South East Asia

Financial Times discusses the trend towards owning resort villas in remote locations(Mar 2008)  - private islands are especially interesting and the focus for this movement once again appears to be South East Asia - you heard it here first.

Asia - Cambodia

Freehold law change a possibility in Cambodia (Jan 08)  - lawmakers in Cambodia are considering allowing foreigners to buy property on a freehold basis

Cambodia - The Sky's The Limit (Aug 2007)  - scanned from SE Globe, (Cambodia's first English language magazine) this report looks at the property boom happening in Cambodia right now! Analysts forecast the boom to last for at least another 5 years

Cambodia - an attractive alternative for foreign funds (June 2007) - this article in SE Globe (a Cambodian English magazine) gives an overview of the investment drivers in Cambodia and the surrounding region

Cambodia ready to roar (July 2007) - foreign direct investment up, real estate booming, GDP growth averaging 11.4% over the last 3 years .... investors are giving Cambodia a hard look. Article taken from the International Herald Tribune

Cambodia's first-ever Moody's ratings (May 2007) - from the Bangkok Post..... breaking news - Cambodia receives its first ever foreign currency and local currency government bond ratings from Moody's. Moody's Investors Service is among the world’s most respected and widely utilized sources for credit ratings, research and risk analysis

$300m invested into Sihanoukville tourism (Sept 2007)   - $300m USD investment endorsed with the Cambodian government to improve tourist resorts to international standards- a great plus for Cambodian development

Foreign investment up (Sept 2006)  - taken from the Cambodian Daily, this article looks at the increase of foreign investment into Cambodia

New airport for Sihanoukville (Oct 2006)  - airport management contract extended for 20 years to include the running of the airport opening soon in Sihanoukville

Sihanoukville the new Bali  - a news brief outlining plans for Sihanoukville to become the official 'sister city' to Bali

Tourism increase (Sept 2006)  - a report on the impact of tourists flocking to Cambodia- taken from the Cambodia Daily

Asia - Malaysia

Property Boom in Malaysia (April 2007)  - read about some positives of property gains tax being abolished in Malaysia

Asia - Philippines

Palawan - Banyon Tree $70m plans (Jan 2008) Palawan is expecting some very classy neighbours, 2 Banyon Tree Resorts planned to be open by 2010

Boracay goes upmarket (Jan 2008) - boutique accommodation available on Boracay Island

Philippines Market Report Q1 2007 A well researched report complied in Q1 07 by Colliers featuring Manila and in particular the central business district, Makati, which is showing signs of strong growth in all real estate sectors - office, commercial and residential. The peso is appreciating against both the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen, suggesting that the Philippines should be firmly back on the investors radar.

Philippines Real Estate Data (Jan 2005) - an overview of recent market activity in the Philippines - both commercial and residential sectors.

Asia - Thailand

Big returns in Phuket and Samui (Jan 2008)  - investors who bought pool villas and other property in residential resorts in Phuket and Koh Samui over the past two to four years have made a financial gain of 100% when selling them...

High-end tourist accommodation (Aug 2007)   this sector is proving a success on Koh Samui

Property Millionaires Club Report (Nov 2005)   - an overview of the region, and confirmation that the smart money has truly started making it's way there...

Real Estate Report (Aug 2004) - an online news report quoting James Pitchon of Knight Frank, Thailand, including healthy data on resort rental occupancy

Focus Business Report : Koh Samui (June 2005) - an overview of the Samui market, confirming my figures of an easy 20% per year cap growth - please note Krabi will perform in the same way growth-wise, only with better planning of infrastructure and tighter building controls

Knight Frank Summary 2004 - a wrap up of the year - please note the price increases of villa and condos in Phuket. As with Samui, Krabi stock will deliver the same growth, but the baseline pricing in Krabi is even more competitive, so there is even more room on top for cap growth

November 2005 - News - CBRE confident on Pattaya residential market

Pattaya's land prices are on the move (Nov 2005) - by Clayton Wade, Managing Director of Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd