Last updated April 6th, 2025. We've mentioned many times before that buying property in Asia can be confusing for a foreign investor. The differences between freehold and leasehold real estate in some countries certainly complicate matters. When buying your first...
Last updated January 4th, 2024. Asia has captured foreign investors’ attention with its booming economy, natural resources, and growing population. Therefore, the continent is now a magnet for global businesspeople and entrepreneurs seeking higher returns and a lower...
Last updated July 23rd, 2023. The western world fears for the safety of physical malls since e-commerce and online stores now sell anything you could ever want. Countless cities across the globe are already having e-commerce overtake the physical means of...
Last updated July 22nd, 2023. Over the past decade, Southeast Asia’s economy grew at an unprecedented rate. Investors in turn have poured billions of dollars into the region’s businesses, real estate, and infrastructure. High speed rail lines, which are...
Last updated October 2nd, 2023. Back in 2018, a Singaporean rideshare company called Grab stunned the world when they effectively gave tech giant Uber the boot in Southeast Asia. Grab’s remarkable rise, however, is one of many success stories in the Southeast Asian...
Last updated April 10th, 2025. The price for an average condo in Kuala Lumpur is significantly less expensive than one in neighboring Singapore. For that reason, among several others, Kuala Lumpur has become an alternative among foreign investors. As a regional...
Last updated March 1st, 2025. As a rapidly developing city with a rising real estate market, Bangkok is one of Asia's most popular cities to own a condo as a foreigner. Buying a condo in Bangkok isn’t always easy though. We're talking about a huge city with many...
Last updated July 28th, 2023. Shortly after World War 2 ended, Japan went through an economic boom phase which lasted almost half a century. This multi-generational age of prosperity stopped abruptly in the early 1990s. You might as well call the 1990s “the good old...
Last Updated March 7th, 2025 Malaysia is home to several top real estate companies. Still, you should be careful when choosing one. There are indeed several developers with a bad reputation. Picking a developer is maybe the single most important factor when it comes...
Last updated April 29th, 2024. Despite the gloom and doom about Japan’s aging population and China’s property bubble, Asia isn't defined by only two countries. There are almost 50 jurisdictions on the world's largest continent - from Turkey, to Japan, and everything...