Stories

Five economic signals will shape Living’s next phase: inflation, employment and wages, construction costs, government policy, and demographics and migration. Read how they interact through one equation, income growth minus cost growth valued at the prevailing cost of capital, and why the markets to back are those where the signals align.

APAC investors plan to deploy an estimated US$33.2 billion into Living, but rising rates are testing pricing and development feasibility. With few institutional portfolios available outside Japan, access to income-producing assets increasingly depends on development and local partnerships.

While private residential prices continue to rise, buyers have become more cautious amid ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty. With sellers holding firm on asking prices, transaction volumes may stay tempered even as prices continue to edge up.