials have proposed to reduce sales of semiconductor chips to China to counter Beijing ban on Taipei agricultural and fishery products ... ( read original story ...)

Manila was the 21st most expensive city for wealthy people in 2022, out of 24 cities across the globe ranked by private bank Julius Baer. ( read original story ...)

In Taiwan, a once-sleepy municipality is seeing a property boom as investors seek a safe haven outside mainland China amid rising labour costs, worsening trade relations with the US and its zero-COVID ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai has topped the list of the world's most expensive cities to live in for the rich, as per Julius Baer Group's 2022 global wealth and lif ... ( read original story ...)

Prices of cars and residential property in Shanghai rose 11% and 28% ... Asia had four cities in the top five – Taiwan's Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore, along with Shanghai. Europe, the Middle East, and ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese police have detained a 19-year-old man for spraying black paint on a replica of the "Pillar of Shame" statue honoring the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident. ( read original story ...)

Escalating its global assault on democratic sovereignty and international law, China has now declared sole ownership over the Taiwan Strait. ( read original story ...)

The list has been compiled by analysing the cost of residential property, cars, airfare, business school and other luxuries. ( read original story ...)

A new report shows even the uber wealthy aren't immune to inflationary pressures on their most prized luxury goods. ( read original story ...)

China is upping the ante against Taiwan and democracies the world over. Beijing confirmed on Monday that it now asserts formal sovereignty over the entirety of the Taiwan Strait, an area of ... ( read original story ...)

The 68-year-old suspect in a May mass shooting harbored resentment dating back to his formative years in Taiwan. ( read original story ...)