Priti Donnelly - Nippon Tradings Japan
China today has more billionaires than any other country, yet these plutocrats are not the ones leading their nation’s charge into Japanese real estate markets. More than half of the enquiries made by Chinese buyers were for properties selling for $500,000 or less.
Tetsuya Kaneko - Savills Japan
Mid-market apartments continue to show high occupancy rates and gradual rental increases despite lingering uncertainty in the global economy
Priti Donnelly - Nippon Tradings Japan
Real estate investments in Japan continue to attract foreign buyers from around the world for high yield, affordable prices and cash flowing rental income.
JoAnn Hong - Savills Korea
Demand in the office market recorded a slight increase, and the transaction volume of prime buildings remained similar to that of the previous quarter.
Stephen Wyatt - JLL Vietnam
Vietnam’s GDP growth was 5.6% in 2Q16, resulting a rate of 5.5% in the first half of 2016, down from 6.3% in the same period last year.
Andrzej Barski - Seven Stones Indonesia, Bali
Breakfast is the most importan meal of the day they used to say. Maybe they still do, but I gave up caring what most people thought and said a few years ago.
Ku Swee Yong - International Property Advisor Singapore
Singapore and Malaysia signed off on a Memorandum Of Understanding on 19 July 2016 to build a High Speed Rail (HSR) linking Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
Ulrich Eder - Pugnatorius Thailand
Raymond Chow - RAY International
Takeshi Akagi - JLL Japan
Brexit has further muddied the waters about the outlook for the global economy, the impact of which will be difficult for the Japanese economy as a whole to avoid.
Andrzej Barski - Seven Stones Indonesia, Bali
With strict laws on the purchase and selling of freehold land
Andrzej Barski - Seven Stones Indonesia, Bali
The simple things we can experiencein life, despite our upbringing, can sometimes make living all that more rewarding.
Carlby Xie - Colliers China
At the tail end of Q1 2016, tighter restrictions on house purchases were introduced to first-tier cities in Shanghai and Shenzen in an attemot to curb speculative investment. In spite of the continued growing sales prices, we are not likely to see these restrictions occur in Beijing's residential property market.
Tram Nguyen - JLL Vietnam
Local retailers in Vietnam are facing certain pressures in the market given the increasing penetration of foreign retailers into Vietnam recently because the market share is being split, which could present a risk of less business activity.
Andrzej Barski - Seven Stones Indonesia, Bali
The impact of recent economic initiatives on foreign investments in the country and is it a good time to be buying property?