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China property giant Shimao faces winding-up caseChina's crisis-hit property market has been dealt a fresh blow as major real estate developer Shimao Group has been hit with a winding-up petition.State-owned China Construction Bank (Asia) filed the petition in Hong Kong over Shimao's failure to repay loans worth HK$1.58bn ($201.8m; £159.7m).It is rare for a Chinese bank to take such legal action against one of the country's developers. Similar cases against other property firms were launched by overseas-based creditors.Shimao said in a stock exchange filing it would "vigorously" oppose the lawsuit.Its shares, which have lost a third of their value since the start of the year, fell by more than 15% to hit an all-time low during Monday's trading.Like several other Chinese property developers, Shanghai-based Shimao defaulted on offshore bonds in 2022.Last month, it laid out detailed plans to restructure its debts.In January, rival real estate giant China Evergrande was ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court.With more than $300bn of debt, Evergrande has been the poster child of China's real estate crisis.Property developer Country Garden also defaulted on its overseas debt last year and faces a winding-up petition.The first hearing for that petition, which was filed by Ever Credit Ltd, is scheduled for 17 May.Ever Credit is a unit of Kingboard Holdings, a laminates maker and property investor.China's real estate industry has been facing a major financial squeeze since 2021 when the government introduced measures to curb the amount big developers could borrow.Since then several large property firms have defaulted on their debts.Problems in China's property market have a major impact on its economy as the sector accounts for around a third of the economy.
German Property Slump Deepens With 19% Drop in Investment DealsInvestor appetite for German real estate deals remained muted at the start of the year, according to Jones Lang Lasalle, even as some valuations look to be bottoming out and interest-rate cuts edge closer.The number of transactions dropped 19% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, the broker said Monday. The total, €6.3 billion ($6.8 billion), was the weakest for the period since 2011. Sellers are having a particularly hard time finding buyers for larger portfolios, with deals down 50% in this segment.On top of higher financing costs, slower economic growth and sluggish return-to-office trends are weighing on commercial real estate transactions. JLL said there’s likely to be a significant increase in the number of properties that fall into restructuring, noting older buildings that need updating, as well as those where deals need refinancing.Even as inflation slows and central banks signal that rate cuts may start later this year, German real estate deals will likely remain subdued, JLL said. While it sees deals picking up through the rest of 2024, its full-year prediction for around €40 billion in total would still be well below the numbers seen in record years.
Voy a hacer una reflexión en voz alta: se está hablando mucho, pero que mucho mucho del problema de acceso a la vivienda en los mass media, pero al mismo tiempo el mensaje que se da es que no van a bajar.Estoy con la mosca detrás de la oreja con este tema, porque creo que si de verdad se quisiera empezar a atajar el problema, habría que dar un mensaje muy claro:- Prohibición de pisos turísticos en toda España, las viviendas son para habitar, no para "turistear".El mensaje que se está dando es que se está construyendo menos de lo que se necesita (no se si es verdad o no, tengo intuición, pero no datos). Si los organosmos públicos se meten a construir vivienda a mansalva esta misma semana... cuando se pondrían a entregar las primeras viviendas? En 5 añosCuando se empezarían a notar los efectos de la construcción a lo bestia de un parque público de vivienda? en 10 años?Eso nos mete en 2035... de verdad podemos seguir esperando hasta 2035? Estamos tontos o que? Lo dicho, a mí sólo me vale un mensaje brutal como el que he explicado, unido a la construcción de vivienda pública.
