Research

The Covid-19 recession is expected to have a more limited and shorter-lived impact on the office market in the Asia-Pacific - excluding Greater China - than elsewhere, and this region would take just a marginal hit from the work-from-home phenomenon.

Rich Chinese are snapping up luxury homes across Asia, in many cases to guard their wealth against anticipated inflation and a weakening yuan. Major hotel companies announced layoffs and furloughs as reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.

The huge disruption caused by the clampdown on travel and commerce has plunged office and retail assets into a period of debilitating uncertainty.

Singapore and HCMC are two of the top three cities in Asia Pacific ranked by real estate investment and development prospects in 2020. Despite a cautious economic climate and wider political headwinds, Asia Pacific’s hotel transaction volumes were forecasted…

Despite its economic slowdown and downside risks ahead, private home prices in Singapore rose for the second consecutive quarter on account of its population growth, rising household income, and positive employment numbers.

China is driving growth in Asia’s real estate market despite headwinds of the escalating U.S. - China trade war. Marriott and Hyatt continued bolstering their luxury offerings in Asia Pacific.