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If there is one area of crowdfunding where we consistently hear about unfilled, robust demand, it is Asian money looking to invest in high-quality real estate beyond the borders of their native country. While some real estate markets may be getting a bit hot, real estate as an investment class continues to perform well.  Even if (or when) a dip occurs, in certain international ...

Singapore housing prices continue to fall -but (on the other hand) demand is rising strongly. Homebuilder sentiment is also improving, after a partial relaxation of market-cooling measures. The private residential property index fell by 2.77% during the year to Q1 2017, its thirteenth consecutive quarter of y-o-y price falls, according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)...

A private landed housing site in Lorong 1 Realty Park in Hougang has drawn bullish bids from 11 developers. The top bid for the 99-year leasehold site came from a consortium of Fantasia Investment (Singapore), Sun Renwang and Yang Xinping at S$75.8 million or about S$525.58 psf per plot ratio, said the Urban Redevelopment Authority at the close of tender on Thursday. It was S$1...

Some luxury aspirations entail a lot more diving than looking up. Ask Beyonce, Brad Pitt, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Robert de Niro, and Tom Cruise — just a few of the luminous names who have sneaked away into the Philippines, to quote the Britney Spears song. The Hollywood heavyweights were drawn to Amanpulo, an ultra-exclusive resort in the island of Pamalican 362 kilome...

Australian house prices and construction activity may have hit a peak, with investment bank UBS “calling the top” of the runaway market. “After housing activity rose consecutively for over four years, its longest ever boom, we are now calling the top and think that housing activity has already peaked,” UBS economists Scott Haslem, George Tharenou and Jim...

Timber plantations are sometimes incorrectly perceived to be the beneficiaries of ‘incentives’ or ‘subsidies’ through the Australian taxation system. Consequently, the tax treatment of plantation forestry is also sometimes incorrectly targeted as the direct cause of land use change associated with plantation establishment on cleared agricultural land. Such a view mi...

Whenever we invest, we want to invest in something that is on the up, not on the decline and this should pretty apparent. However, it is surprising how often people ‘miss the boat’ or start investing in something that has clearly ‘had its day’. Investment decisions should definitely be made by the head and not by the heart so leave any emotional attachment at the door. Concentr...

Investing is a tricky business and we all want to be a successful as we possibly can. Some of us have more knowledge than others but one thing that all investors want is the best returns for the lowest amount of risk. Risk free investment are practically impossible to find these days and better returns are usually associate with higher levels of risk. This doesn’t always need t...

New Nordic is a complete holiday company, and when we say ‘complete’ we truly believe that we are like no other in the world. We have tour operators/travel agents in Europe and Asia where we sell holidays to Thailand. Then locally in Thailand we have a construction company, a tourist accommodation service and many services attached including food and beverage outlets, massage s...