Healy Consultants sources comprehensive country research to assist our clients understand the macro and micro economic factors when purchasing real estate or selling real estate in Asia. Some economic considerations include:

What Asian countries provide tax efficient real estate investment opportunities? For example, there is no capital gains tax on the sale of Singapore real estate?

What is the economic outlook for the local economy, the local property cycle, how many more years are property prices expected to rise or fall?

What are the legal restrictions on foreign investor ownership of real estate in Asian countries? If required, obtaining purchase approval from the relevant authoriities

What are the driving forces behind property prices in each Asian country? For example, one of the main driving forces in Singapore is the annual rise in population relative to the fixed land mass on the island. See the Statistics Singapore website for more information.

Will future monthly rental income cover mortgage repayments? For example, it is common in Australia for negative monthly cash flow to occur because rental yield is low in Australia while mortgage interest rates are high.

Future impact of foreign exchange rate movements, for example the de-pegging of the Malaysia ringgit has increased the value of Malaysian property since 2005.

For more information on country research, please contact our Singapore office at (+65) 67350120 or email us at email@healyconsultants.com