Tag Archives: International Properties

21 Apr, 2019 – Stable and reliable rental income, increased if possible, or at least maintained as consistently as possible, over the course of an investment property’s life-cycle, is the main factor which makes or breaks a portfolio – at more »

19 Apr, 2019 – Gearing up to accept more foreign workers under a pair of new visas launched earlier this month, Japan held its first qualifying exam Sunday for applicants in the country. The exam, which took place at several more »

08 Apr, 2019 – Investors from Hong Kong are buying and building hotels in Japan in a bid to capitalise on a tourism boom that contributed to an 8.7 per cent year-on-year increase in tourist arrivals last year. According to more »

01 Apr, 2019 – Taking the first step to invest in properties outside your backyard can be daunting. The opportunities sound fruitful, but how exactly would you manage a property in Japan if you do not know the language? It is more »

19 March, 2019 – Japanese commercial land prices climbed at their fastest pace in 11 years in 2018, a government survey showed on Tuesday, led by strong demand for office space and a boom in tourism. Prices for land across more »

15 Mar, 2019 – The US-China trade war, volatile equity markets, geopolitical tensions and uncertain pace of future interest rate increases are among factors that will hold back investors from the hotels sector this year, according to a JLL report. more »

11 Mar, 2019 – More companies in Japan are turning to co-working office spaces to shorten their employees’ commute times and offer them a better work-life balance. Shared workspaces are also expected to foster new businesses by providing budding entrepreneurs more »

07 Mar, 2019 – Traditionally focused on central Tokyo, overseas investors looking at Japanese real estate are increasingly looking towards regional cities such as Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo and Fukuoka, in the search for yield. Over the past couple of years, more »

14 Feb, 2019 – With 2019 now fully in swing, and with most major global companies having already published their end of year summaries, it is time for us to once more review last year’s trends, statistics and major developments more »

11 Feb, 2019 – Osaka is fast emerging as an attractive real estate investment destination, supported by spillover demand from Tokyo and tourism. Last year, commercial real estate investment in Greater Osaka climbed 35 percent from 2016 to 651 billion more »

01 Feb, 2019 – More than 25 years after its bubble economy burst in spectacular fashion, Japan is still seen by many as a kind of economic cautionary tale, a country in a perpetual malaise, undergoing a long, slow deflationary more »

02 Jan, 2019 – 1.     Of the two markets, Sapporo provides higher rental yields. This is because property prices haven’t gone up there as significantly as they have in Fukuoka. Fukuoka prices on the other hand, have risen as fast as more »

28 Nov, 2018 – Japan is dealing with an extreme version of the demographic challenges that face many rich countries. In an interview with The Economist, Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, said the population was both declining and ageing at “unprecedented more »

31 Oct, 2018 – Global commercial property consultant CBRE is reporting this week that grade A vacancy rates haven fallen below one percent in Tokyo, while the cities of Osaka’s grade A office rents are now at record high and more »