Cita de: Raf909 en Abril 08, 2024, 13:38:26 pmVoy a hacer una reflexión en voz alta: se está hablando mucho, pero que mucho mucho del problema de acceso a la vivienda en los mass media, pero al mismo tiempo el mensaje que se da es que no van a bajar.Estoy con la mosca detrás de la oreja con este tema, porque creo que si de verdad se quisiera empezar a atajar el problema, habría que dar un mensaje muy claro:- Prohibición de pisos turísticos en toda España, las viviendas son para habitar, no para "turistear".El mensaje que se está dando es que se está construyendo menos de lo que se necesita (no se si es verdad o no, tengo intuición, pero no datos). Si los organosmos públicos se meten a construir vivienda a mansalva esta misma semana... cuando se pondrían a entregar las primeras viviendas? En 5 añosCuando se empezarían a notar los efectos de la construcción a lo bestia de un parque público de vivienda? en 10 años?Eso nos mete en 2035... de verdad podemos seguir esperando hasta 2035? Estamos tontos o que? Lo dicho, a mí sólo me vale un mensaje brutal como el que he explicado, unido a la construcción de vivienda pública.Lo alarmante es lo fácil que despojáis a los demás de su ahorro. Algo mínimamente justo es no hacer nada... y así, cada cual afronta las consecuencias de sus decisiones.Lo contrario es robarles.
Cita de: sudden and sharp en Abril 08, 2024, 14:48:57 pmCita de: Raf909 en Abril 08, 2024, 13:38:26 pmVoy a hacer una reflexión en voz alta: se está hablando mucho, pero que mucho mucho del problema de acceso a la vivienda en los mass media, pero al mismo tiempo el mensaje que se da es que no van a bajar.Estoy con la mosca detrás de la oreja con este tema, porque creo que si de verdad se quisiera empezar a atajar el problema, habría que dar un mensaje muy claro:- Prohibición de pisos turísticos en toda España, las viviendas son para habitar, no para "turistear".El mensaje que se está dando es que se está construyendo menos de lo que se necesita (no se si es verdad o no, tengo intuición, pero no datos). Si los organosmos públicos se meten a construir vivienda a mansalva esta misma semana... cuando se pondrían a entregar las primeras viviendas? En 5 añosCuando se empezarían a notar los efectos de la construcción a lo bestia de un parque público de vivienda? en 10 años?Eso nos mete en 2035... de verdad podemos seguir esperando hasta 2035? Estamos tontos o que? Lo dicho, a mí sólo me vale un mensaje brutal como el que he explicado, unido a la construcción de vivienda pública.Lo alarmante es lo fácil que despojáis a los demás de su ahorro. Algo mínimamente justo es no hacer nada... y así, cada cual afronta las consecuencias de sus decisiones.Lo contrario es robarles.Sudden, eso mismo podrían decir los de Afinsa. Si uno juega a especular y a invertir tiene que saber que puede perder. Usted lo sabe mejor que yo, que se dedica a la bolsa - lo digo por lo que ponía sobre Gamestop-. Eso es el capitalismo, un juego de suma cero en el que para que unos ganen otros tienen que perder. Pues ahora le toca al propietariado perder. No haber comprado a precio burbuja. No hacer nada - laissez faire- como dice usted es llevar a buena parte de la población del país a vivir en la calle y a morirse de hambre y frío por no poder pagar las barbaridades que se piden y que los extranjeros ricos pueden pagar. ¿ Para que el capitalismo funcione tiene que irse la población española a otro país?
