Q : Can My Investment Give me both Cash Flow and Capital Growth? A : So, you want the best of both worlds. Most investors familiar with the Japanese property market know that capital growth is highly speculative. While there are growing areas, how long prices will continue to rise is ...
The scarcity of parking lots in a country where each family owns at least one car, is making investing in parking lots a profitable venture. It is a well-known fact that the Japanese are city folks, and as a rule, tend to conglomerate into large metropolitan centres. Due to ...
Declining costs of residential solar installations and better storage are set to secure Japan’s solar energy future for decades to come. THE BOOM The years following the disastrous 2011 tsunami, and subsequent nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daichi power plant, marked the start of a golden age for Japan’s renewable ...
The recent Equifax hacking has exposed weaknesses in the operations of credit reporting agencies. Asian Property Review examines the issue. In the light of the massive data breach at Equifax Inc. due to cyber hacking, attention has been focused on other jurisdictions’ credit reporting agencies (CRA). For years, most ...
Tokyo homes can be expensive but also extremely affordable – if one takes into consideration all the factors influencing the price such as the size, land footprint, location and age. Tokyo, considered for decades to be one of the world’s most expensive cities, is also constantly ranked as one ...
Through an innovative TV show, Malaysian property consultant Dato’ Sri Gavin Tee is hoping to share with the world the intricacies of property investment. Part-educational and part-entertainment, the show, “Anyone Can be A Property Millionaire” is modelled after a reality show with Tee as the mentor and host, and ...
Equifax is forced to allow free lifetime credit locks/freeze to consumers which the company conceded should be under the control of the consumer in the first place. It’s been a crazy few weeks for Equifax, one of three leading credit reporting agencies in the US, the other two being ...
China’s capital controls are making a dent in the transfer of condo units in Thailand since Q2 2017. For centuries, the Dragon (China) has been a symbol of good fortune and new beginnings. The dragon has been the main target for Thai real estate developers – advertising and business ...
Asian Property Review talks to Oliver Nicoll, Director of Research, Asia Pacific Investment Partners (APIP) on the current status of the Cambodian property market. APR: According to an article published in The Economist earlier this year, Chinese money accounted for 70% of total industrial investment in Cambodia between 2011 ...
A disruptive force in the form of a car-rental app (in addition to Grab and Uber) is set to change the car ownership industry in Malaysia. The day has finally come when there is no necessity to own a car, at least in Malaysia, a country which has had ...
