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By Jerry Hu · Real Estate · No Comments
When renting an apartment in Shanghai, it’s as important to make sure your I’s are dotted and T’s crossed as it is to get a lease in your native language. After all, how do you dot an I in Chinese? What’s more important is to make sure that your deposit is not overly expensive, because just like anywhere you might live, you may never see it again.
By Lisa Thompson · Real Estate · No Comments
A significant difference between privately owned rentals vs. developer owned rentals are the same everywhere in Shanghai. Generally, the privately owned rentals tend to be furnished to the local landlord’s tastes, which rarely perfectly match the tenant’s tastes. You might see this as either an advantage or a disadvantage.
By Ted Masterson · Real Estate · No Comments
A recent report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has shown that housing costs in Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen have been soaring. A study from the National Development and Reform Commission showed that housing prices in 70 major cities rose by 5.3 percent last month. Beijing and Shenzhen had nearly double-digit increases.
By Ted Masterson · Real Estate · No Comments
During WWII Shanghai was an open city under mixed Chinese and colonial governance and was one of the last cities to accept Jewish refugees during the war. Jehuda Menczel, 70, a chemistry professor, was among more than 30,000 Jewish refugees who fled Europe to seek asylum in Shanghai during WWII. He lived in the Tilanqiao area of Shanghai from 1939 to 1949 and is among 120 Holocaust survivors who have petitioned to the United Nations that they recognize Shanghai’s Tilanqiao neighborhood as an international heritage site, a designation that would preserve the area of Hongkou district where thousands once found salvation.