On recognizing the potentials and opportunities that many of the Asian countries render, scores of international companies and local corporations have now started to enter the Asian property market. This in turn has led to a soaring demand for both commercial and residential property in Asia, thereby boosting the real estate prices. Further, the continent is home to a substantial number of incredible tourist destinations, which in turn has spurred the growth of hotel and resort industry. Residential property also serves as an excellent long term investment in Asia, yielding handsome profit.

One of the greatest advantages of investing in Asian real estate is that it allows investors to participate in broad based growth of property throughout the region. Liberal tax law systems, low interest rates, and easy availing of mortgage finance are the other key benefits of investing in Asian market. However, the success of investing in a property in Asia are affected by certain factors including investor poise, profit margins on development projects, economic qualms, rental yields, and operating cost.

Although Asia-Pacific is expected to account for only 15 per cent within the global context, investor appetite for Asian properties has never been bigger. The rapid regional economic growth, yield compression worldwide, diversification requirements by institutional investors, and the introduction of real estate investment trusts (Reits) have all been crucial in attracting investments to the region.

In addition, in the relentless pursuit of globalisation, many global corporations have relocated their manufacturing and business support activities to Asia, with China and India being the most popular destinations. In China for example, labour costs, property prices and cost of living in first tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai have been increasing substantially over the past decade, some manufacturers are now relocating to second tier locations in an attempt to keep their overheads low. As a result, development opportunities in these less familiar places are currently attracting huge attention from investors around the world.