Rents aren’t unaffordable; young people just don’t want to workWe should welcome rising house prices as a much needed incentive for the workshy generationTwo major events in recent memory have contributed to the sense that the current generation of young people have had their life chances stolen from them.The first is the credit crunch and associated financial crisis of 2008, the consequences of which, even now, have yet to be appreciated. When young couples have their application for an affordable mortgage rejected by their bank, the seeds of that decision all too often seem to trace back to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the United States and the subsequent exposure of the appalling mismanagement of their own organisations by bankers across the world.The second cause of grief for the living standards and aspirations of the current generation is, of course, the Covid pandemic. Social historians of the future will have their work cut out for them as they seek to reconcile the enthusiasm with which the public demanded the shut down of the economy and the previously unimaginable scale of state support to be paid out to employees for work not done, and the subsequent outrage at the fall in productivity and anaemic wage growth that followed, as if the two factors were entirely unconnected.Whatever the causes of the current discontent, the despair of Generation Z at the throttling of their aspirations is a palpable political reality, and one with which current and future governments must deal. Young workers face the prospect of not being able to buy their own homes until well into their thirties, or even forties, unless they can rely upon generous handouts from wealthy parents, further institutionalising the disparity between this country’s haves and have-nots. With growth in rents set to outstrip wages for the next three years, the issue will only become more salient.But the answers to this dilemma from those directly affected fall far short of economic reality. Of course higher wages for less work would suit many; when has such a prospect not been popular? But as the pandemic proved in painful detail, such solutions, while having a short-term attraction, can only store up massive – perhaps insurmountable – problems for the future. Even the civil service, the backbone of the British establishment, is responding to the long-term economic impact of lockdown by demanding the same pay for 20 per cent fewer hours worked – an indication, were cynical ministers to exploit the claim, that the service is significantly over-staffed with far more employees than the workload might justify.Unless some top secret economic theory has been unearthed that turns financial orthodoxy on its head and promises extra productivity in exchange for less work and higher, unaffordable wages, the only apparent solution to the current crisis facing people in their twenties seems to me to be for the economy to grow at a far faster rate than has occurred in the last decade, for consumer demand to mirror that growth and for lending institutions to begin to take risks on mortgages. It might be remembered that the current expectation of home ownership after securing your first job was not a reality for many when the current generation of boomers and Generation X were children. The vast expansion of private home ownership and associated prosperity of the ’80s and ’90s did not come about because of workers’ rights, but because of free market economic policies that freed up the jobs and the financial markets. If solutions to the current challenges exist, they do not exist in repeating the follies of the dim or recent past: 1970s corporatism and economic lockdowns served only to store up misery for the many. As former chancellor Denis Healey once said, when in a hole, stop digging. A generation reared on positive affirmation from their parents, who were authoritatively assured by them that everything they said, did or painted was marvellous, can no longer rely on other people – particularly the older generation – to solve their problems for them. There is no deus ex machina waiting to swoop to their rescue.Today’s problems are not new; previous generations faced the same dilemmas, and they suffered a long, difficult road on the way to salvation. The chief difference is that too many of the current generation seem to believe they are so special that they can rely on the magnanimity of the state and their employers to come to the rescue. A rude awakening awaits.
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Hay un chiste italiano buenísimo acerca de un hombre pobre que va al templo todos los días a rezarle a un santo. Reza a la estatua: Querido Santo por favor, por favor, por favor déjame ganar la lotería. Al final, la estatua desesperada cobra vida, baja la mirada y le dice al hombre: Hijo mío, por favor, por favor, por favor compra un billete. Ahora entiendo el chiste y tengo 3 billetes.
Blackstone $10 Billion Deal Is Latest Bet Property Near Lows*Firm will acquire real estate owner Apartment Income REIT*Blackstone plans to invest more than $400 million in portfolioBlackstone Inc. struck a roughly $10 billion deal for an apartment landlord in the latest sign that the real estate investor sees a ripe moment to pour money into the property market.Blackstone agreed to acquire Apartment Income REIT, known as AIR Communities, in an all-cash deal for $39.12 a share, according to a statementMonday. That’s a 25% premium from the company’s share price of $31.35 at the close of trading on April 5.The asset manager plans to invest more than $400 million to maintain and bolster the company’s apartment portfolio. Blackstone Real Estate Partners X, a fund that raised more than $30 billion, will purchase the shares.The AIR Communities acquisition is Blackstone’s latest housing bet, following its $3.5 billion agreement to take single-family landlord Tricon private earlier this year. The company is stepping up its hunt for deals as prices fall in commercial property markets, with President Jon Gray telling investors the firm believes “real estate values are bottoming.”“AIR Communities represents the highest quality, large-scale apartment portfolio we have ever acquired, and is located in markets where multifamily fundamentals are strong” Nadeem Meghji, global co-head of Blackstone Real Estate, said in the statement.AIR Communities, based in Denver, has a portfolio of 76 apartment communities marketed to high-end renters, with concentrated holdings in Miami, Washington and other large markets. The average household income of the company’s tenants was $237,000 in 2023, with average revenue of more than $2,700 per unit, according to a presentation.CitarWhat Bloomberg Intelligence Says“The reported takeout price of $39.12 a share in cash, a 25% premium to the last trading price, implies a multiple consistent with the priciest coastal apartment REITs AvalonBay and Equity Residential.”— Jeffrey Langbaum, senior industry analystThe apartment market has come under pressure in recent months as owners confront higher borrowing costs and falling valuations. Prices of those buildings in the past 12 months through March have dropped 8%, according to real estate analytics firm Green Street.The deal is expected to close in the third quarter, according to the statement. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the deal.
