Booming China land sales fuel predictions of real estate rebound ...

Here is a list of the day?s latest China real estate news collected from around the web:

• Booming land sales fuel predictions of real estate rebound

  Land sales in China?s 10 major cities more than doubled in the third quarter compared with the previous one, with the price premium picking up, fueling expectations of a speedier rebound in the country?s real estate sector.
  Statistics from real estate service provider Homelink showed that local governments in the 10 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, received 135.2 billion yuan ($20.8 billion) from selling land parcels in the third quarter, up 123.8 percent on the second quarter. Floor space sold during the same period jumped 70.1 percent.

• Hong Kong?s million-dollar retail rent challenge

  Reaching the Chinese consumer may come at the ultimate price in Hong Kong, where U.S. apparel makers are waging a very expensive retail arms race for hearts and minds.In what amounts to a brand-building gamble just as China?s growth rate is beginning to cool, recent store openings in the city by Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE:ANF) ?, privately held Forever 21 Inc. and The Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) ?come with costly property-leasing arrangements that retail experts say will consume much of the profits ? or even result in ongoing losses ? for these outlets.

• China home sales accelerate in holiday week

  China?s property market appears to have picked up over the eight-day Golden Week holiday, even though immediate sales figures don?t necessarily reflect the improvement. Nomura advised clients in a note Tuesday not to pay too much attention to ?media reports of slowing sales? for the holiday break spanning the period Sept. 30 to Oct. 7. The annual break is considered one of the most important on the annual calendar in terms of new home exhibitions.

This list is updated daily, so tune in again tomorrow for more up to date information, or?subscribe to our daily email news digest?to get this delivered to your mailbox.

Related posts:

1. Property developers boost land purchases in China ? and more of Today?s China Real Estate Links | September 13, 2012
2. Poly Q1 Home Sales Rise 6% in First Quarter ? and more of Today?s China Real Estate Links | April 11, 2012
3. China home prices rise for 4th month in September ? Today?s China Real Estate Links | October 11, 2012
4. Singapore?s CapitaLand sees China home sales improving ? and more of Today?s China Real Estate Links | August 2, 2012
5. Not Best Time to Buy Land in China Now, Hang Lung Says ? and more of Today?s China Real Estate Links | June 28, 2012

Source: http://www.mingtiandi.com/real-estate/cre-digest/20121012/todays-china-real-estate-links-october-12-2012/

eva longoria Rihanna wiz khalifa Michael Clarke Duncan Nazanin Boniadi Deval Patrick Dedication 4