FTSE ST Real Estate Investment Trusts (FTSE ST REIT Index) increased slightly from 843.73 to 853.35 (1.14%) compared to the last month’s update. Currently the Singapore REIT index is still trading with a range between 816 and 890. Yield spread (in reference to the 10-year Singapore government bond of 1.66% as of 31 December 2021) tightened […]
The Japanese housing depreciation dilemma. While Japan shares many characteristics of the West – a democratic political system and capitalist economic system – one area that distinguishes Japan as an outlier is the attitude the Japanese have to their homes. For many of us, in addition to the stability it provides, home ownership has traditionally […]
The student housing market Global demand for tertiary education has been on a rising trend, underpinned by a need for more skilled labour to support growing economies and socio-demographic trends of an increasing university-aged population and rising incomes. These trends have been most prominent in the Asia Pacific region (APAC) as compared to others. Transport […]
Our recent study, which is published by Energy Policy, shows that an improvement in air quality, an environmental amenity, will not only enhance the health and wellbeing of residents, but also offer some economic benefits to local housing markets. This study utilises China as a case study. Air pollution has emerged as a severe issue […]
FTSE ST Real Estate Investment Trusts (FTSE ST REIT Index) increased slightly from 872.79 to 843.73 (-3.33%) compared to the last monthly update. Currently the Singapore REIT index is still trading with a range between 816 and 890. Yield spread (in reference to the 10-year Singapore government bond of 1.69% as of 5 November 2021) widened […]
Inching toward a multi-layered future China’s highly anticipated REIT pilot programme finally came to fruition in June, with the listing of the country’s first batch of nine REITs. Packaged in a mutual fund structure, the initial C-REIT form are backed mainly by infrastructure assets, judiciously defined and situated in key economic zones that have been […]
FTSE ST Real Estate Investment Trusts (FTSE ST REIT Index) increased slightly from 842.13 to 872.79 (+3.64%) compared to the last monthly update. Currently the Singapore REIT index is still trading with a range between 816 and 890. Yield spread (in reference to the 10-year Singapore government bond of 1.77% as of 7 November 2021) tightened […]
President Biden once hoped to attend the 31 October start of the Glasgow UN Climate Conference having signed a massive new package of climate-related spending. A New York Times analysis undertaken by Margot Sanger-Katz and Alicia Parlapiano estimated that $675bn of President Biden’s original $4.7tr ‘Build Back Better’ plan would have been earmarked for subsidies and tax credits […]
Seldom since its civil war and prior to that its battle for independence, has America’s internal future/fortunes been so vulnerable to the actions of outsiders serving their own ambitions. This time, however, it isn’t dealing with the conflicting colonial interests of the British, French, Spanish and indeed Mexican empires, but a singular Asian powerhouse. This […]
Singapore’s GDP growth is expected to reach 6-7% in 2021 and return to pre-Covid levels. The country’s strong economic performance was underpinned by the manufacturing sector, which expanded 17.7% y-o-y in Q2 2021. Amid strong economic growth, the Singapore industrial market is on its recovery trajectory as according to the official statistics, overall industrial rents […]
