real estate

Interview: How Dubai's maturing real estate market is attracting global capital

FA spoke to Andrew Cummings, head of residential agency at Savills Middle East, about recent shifts in Dubai’s real estate landscape. He shared insights on foreign capital flows, the impact of infrastructure and regulatory reforms, and how new ownership models are influencing long-term investor activity.

August 26, 2025

Hillhouse-owned Samty Holdings closes $390m Japan hotel real estate fund

The fund name is Eastgate-Samty Hospitality Fund I LP, and the hotels are in Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

July 29, 2025

CBRE boosts Apac hotels team amid growing activity

Andrew Hunter has been promoted to senior director, while Mark Hahm has been hired from JLL to boost the firm’s hotels’ investment and transaction services.

March 18, 2025

Global investors eye Japanese 'multifamily' real estate

As part of the nascent Apac living sector, multifamily asset purchasing has been increasing in Japan, bolstered by a rebound in tourism, low interest rates and strong rental growth.

October 22, 2024

BlackRock partners with Dash Living to acquire multifamily asset in Tokyo

Strong levels of tourism continue to bring investment opportunities in Japan’s rental real estate market.

July 30, 2024

Macquarie Asset Management closes $1.9bn real estate fund; eyes Japan

James Kemp, head of real estate, Apac, MAM, told FA that in Japan there is an undersupply of modern logistics space and an emergence of new logistics hubs in response to limits to the driving time of truck drivers.

June 25, 2024

China’s property woes to lower GDP for several years: economist

Professor warns of hard landing for China’s property market. Could there be some upside?

September 19, 2023

High yield bond market resilient in Q1 2023 – White & Case

Research from the law firm reports improved global high yield bond activity despite persistent macroeconomic challenges, including a weak M&A pipeline.

June 06, 2023

An uneven recovery for China’s corporate sectors amid reopening

Fitch Rating’s Janice Chong discusses the parts of the Chinese economy that are most likely to rebound as the country reopens and addresses the impact on its property market.

Fitch Ratings

Morrison Foerster adds PERE partner in Singapore

Tabitha Saw joins MoFo from White & Case and brings experience advising investors and owner operators on complex real estate and data centre transactions – a sector the law firm sees as offering ample opportunity.

February 07, 2023