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Shiki unveiled this Sunday in Singapore
Jones Lang LaSalle is presenting a special preview cum investment seminar of Shiki Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan in Singapore this Sunday at the Hilton Singapore. The development is AP Land Berhad’s, a member of Low Yat Group, and is their first venture into Japan presenting luxury ski resort service apartments. The speaker at the seminar event [...]
Luxury property values rise 10 per cent in 1H
Savills’ recent global billionaire property index makes for interesting reading. According to Savills index; multi million pound homes for sale in the top 10 most expensive cities in the world have risen 10 per cent in value this year. Compare this to an increase of 6 per cent for ordinary homes in the same cities. [...]
Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore most expensive places to build in Asia
Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore are the most expensive places in Asia to build and are amongst the world’s top twenty most expensive countries, according to the 2011 International Construction Cost Report released by built asset consultancy, EC Harris. According to the survey, which benchmarks the cost of building in each country, the construction prices [...]
Global investors look to Japan for stable returns
Investors from all over the world are looking to the Japanese property market for deals as they look for stable returns amid a weak global economy. Industry officials say large investors from the US such as Blackstone and Fortress Investment, European pension funds and Asian developers are searching investment opportunities in Japan in spite of [...]
Slow stock markets help fuel Asian real estate boom
While stock markets the world over continue their bearish ways, real estate is becoming an increasingly attractive form of investment. In Asia, the market has seen major growth recently, and industry experts anticipate the expansion to continue into the future, according to Property Wire. Currently, the biggest markets in the Asia-Pacific region are in China [...]
Global upturn in Q2 commercial sales: report
Global sales of commercial property in the second quarter rose 47 per cent to US$101 billion from one year earlier, and are expected to near US$440 billion by year’s end, according to data released by Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. The sales were largely driven by transactions in the Americas, which at US$49 billion accounted for [...]
‘Smart’ investors drawn to Hong Kong expo
The long-running SMART Investment & International property Expo recently wowed the crowds at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, with top developers and speakers from across the globe sharing their knowledge and properties. Investment opportunities ranged from modestly priced property funds to private island villas worth US$5 million. But there were also deals to [...]
Office rents in Tokyo expected to fall following the Tohoku Earthquake
Rental values in the Tokyo office market are expected to fall by 3-5% in 2011 due to lowered demand as a result of the Tohoku Earthquake, writes Jones Lang LaSalle.
Property Report named Property Magazine of the Year
Accolade from Singapore’s Marketing magazine underlines position as the leading regional luxury property magazine.
Hong Kong rents climbing as financial professionals relocate from Tokyo due to disaster
Japan’s massive disaster has increased home rental prices in Hong Kong as foreign employees in the financial sector relocate to the city from Tokyo. The occupancy rate of rental homes has shot up since the quake, tsunami, and nuclear fallout occurred on Japan’s main island of Honshu, Yonhap news agency has reported. “We have been [...]
