As cities around the world try to cope with housing and land shortages, the need for apartment buildings has never been greater.
Hoping to show the world his country is doing just fine despite sanctions and outside pressure over its nuclear weapons programme, DPRK leader Kim Jong-un has put his soldier-builders to work on yet another major project – a series of apartments and high-rises that are once again changing the Pyongyang skyline.
The number of unsold apartments in South Korea posted the fastest monthly increase in November 2015, indicating a home glut amid rising concerns about the property market slump, a government report showed Wednesday.
The Tianjin government on Monday announced the price owners can expect for apartments damaged in last month's fatal explosions.
The Tianjin government has started appraising apartments damaged in last month's massive blasts, local authorities said on Sunday.
Beijing on Monday made nearly 1,880 affordable commercial apartments available to buyers, rekindling average income-earners' hopes of having a house of their own.