What Bloomberg Intelligence Says“The reported takeout price of $39.12 a share in cash, a 25% premium to the last trading price, implies a multiple consistent with the priciest coastal apartment REITs AvalonBay and Equity Residential.”— Jeffrey Langbaum, senior industry analyst
Sánchez anuncia que eliminará los visados de oro a extranjeros por comprar viviendahttps://elpais.com/economia/2024-04-08/sanchez-anuncia-que-eliminara-los-visados-de-oro-a-extranjeros-por-comprar-vivienda.html?ssm=TW_CM#
IRÁ AL CONSEJO DE MINISTROSEl Gobierno elimina la 'golden visa' y pone fin al negocio de especular con la residencia españolaVivienda llevará al Consejo de Ministros de mañana la propuesta de eliminar el marco actual de la golden visa, que permite tener la residencia al invertir más de 500.000€ en inmuebles"Vamos a iniciar el procedimiento para eliminar la concesión de la llamada golden visa, que permite acceder al régimen de residencia cuando se invierte más de medio millón de euros en bienes inmuebles. Vamos a tomar las medidas necesarias para garantizar que la vivienda sea un derecho y no un mero negocio especulativo". Con este claro mensaje, Moncloa ha anunciado esta mañana su decisión de terminar con la ley que, desde 2013, permite obtener el permiso de residencia español, simplemente, invirtiendo 500.000 euros en la compra de un inmueble en nuestro país. El Consejo de Ministros que se celebrará mañana va a estudiar un informe elevado por la ministra de Vivienda y Agenda Urbana, Isabel Rodríguez, para modificar la normativa aprobada por el Partido Popular hace una década, justo cuando la crisis post estallido de la burbuja tocó suelo y empezó la paulatina recuperación del mercado. Según los datos que maneja el Ejecutivo, alrededor del 94% de los visados para inversores están vinculadas a inversiones inmobiliarias, y ciudades como Barcelona, Madrid, Málaga, Alicante, Palma y Valencia son las más demandadas para este tipo de operaciones, precisamente, las zonas más tensionadas."La prioridad del Gobierno en esta legislatura es garantizar el acceso a una vivienda asequible, para dar respuesta a la ciudadanía, que ningún ciudadano o ciudadana tenga que destinar más del 30% de sus ingresos para tener un hogar digno, adecuado y de calidad" Al impacto que tiene esta medida en el encarecimiento del precio de la vivienda, se une comprobar cómo está siendo utilizada por patrimonios chinos y rusos para comprar la residencia. En concreto, el 45% han sido visados expedidos a favor de ciudadanos chinos y el 19,6% a patrimonios rusos. El Gobierno tuvo que hacer públicos estos datos tras una consulta de Más País, que hace un año presentó una proposición de ley sobre esta materia.Las golden visa también han sido cuestionadas por la Unión Europea, por considerar que se conceden sin revisar el origen de los capitales invertidos. La Comisión Europea lleva años alertando de que los mecanismos de residencia a cambio de inversiones conllevan potenciales riesgos de seguridad para los países comunitarios. En España, tras China y Rusia, Irán ocupa la tercera posición, con 216 inversores en el sector inmobiliario que obtuvieron su permiso de residencia, seguido de Estados Unidos, con 186. En quinta posición están quienes tienen pasaporte del Reino Unido. Los británicos, que año tras año encabezan el listado de compras de vivienda por extranjeros, comenzaron a solicitar sus golden visa en España desde 2021, como consecuencia del Brexit, y en apenas tres años sus cifras casi igualan a las estadounidenses.
