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Real Estate Investment in Asia Real estate in Asia is considered a potentially sound investment. In recent years, real estate in Asia has undergone a vigorous revival driven by strong demographics, economic growth and infrastructure themes across the nations. On recognizing the potentials and opportunities that many of the Asian countries render, scores of international companies and local corporations have now started to enter the Asian property market. This in turn has led to a soaring demand for both commercial and residential property in Asia, thereby boosting the real estate prices. Further, the continent is home to a substantial number of incredible tourist destinations, which in turn has spurred the growth of…. Click here to Read More

Asian Stocks Fall on Growth Concern; Nikkei Enters Bear Market Asian stocks fell amid speculation a U.S. home sales report today will provide more evidence the global economy is faltering. Benchmark indexes in Japan and Vietnam slumped into bear markets. Read more on BusinessWeek Japan, Not Greece, Is the Real Economic Worry The reality is that Greece was always a special case. It is a country that does not issue its own currency, and the quality of its credit depends on other Europeans’ indulgence, now in short supply. So, it’s Japan we should really worry about. Read more on Newsweek SWFs could invest almost 0 bln/yr in real estate-study By Natsuko Waki Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! Asia…. Click here to Read More

Rising Fuel and Food Prices. Crashing Stock Markets and Property Values. Fluctuating Currencies. Rising Unemployment. Recession Are you tired of these kinds of headlines?  Thought so. Just a year back, everything was fine and people were making money in business, on property and the stock markets. Today, you would be very fortunate if you did not lose money in any of these areas. In times like these, I ask myself, why bother saving?  The answer to that question is that you have to save if you want to see your children through to independence and then retire comfortably. And that, my friend, is the purpose of my blog.  I will be posting comments on my little understanding on mortgages, loans, insurance…. Click here to Read More

Asian Real Estate Investment Trust In the period before 2001, Asia had merely 4 property trust funds listed on the Bursa Malaysia, and now, a mere six years later, Asia has a total of 68 REITs or REIT-like vehicles have been listed. Japan continues to account for the preponderance of REIT listings in Asia to date, with 32 having already been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange or the Osaka Securities Exchange, representing 64% of the total REIT market capitalization in Asia; followed by Singapore with 9 S-REITs listed as of March 2006. It is noteworthy that, with only 5 months after the listing of The Link, Hong Kong has caught up at a remarkable pace and become the third largest real estate investment trust…. Click here to Read More

Franklin Templeton Hires for Asia Real Estate Wenning Jung has joined Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors in California to lead the team’s Asia business. She joins from the California Public Employee’s Retirement System (Calpers), the largest public pension fund in the United States, where she had served as an investment officer in its real-estate department. While at Calpers she had implemented a new investment strategy into Asia and managed a portfolio of seven international commingled and separate account funds. Hers is a new role at Franklin Templeton, designed to help the firm boost its investments into Asia-based real-estate managers. The firm manages .5 billion of real-estate investments as…. Click here to Read More