Overseas Property Investment

The most recent japan property investment news from a variety of international property news sources.

KUALA LUMPUR: It was the most obvious missing piece in the jigsaw puzzle for Iskandar Malaysia. For about five years, the country’s biggest special economic zone was waiting for its closest neighbour to come as an investor. This was only logical since Iskandar is right next door to the island-republic and it was also touted [...]

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The strength of the Brazilian Real against the Dollar is giving Brazilians more buying power in the US property market than they have had for a generation. Because of this the growing Brazilian middle class is buying up Florida properties, mainly in Miami, according to a Folha de São Paulo study released Monday. Further than [...]

Credits: Timo via Flickr $65,600. a few years ago that would have bought you a property where I live. Now, that is the average price of a property in Monaco, per square meter. The figure comes from the latest release of Knight Frank’s global index of luxury property prices. According to the index London is [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Competition among lessors of office space in Kuala Lumpur is expected to intensify this year, with the annual average rentals of office space in the business district projected at US$25.19 (RM76) per sq ft. Global real estate firm Colliers International said completion of individual projects has been deferred from late 2010 to 2011. [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its industry outlook for China’s real estate development sector to negative from stable, as credit conditions in that country have become increasingly challenging. In a statement Wednesday, June 15, Standard & Poor’s said that elsewhere in the region, the soaring market in Hong Kong may be [...]

JOHOR BARU: Global Asia Assets (M) Sdn Bhd (GAAM) sees Iskandar Malaysia as offering good prospects to Japanese looking to invest in property development projects outside their home country. Chief executive officer Fujimura Masanori said the company planned to bring more Japanese investors to invest in the Iskandar Malaysia property market. He said Johor Baru [...]

Petaling Jaya: Property developer See Hoy Chan Holdings (SHC) expects to reap the benefits of the RM160 million makeover of its 1Utama Shopping Centre in Bandar Utama by next year. The upgrade, which comes some 16 years since the building was first constructed, will see SHC – the developer and owner – enjoy a 35 [...]

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With an upward movement of interest rates in tandem with the creeping price inflation amidst the softening global economy, majority owners of listed companies such as AP Land and OSK Property have announced plans to take them private. Minority shareholders should consider their positions with regard to each of these individual offers. As regards AP [...]