Beneath the Peak

Heading to Singapore for client meetings and a couple of media appearances.

In the meantime, I will be speaking at a breakfast at the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong on May 22. Details and registration here.

Yesterday was the official launch of Landed China in Hong Kong. I spoke at a luncheon at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club that was graciously hosted by club governors Angie Lau and Anna Healy Fenton.
 


All photos by Rickie Lo.

The launch of Landed China is beginning to generate some media coverage.

Yesterday, I appeared on the program “Money for Nothing“  on Radio Television Hong Kong’s Radio 3.  An interview also appeared in the South China Morning Post.

Today, an excerpt from Landed China was published on the Shanghaiist blog.

Tomorrow marks the book’s official launch in Hong Kong, with a luncheon speech at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club.

A big thank you to the Canadian, Swiss and Benelux chambers of commerce in Shanghai for hosting yesterday’s luncheon at Bloc. Forty people turned out for a tasty lunch and a lively discussion after the presentation

It’s going to be a busy week.

On Monday morning at 8:15, I will be appearing on Radio Television Hong Kong’s finance program, “Money for Nothing.” You can listen online here.

On Wednesday, I will deliver a luncheon speech at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club.  The FCC speech is open to the public and registration and details are available here.

I’m now planning additional speaking engagements in Hong Kong and elsewhere.

A very positive review of Landed China by Dan Harris in China Law Blog.

Harris says it is “clearly written, yet comprehensive and bursting with detail… a terrific starting point on how to buy real estate in China.”

The full review is here.

Landed China will be launched in Shanghai on Friday, April 19, at a lunch jointly sponsored by the Canadian, Benelux and Swiss chambers of commerce.

Details and registration are here.

Harvard’s Edward Glaeser has written an interesting paper about speculative real estate booms in the United States between 1790 and 1920.

Glaeser notes that property prices inside “the Loop” in Chicago went from $800 per acre in 1830 to $327,000 in 1836 and then fell to $38,000 in 1841 (in 2012 dollars). But by 1856, Chicago prices had surpassed their 1836 highs, a rebound similar to the one experienced in Hong Kong between 1997 and 2007.

Will Beijing and Shanghai follow a similar pattern?

If you are thinking of buying a home in rural Japan, you should read the essays published by Spike Japan.

These thoughtful, well-written pieces capture the spirit and the day-to-day realities of Japan’s small towns and depopulated rural areas.

The author has stopped writing new essays, but says he will maintain the old posts.

And if you haven’t already done so, please check out the new consolidated Landed FaceBook page, which includes posts from Hong Kong, Japan and China.

I’m now lining up speaking engagements to launch Landed China in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. Watch this space for details!