Source; St. Louis Federal Reserve.
Investors lose hope of rapid US interest rate cuts this yearMarkets price in more than two quarter-point cuts, compared with more than six expected at start of 2024Investors are further reducing their bets on interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve this year, as strong economic data boosts conviction that the central bank will need to keep borrowing costs higher to cool inflation.Markets are pricing in two quarter-point rate cuts by the Fed in 2024 and only a 50 per cent likelihood of a third, in a drastic reversal from the start of the year when between six and seven cuts were expected.“We’re having a number of clients ask us, ‘why is the Fed going to cut rates at all?’ That’s really picked up over the last month or so,” said Evan Brown, portfolio manager and head of multi-asset strategy at UBS Asset Management. “With the economy this strong, policy isn’t as restrictive as the Fed thinks it is.”Blockbuster jobs data on Friday added to the growing belief that the Fed may wait longer to be sure that inflation is nearing its 2 per cent target before cutting.Since December the Fed has been signalling that it expects to cut its key interest rate by the equivalent of three quarter-point cuts this year, from the current range of 5.25 to 5.5 per cent.Speaking after Friday’s figures, Dallas Fed president Lorie Logan said it was “much too soon” to think about cutting rates, while Fed governor Michelle Bowman said progress on reducing inflation “has stalled of late”.On Friday, bond fund giant Pimco cut its forecast to two cuts this year, from three previously.“The vast majority of people I speak to don’t think inflation will come back to 2 per cent sustainably,” said Jon Day, a portfolio manager at Newton Investment Management. “We think central banks are being too dovish.”US Treasuries continued to sell off on Monday, pushing the interest rate sensitive two-year Treasury yield up 0.05 percentage points to 4.79 per cent, its highest level since November. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.43 per cent.“Ten-year yields are drifting higher. I think they’ll retest 5 per cent over the course of the year,” said Lara Rhame, US economist at FS Investments, who has suggested the Fed will make fewer cuts than it had signalled, or not cut at all.“I don’t think we’ll see a programme of rate cuts — say, once a quarter — but a more surgical, nip-and-tuck approach,” she added.The shift in expectations could make it harder for other central banks to deliver multiple rate cuts this year without weakening their currencies against the dollar.Investors also say the surge in yields could derail US stocks. The S&P 500 index of blue-chip companies is up more than 9 per cent since the start of the year.Equity investors have largely shrugged off the shift in rate expectations, with strong economic data helping allay fears that rates staying near current levels for longer would weigh on growth. On Friday the S&P gained 1.1 per cent following the jobs figures, having fallen earlier in the week.“If the recent trend of higher energy and commodity prices continues, then it has the potential to cause a rerun of the 2022 financial market environment, which was a grim time for bonds and risk assets alike,” said Mike Riddell, a bond fund portfolio manager at Allianz Global Investors.Investors could get more visibility on the outlook for interest rates on Wednesday when the US publishes inflation data for March. Economists polled by Reuters expect the headline annual rate to rise to 3.4 per cent. Readings for January and February have already come in above analysts’ forecasts.A closely watched gauge of long-term US inflation expectations — the so-called five-year, five-year forward break-even rate — has nudged up to 2.26 per cent, from 2.15 per cent at the start of the year, boosted by a recent surge in oil prices. Brent crude, the international benchmark, is trading around $90 per barrel, up from $87 at the start of the month.Some Fed officials have suggested that the latest rise in inflation may not last. Chair Jay Powell said last week that “it is too soon to say whether the recent readings represent more than just a bump”.UBS’s base case is still for two cuts this year, because of Powell’s comments.“Powell has been really consistent that growth and a good labour market is not a reason to refrain from cutting rates if inflation comes down. So as long as he’s communicating that kind of a reaction, then we still need to keep rate cuts in our forecast,” Brown said.