Weekly Vantage Point Australia and New Zealand Top the World's Most Liveable Cities, and Buying Homes Cost Less than Renting in Some Cities This year, in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking of the world’s most liveable cities, Australia and New Zealand take six of the top-10 spots.
Weekly Vantage Point Housing Prices Continue Their Upward Ascent While Grade A Office Demand Gains Traction in Singapore Housing markets across the globe, particularly in richer countries, continued to gain, with the OECD's housing unaffordability surpassing 2008's levels, according to Bloomberg.
Weekly Vantage Point Office Market Transactions Continue to Gain Pace, While Real Estate ETFs Experience Surge of Capital Inflow Melbourne’s office market is back in business, according to JLL’s preliminary results for this quarter showing almost $1 billion in sales, double the previous quarter’s transactions.
Weekly Vantage Point Quarterly Vantage Point - Q2 2021 Read up on past Weekly Vantage Points to find out the hottest news during the period of Q2 2021.
Weekly Vantage Point Appetite for Green and Sustainable Real Estate Increases, Demand for Unliveable Homes in Sydney Rises Investments in sustainable real estate assets have been growing steadily as they are increasingly being viewed as pandemic-resilient with the ability to generate stable returns.
Weekly Vantage Point Million-Dollar Suburbs on the Rise, Distressed Capital Waits on Opportunistic Real Estate More than 200 Australian locations have joined the ranks of million-dollar suburbs in the past year.
Weekly Vantage Point Retail Spaces Make Way for Housing, Tech Companies Expand Remote Work Indefinitely The demand for residential properties around the world has continued to increase in tandem with rising house prices due to the pandemic.
Weekly Vantage Point Central Banks Keep a Keen Eye on Inflation, Big Tech Companies Want Staff to Head Back to Office The Bank of England is carefully monitoring Britain’s booming housing market as it weighs up the possibility that a rapid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a sustained period of inflation.
Weekly Vantage Point Perth and Singapore Residential Property Markets March On, While the Office Market Warms Up Residential real estate markets in Perth and Singapore continue to heat up with a high demand causing residential property prices to soar to new highs.
Weekly Vantage Point Asian Investors Move Up the Risk Curve in Seek of Higher Returns and Australia Budget Provides Further Support to Real Estate Sectors Price discounts to some retail and hospitality real estate assets after a year of reduced business activities due to the pandemic has begun attracting fund managers and asset owners in Asia.
Weekly Vantage Point Residential Property Prices and Rents Worldwide Continue to Increase, Cooling Measures and Other Government Policies Loom on the Horizon The roaring hot residential property market in countries around the world continues to exceed forecasts, with increasing demand outstripping a lack of supply.
Weekly Vantage Point Hotels Back in Sight with Optimism for Commercial and Industrial Sector Recovery Hotels and the whole travel industry have been the worst hit during the pandemic with major lockdowns and health concerns restricting the number of visitors.
Weekly Vantage Point Global Office Market in the Spotlight as Workers Return and Transactions Rebound Office workers worldwide are trickling back to the office as corporations make plans for hybrid working arrangements.
Weekly Vantage Point APAC Commercial Real Estate Holds Steady in Q1 2021, Tech Boom Driving Demand for Real Estate Asia Pacific’s commercial real estate market transacted more than $34 billion in direct investment in the first quarter of 2021, down less than 1 percent year-on-year.
Weekly Vantage Point Singapore Property Market and London Super Prime Market Heats Up, Goldman Says US House Prices are Affordable According to data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) in Singapore, new private apartments sales have more than doubled in the past month, and home prices have also been increasing at a rapid rate.
Weekly Vantage Point Real Estate Investment Anticipated to Surge in 2021 and Australia Homes are Selling in Record Time According to Colliers International, a 50 percent surge in investment activity is expected in the second half of 2021, driven by a broad-based renewal of confidence in the property market due to vaccine developments and sustained government stimuli.
Weekly Vantage Point Strong Capital Growth in APAC Real Estate Amidst Low Interest Rate and Positive Outlook in the UK The sharp fall in interest rates across Asia Pacific over the last year has created a conducive environment for real estate investments with support for capital values across the region.
Weekly Vantage Point Quarterly Vantage Point - Q1 2021 Read up on past Weekly Vantage Points to find out the hottest news during the period of Q1 2021.
Weekly Vantage Point Australia's Housing Prices Expected to Soar 17% in 2020, Singaporeans Return to Offices, World's First NFT House Sold Forecasts of house prices in Australia continue to be revised upwards, with the latest forecast by ANZ projecting a 17 per cent increase in 2020, up from 9 per cent previously.
Weekly Vantage Point Private Equity's US$6 Billion Acquisition of Extended Stay America and Launch of Virtual Land Fund In what is easily the largest hotel acquisition to come from the pandemic so far, Extended Stay America, is being acquired by private equity players Blackstone and Starwood.
Weekly Vantage Point Confidence Continues to Rise in Australia Real Estate, Debt Strategies Remain Attractive in Low Yield Environment Office occupancy rates in Adelaide were steady at 69 per cent in February, showing support that the office market is slowly regaining its health.
Weekly Vantage Point Airbnb Expansion, GIC Teams Up for US Retail, and PropTech Brokerage Compass Files for IPO Acquisitions and expansions continue to pick up pace as Airbnb, who had laid off 25% of its workforce early last year when the pandemic hit, went public at the end of 2020 and resumed plans to establish a technology hub in Atlanta.
Weekly Vantage Point South Korea Commercial Property Market Outperformed in 2020, Expectations for Australia and US High for 2021 South Korea has emerged as the winner not just in Asia, but globally as the most-actively traded retail property market and second-most liquid office market.
Weekly Vantage Point Acquisitions in Focus as SPACs Gain Popularity and Market Optimism Grows The Year of the Ox is off to a roaring start for the property market as funds and property firms turn up the gears on acquisitions.
Weekly Vantage Point Property Investment Transactions To Grow, While Rents To Stabilise In 2021 With the economy anticipated to recover, along with optimism regarding the COVID-19 vaccination, the property investment market is poised for a pickup in 2021.
