In an extract from his book Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World s Tallest Skyscrapers, Jason M Barr breaks down the future of city skylines across the globe.
The recent jump in people heading from Hong Kong to Shenzhen at the weekend suggests you can enjoy a lot more for much cheaper in the mainland Chinese city. We compare a packed day in each.
Latest news and opinion on property policies, such as stamp duty rates and vacancy tax bills, that have been introduced by governments in Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China that have an impact on property prices and property developers.
Among 13 cities selected by China Index Academy, one of the country’s largest independent real estate researchers, home sales by gross floor area rose 18.5 per cent in June compared to the previous month, but were 44.2 per cent lower than a year ago, it said on Monday.