Steve Hemingway

This entry needs a lot of tidying up, but I thought you might find the links interesting. Steve.

Chinese Bank with Large Western Ownership

RMB accounts for HK residents (maybe visitors)

FT article on Chinese private property law.

RMB exchange rates.

Problems with sending money to China.

Buying process for Chinese property (specifically Shanghai). This implies that Chinese bank accounts with internet access are available.

Interesting article on Chines real estate market as a whole.

Zhuhai Apartments advertised on an english-language website.

Shenzhen apartments on Sublet.

Lawyer with offices in in Macau, but they look expensive.

Page explaining what is needed to own property in China, and something on tax

World City Rankings for China Cities - Zhuhai comes out with a silver medal.

High proportion of Bejing apartments being purchased by foreigners.

New Shenzhen - HK bridge. And its high cost.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/15/news/rebuychina.php

measures to stabilise real estate, about shanghai, where prices
are much higher.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/13/content_441874.htm

same kind of story - from 2005

http://www.kotlermarketing.com.cn/chinese/en/2007/0425/692.html

long interesting article about opportunities for overseas real
estate development, aimed towards the
actual real estate
development company - e.g. MacQuarrie.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Non-Laws-2525/real-estate-law.htm

This answers the question
What is the process of selling real
estate property in guangzhou china and how long does it take?
but
the answer is unreadable on this pc.

http://english.sohu.com/20060119/n227731745.shtml

article from Jan 2006, saying that prices had fallen in some
areas. that prices in Bejing were
driven up by the number of
universities there, that prices in Shenzen were driven by purchase
by
hongkongers, that even in Shanghai some properties were going up.

http://www.daft.ie/china/property_for_sale/
Irish
website offering expensive apartments in mainland china for sale to
(presumably) Irish investors.
this is actually re-sold from
Property Frontiers, see below.  

http://www.propertyfrontiers.com/countries/china.aspx

property frontiers seem to sell properties from all around the
world. It would be interesting
to call these guys, even see if
they want to do some kind of joint venture, because
clearly
properties in Zhuhai are much more affordable than those in Shanghai.