Founder-CEO & Chief Analyst, Real Estate Foresight

Robert Ciemniak

Founder-CEO & Chief Analyst

Real Estate Foresight

Since 2012, REF has been helping investors with market research, project due diligence, and strategy development. This has ranged from detailed assessments and estimates on distressed developers' project portfolios to market due diligence on specific projects to macro-level questions linked to demand for commodities. The unique combination of the housing markets and developer data from data partner China Index Academy in Beijing, primary research, and technology-powered alternative data collection from public sources result in a valuable content set used in REF analytics and reports.

Predictive Analytics for China Property

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

In this note, we look in more detail at the impact of the latest round of home purchase restrictions (HPRs) imposed in various cities in China on the sales volumes of new homes (in gross floor area terms).

In this note, we look in more detail at the impact of the latest round of home purchase restrictions (HPRs) imposed in various cities in China on the sales volumes of new homes (in gross floor area terms).

China Property: Impact of Home Purchase Restrictions on Sales Volumes

Bespoke Research on China and neighbouring regions, Bixmoor

Bixmoor

Bespoke Research on China and neighbouring regions

Bixmoor specialises in providing bespoke research to business, governments and the financial community on China and neighbouring regions. We seek to build long-term relationships with our clients, based on our expertise, our reliability and our determination to find the right solution.

Reports that China is set to become the world's top R&amp;D spender within three years should be taken with a pinch of salt. The way in which R&amp;D spending is calculated in China differs from other countries and is likely to overstate the results.

Reports that China is set to become the world's top R&amp;D spender within three years should be taken with a pinch of salt. The way in which R&amp;D spending is calculated in China differs from other countries and is likely to overstate the results.

Taking Chinese R&D Figures with a Pinch of Salt

See Attachment - in our monthly Dashboard of indicators to assess dynamics of the residential new home sales market we look at house price growth, sales volume growth and months-to-clear, land sales and new starts. We compare the latest November data with October, with national-level figures and a breakdown for Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3 and others for select cities, depending on data availability.More clear signs of deceleration, especially for Tier-1 cities (driven by Shenzhen), though at an…

See Attachment - in our monthly Dashboard of indicators to assess dynamics of the residential new home sales market we look at house price growth, sales volume growth and months-to-clear, land sales and new starts. We compare the latest November data with October, with national-level figures and a breakdown for Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3 and others for select cities, depending on data availability.More clear signs of deceleration, especially for Tier-1 cities (driven by Shenzhen), though at an…

China Property Market Indicators Dashboard: November Vs October Data

After years of growth, China's film industry is in crisis, with audiences and revenues falling. Strict controls on the number of foreign films have been set aside in an effort to keep punters coming through the turnstiles.

After years of growth, China's film industry is in crisis, with audiences and revenues falling. Strict controls on the number of foreign films have been set aside in an effort to keep punters coming through the turnstiles.

Despite government assurances that it is aiming to improve air quality in China, senior officials have recently admitted that things are getting worse, not better. Poor infrastructure and poor controls are to blame.

Despite government assurances that it is aiming to improve air quality in China, senior officials have recently admitted that things are getting worse, not better. Poor infrastructure and poor controls are to blame.

Little Sign of Change in China's Pollution Control Strategy

China

iShares MSCI China ETF is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The ETF seeks to track the performance of the MSCI China Index. The Index is a free float adjusted market cap weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the top 85% in market cap of Chinese equity markets, as represented by the A-Shares, H-Shares, B-Shares, Red Chips, & P-Chips.

iShares MSCI China ETF (MCHI US)

China Property: Impact of Home Purchase Restrictions on Sales Volumes

In this note, we look in more detail at the impact of the latest round of home purchase restrictions (HPRs) imposed in various cities in China on...

Robert Ciemniak

Taking Chinese R&D Figures with a Pinch of Salt

Reports that China is set to become the world's top R&D spender within three years should be taken with a pinch of salt. The way in which...

Bixmoor

China Property Market Indicators Dashboard: November Vs October Data

See Attachment - in our monthly Dashboard of indicators to assess dynamics of the residential new home sales market we look at house price growth,...

Robert Ciemniak

China's Film Industry Stalls

After years of growth, China's film industry is in crisis, with audiences and revenues falling. Strict controls on the number of foreign films have...

Bixmoor

Little Sign of Change in China's Pollution Control Strategy

Despite government assurances that it is aiming to improve air quality in China, senior officials have recently admitted that things are getting...

Bixmoor