Insight from Richard Orbell, Head of Advisory, Seoul Transactions in the Seoul office market continued to be dominated by domestic purchasers during the last quarter of 2012, as foreign investors struggled to compete with the abundance of domestic...

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David Raven has relocated from Jones Lang LaSalle’s London office to Hong Kong to fulfill a role within the Asia Pacific Capital Markets team focusing on large retail transactions...

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Insight from Todd Lauchlan, Country Head for Indonesia Indonesia has propelled itself into the minds of both domestic and international real estate investors over the past two years on the back of a strong economy and growing number of companies expanding to tap into the rapidly expanding middle class of the world’s fourth most populous...

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Insight from Karamjit Singh, Head of Investments and Residential As a leading city in Asia with a dynamic economy, Singapore’s real estate market sees significant investment activity involving both local and foreign developers and investors. Major investments are typically in the form of development land and income-generating assets. In 2011, USD 26.21 billion (SGD 32.4 billion)...

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Steven McCord Local Director, China Research As China’s developers join the retail bandwagon and complete shopping malls in greater numbers, we hear more voices of concern about shopping mall oversupply in China. However, are some cities at greater risk of oversupply than...

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Insight from Akihiko Mizuno, Head of Capital Markets, Japan Because of the ongoing economic recession and the impact of natural disasters, Japan’s real estate market has experienced prolonged sluggishness. However, the domestic economy exhibited signs of bottoming out in 2012, and Tokyo’s prime office rents increased for the first time in four years during 2Q12. Japan’s...

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Insight from Chris Hahn, Director of Asia Pacific Capital Markets Despite the soft market conditions across almost all real estate sectors, the value and volume of development land transactions have increased dramatically over the last ten years. The real estate market is dominated by Malaysian developers hungry for land for immediate development or for land banking....

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Dejan Radanovic Manager, Research and Consulting – Australia Over the past two decades, the global student housing sector has expanded because of the rapid rise in international student enrolments. The growth started in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1990s, and has slowly spread to Australia. The rapid rise in international student enrolments in Australia has been...

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In 2012 the world turned its focus on London to watch the highly successful Olympic and Paralympic Games. London was also the focal point for the global real estate markets with investment turnover of USD 24.9 billion (GBP 16.5 billion), the highest level since the onset of the financial...

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The diversity and the competitive occupational costs on offer in the Paris region make this market an excellent destination for real estate investment. The Paris market is becoming increasingly international: In 2012, the presence of crossborder investors confirmed the attractiveness of the city as a destination for foreign capital, thanks to numerous large transactions concluded with...

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Weather forecast for the real estate market in the early months of 2013 will look much the same as end-2012, with a divergence between weak demand from occupiers in the leasing markets and strong demand from investors in the capital markets....

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With the Asian growth story often headlined by China and India, emerging South East Asian markets can often be overlooked. However, the potential of Indonesia is quickly becoming more and more significant, and it is clear that the country will be a key growth engine for Asia...

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