International investors have made a strong eye towards Asia according to the 16th Annual Foreign Investment Survey which tracks the buying preferences of the members of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, who collectively own approximately $700 billion of global real estate.
For the first time ever, five of the top ten cities were in Asian markets, and in the category for best country for capital appreciation, Asian countries made a very strong showing.
DSR have a wide and far reaching Asian portfolio. Their Orchard View property in Rudrapur, India, offers one of the finest investment opportunities on the global market. Just outside the town is a Special Economic Zone, and multinational corporations are flocking to the area where over 465 factories have been built or planned. Most of the 300,000 employees moving to work will need quality rental accommodation. Orchard View has been built to meet this demand.
For those in the market for the long-term, wanting a secure investment property that won't grow in value by any spectacular rate, but will continue to grow sustainably over the next ten to twenty years, then Thailand investment property is perfect. DSR have a number of properties in the country, in Phuket, Koh Samui, and Koh Phangan.
In Cambodia, property is a hot favourite with people eyeing a short-term investment. Not only can Cambodian property almost be guaranteed to grow in value by about 25 percent per year but property achieves rental yields of at least 9 percent per year also. DSR currently has authentic French colonial period apartments in Phnom Penh which have been fully refurbished and modernised to an incredibly high standard.
Philippines property prices are also moving incredibly fast and property is expected to grow in value by no less than 24 percent for the next five years and possibly even more in the next 2-3 years. Property is already attracting rental yields of 10 percent and that figure is expected to climb in the coming years. currently views Manila as the best place for investors and represents two properties in the capital, the Lancaster The Atrium Towers and the Ultima Residences Ramos Tower.
DSR also sees overseas property in Malaysia as attractive to investors because of the various tax incentives including the abolishment of capital gains tax. Not only this, but property is expected to grow by no less than 20 percent per year over the coming years, and possibly by as much as 25 percent. DSR currently has two properties in the capital Kuala Lumpur, The Crest and the Vivaldi, and one property in the beautiful resort region of Sabah in Borneo.
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