Office tenants moving into city center
	Friday,  February 3,2012,22:09 (GMT+7) HCMC – Falling office rentals have created conditions for many companies to come back to the center of HCMC after moving towards outlying areas for several years due to high office prices.

Horea says ‘not right time for housing taxes’
	Wednesday,  February 1,2012,22:36 (GMT+7) HCMC – The HCMC Real Estate Association (Horea) has blasted a suggestion to impose the housing tax, saying it is inappropriate to discuss this issue in the face of the current stagnant market.

New skyscraper to get rising by April
	Tuesday,  January 31,2012,21:07 (GMT+7) HCMC – Bitexco Group prepares to kick off the construction of a 55-storey building in downtown HCMC by this April.

Luxury property projects still moving
	Monday,  January 30,2012,20:12 (GMT+7) HCMC – While property investors are encountering difficulties finding customers for their projects, many customers still set aside millions of U.S. dollars to buy a luxury villa.

Property market awaits confidence to return

Monday,  January 30,2012,20:09 (GMT+7) HCMC – The Tet holiday is over, and like other sectors, real estate companies have resumed business, starting a new year with old woes projected to stay ahead. Some people say that if interest rates come down and banks start offering loans, perhaps the property market will start to recover in the late second half of 2012. On the contrary, if interest rates do not drop and the economy continues to suffer, the recovery may not take place until 2013.

50 years of savings needed to buy a home in Vietnam
	Monday,  January 16,2012,21:03 (GMT+7) HCMC – Housing for low-income people has become a buzzword in recent years but to buy a so-called low-cost home, average-income Vietnamese people must have to save money for more than 50 consecutive years.

More flats for sale this month
	Monday,  January 16,2012,21:01 (GMT+7) HCMC – The local property market this month has seen a number of investors trying to release products onto the market despite homebuyers’ wait-and-see attitude.

Australian realty firm explores investment prospects in Vietnam
	Friday,  January 13,2012,12:19 (GMT+7) HCMC – Australia’s Empire Property Investors is seeking opportunities to invest in local property projects and enter the real estate services market as part of a plan to spread its wings outside Australia.

City hands over 620 condos to Thu Thiem residents
	Wednesday,  January 11,2012,21:34 (GMT+7) HCMC – HCMC authorities on Monday handed over 620 condo units to the families that have been relocated to make room for the development of the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2.

Joint venture launches Celadon City
	Monday,  January 9,2012,21:04 (GMT+7) HCMC - Saigon Thuong Tin Tan Thang Investment Real Estate Joint Stock Company (TTJSC) on Saturday started marketing its large Celadon City project underway in HCMC’s Tan Phu District, over a year after the project got off the ground.