Market Outlook

The Belt and Road Initiative is helping lift Southeast Asian infrastructure through new ports, railroads and highways. Increased connectivity through shipping and overland trade routes are likely to provide opportunities in the logistics, manufacturing and industrial markets. 

Holding two state elections, handing down the banking royal commission findings and going to the polls for a federal election—all within the space of six months—hasn’t been the ideal the stimulus for a cooler Australian housing market. Although since the Coalition retained power on 18 May 2019— eliminating any changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax—an instantaneous positive sentiment has rippled through the housing market.

Long-term lowering of GDP growth and interest rates in a late-cycle environment are encouraging an increase in cross-border capital flows to both diversify risk and chase enhanced returns. As cross-border investment grows… 

Long-term lowering of GDP growth and interest rates in a late-cycle environment are encouraging an increase in cross-border capital flows to both diversify risk and chase enhanced returns. As cross-border investment grows, we analyse the likely sources and destinations of capital over the coming year.

Commercial real estate investors are rethinking how to generate returns by reinventing unloved assets such as shopping malls. 

Around the middle of the last century, independent India began a fresh journey with a goal of developing its vast human capital and maximizing its resources. From being a predominantly agrarian economy at that stage, India too a plunge to develop its secondary sector, which propelled urbanization. New urban centres were created, and population began to grow in these centres.

The real estate sector in India is a significant contributor to the country’s overall GDP as well as employment. Given the significant forward and backward linkages that the sector shares with the rest of the economy, investment in the sector has had a significant impact on the entire economy. Since the sector opened its doors for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India in 2005…

The real estate sector in India is a significant contributor to the country’s overall GDP as well as employment. Given the significant forward and backward linkages that the sector shares with the rest of the economy, investment in the sector has had a significant impact on the entire economy. Since the sector opened its doors for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India in 2005, several foreign private equity players, international developers and lately, long-term institutional capital providers such as sovereign wealth funds and pension funds have invested in this sector.

In May, office tenants were generally taking a cautious market view and were withholding their leasing decisions amid escalating Sino-US trade war and the recent local political tensions. With leasing momentum continuing to weaken, Grade-A office rents in Central fell slightly by 1.0% month on month to HK$160 per sq ft. Transaction volume in the area was also impacted, with most of the deals recorded in the small or mid-scale level of below 15,000 sq ft.

Colliers expects demand from flexible workspace operators to rise to 10% of total office space until 2022. However, relative to other major cities, Tokyo’s…

Tokyo’s flexible workspace market remains highly fragmented with the majority operating independently in smaller and underutilized space in non-office buildings. Colliers expects demand from flexible workspace operators to rise to 10% of total office space until 2022 . However, relative to other major cities, Tokyo’s flexible workspace stock remains small, less than 1.5% of total office space available in Tokyo’s central five wards (C5W).

Occupiers have shown concern against the backdrop of a slowing global economy and US-China trade tension. We expect more firms to wait and see over the next 12 months, while 41% of occupiers plan to expand over the next three years. This is the third consecutive year in which we have conducted our Colliers Hong Kong Occupier Survey. This year…

Occupiers have shown concern against the backdrop of a slowing global economy and US-China trade tension. We expect more firms to wait and see over the next 12 months, while 41% of occupiers plan to expand over the next three years. 

This is the third consecutive year in which we have conducted our Colliers Hong Kong Occupier Survey. This year, we have collected responses from 363 respondents between 30 April and 15 June 2019 –a period which captures the most recent shifts in occupier sentiment caused by escalating international trade tension and local political tension. The majority of the respondents are domiciled in Hong Kong (53%), followed by companies from Europe (18%) and Asia (11%). Key sectors of the respondents include the Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (FIRE) sector (36%), sourcing and logistics (21%), retail and wholesale (14%) and Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT, 11%).

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