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2025 Key Trends and Challenges
As we enter the next year, here’s how the world looks from our perspective. Trends and Challenges: Ongoing housing shortages and high prices for all countries to varying degrees. Singapore and Japan have stabilized, but remain at a competitive level. New hotspot locations in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines will likely be the most challenging locations […]
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New SEAA Guidelines on Tenant Commissions in Singapore
A change in Singapore real estate is impacting some assignments. Similar to the new laws that have gone into effect for US real estate, the latest Singapore change involves a recommendation that each party to a transaction be responsible for paying their real estate representative; it is not a law. As of July 1, 2024, […]
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MidYear Asia Situation Update: Visa, Immigration, DSP
Relocating employees and families face different challenges based on their destination. Our report focuses on those critical issues. We continue to see Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam growing as expatriate destinations, accompanied by the challenges of decreasing availability and increasing costs. Rental rates in Kuala Lumpur have increased 20% this year and in Vietnam […]