KUALA LUMPUR: Country View Sdn Bhd has posted a net loss of RM1.8 million for its second quarter ended May 31, 2010 (2Q), against a net profit of RM459,000 a year ago.

Meanwhile, its revenue fell by 43.4% to RM7.16 million from RM12.67 million, the company said on Wednesday, July 28.

Its basic losses per share stood at 1.84 sen, from earnings per share of 0.46 sen a year ago.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong auctioned on Wednesday, July 28 a piece of land for HK$10.4 billion (RM4.28 billion), beating forecasts and adding to fears of a property bubble in one of the world's hottest real-estate markets.

KUALA LUMPUR: Ivory Properties Bhd made an impressive debut on Bursa Malaysia on Wednesday, July 28 and was up 21 sen to RM1.21 at 9.30am. It was also the most actively traded counter with 21.8 million shares done.

AmResearch's fair value is RM1.75 per share pegged to a 35% discount to its estimated net asset value of RM2.70 per share.

GEORGE TOWN: IJM Land Bhd's latest addition to the RM5.5 billion The Light Waterfront project — The Light Collection 1 — with a gross development value of RM203 million has seen a 50% take-up rate even before its official launch this weekend.

HONG KONG: When Thomas Tam left property heavyweight Cheung Kong (Holdings) to establish his own shopping centre consulting company in 2005, he bet his career on China's vast and fast-growing consumer market.

HONG KONG: Small-scale urban and rural reform under way in Guangdong is expected to deliver development opportunities to Hong Kong's mid-sized players that find it difficult to compete on big development stages dominated by their larger rivals.

HONG KONG: A sharp increase in the number of expatriate executives moving to Hong Kong with their families helped drive a 10.9% rise in rentals of luxury residential properties in the first half of this year — and the trend looks set to continue over the remainder of the year, according to property consultants.

HONG KONG: Local investors have replaced foreign investment funds to become the most active players in Hong Kong's large lump-sum property investment market.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur office market is expected to remain soft for the next six months, according to a research report by YY Property Solutions in association with Cushman & Wakefield.

Rental rates are facing downward pressure even for some of the prime office buildings, stated the KL Office MarketBeat report for 2Q2010 on Tuesday, July 27.