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Or will the road to a brighter future rise before us all?<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 110\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>A slow global economy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are no easy answers. Shaped by the commodity price shock and rising energy prices, inflation was the watchword for the industry in 2022\u2014an economic slowdown has since gripped the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting global growth to slow to 2.9 percent in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the slowdown may be attributed to the monetary policies necessary to bring inflation down, according to Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, economic counsellor at the IMF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTighter credit conditions are weighing on housing markets, investment, and activity, more so in countries with a higher share of adjustable-rate mortgages or where households are less willing, or able, to dip into their savings,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Real estate pundits had hoped for a palpable turnaround earlier, on the assumption that inflation and interest rates would reach their peak.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 111\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>And they would be right\u2014global inflation is predicted to descend to 5.8 percent in 2024, down from a crippling 8.7 percent in 2022, according to the IMF.<\/p>\n<p>Disinflation may well be happening, with nearly three-quarters of economies around the world expected to see lower headline inflation by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The pace is not even among advanced and low-income economies. Inflation might be affecting development risk, but developers in countries like Singapore enjoy the policies and resources to mitigate its impact on construction costs and manpower shortages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome have passed on the costs to consumers. Others have been more measured when they place bids for new land purchase,\u201d says Christine Sun, senior vice-president of research and analytics at the consultancy OrangeTee &amp; Tie.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation is not expected to return to target until 2025 in most cases, says the IMF. In low-income countries, inflation is on average projected to be in the double-digits and not expected to fall until 2024.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37484\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2225463065.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2225463065.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2225463065-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2225463065-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2225463065-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vietnam\u2019s central bank has cut key interest rates to support the country\u2019s slowing economy. NAMHOA\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Several markets have paused rate hikes as of H1 2023, with some, like Vietnam, cutting rates altogether to revive a stuttering economy. Still, the elevated interest-rate environment is widely expected to persist into the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>While the industry still clings to the theory of real estate as a hedge against inflation, the lasting impact of higher interest rates is \u201ca tougher judgement call,\u201d according to PwC in a joint report with the Urban Land Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Interest rate movement will at least impact the residential resale market. \u201cIf interest rates start to moderate [in 2024], some buyers may enter the market,\u201d predicts Sun.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 111\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Housing unaffordability continues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ensuing deterioration in debt availability and rise of borrowing costs have not been hindrances to a surge in property prices though.<\/p>\n<p>Previously predicted to fall dramatically at the start of 2023, average home prices in major markets worldwide, including India and Australia, are expected to rise in 2024, according to a recent poll of property analysts by Reuters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 112\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Also, fixed-rate mortgages have shielded existing homeowners from the impact of higher interest rates while first-time home buyers have been kept away from the property ladder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is, you\u2019ve got very low supply and house building volumes in most markets because of Covid disruption and supply chain disruption,\u201d states Liam Bailey, head of research at Knight Frank. \u201cThe fundamental point is strong demand meets weak supply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prices have climbed to an extent that some markets have resorted to very drastic cooling measures. In April, Singapore slapped a staggering 60-percent additional buyer\u2019s stamp duty (ABSD) on foreign buyers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37486\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_739779886.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_739779886.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_739779886-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_739779886-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_739779886-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drastic cooling measures adopted in Singapore include a staggering Additional Buyer\u2019s Stamp Duty (ABSD) on foreign buyers. MOLPIX\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This has had a \u201cmaterial impact on the market,\u201d according to Kristin Thorsteins, head of partnership growth for APAC at IWG PLC. \u201cNone of us expected the mother of all cooling measures,\u201d she says. \u201cNonetheless, I still maintain that Singapore real estate players find themselves in an enviable position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw a significant fall in foreign buying ever since the ABSD has been increased,\u201d adds Sun. \u201cForeign buying trend was returning to almost pre-pandemic levels prior to the increase.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>While higher mortgage rates took a toll on housing affordability, Japan chose to retain its loose monetary policy. This has had the effect of maintaining its appeal to real estate investors, despite core inflation remaining high.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 112\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Of carbon taxes and sustainable designs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 112\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Last year scaled new heights in other ways. Singapore experienced its highest temperature on record in October: a possible foreshadowing of what the world will experience if global warming is allowed to breach 2\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>The property sector\u2014which drives around 39 percent of global emissions\u2014plays a key role more than ever in slowing down and potentially reversing global warming through various mitigation efforts. \u201cIn any case, if we don\u2019t get behind this by ourselves, we can expect the <em>gahmen<\/em> to step in as it so frequently does to regulate our industry,\u201d says Thorsteins.<\/p>\n<p>And it has stepped in. Singapore levies a carbon tax on property owners at SGD5 a tonne, rising to SGD25 and SGD45 a tonne over time. Singapore is now one of more than 70 nations with carbon taxes or emissions trading systems (ETS) that capitalise on greenhouse gas reductions.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, that number was just 68; in 2023, Indonesia threw its hat into the proverbial ring with the launch of its own mandatory ETS.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 113\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Companies themselves are also taking the initiative. More than 250 companies in Japan have declared to CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, that they use internal carbon pricing, which puts a value on an organisation\u2019s emissions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37488\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_1841661556.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_1841661556.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_1841661556-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_1841661556-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_1841661556-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malaysia is among the countries in the region to have made great strides in adopting sustainable design practices. kudla\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yet 88 percent of real estate companies do not report on their use of internal carbon pricing, making real estate the second-lowest user of the tool among sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for the world, sustainable design experienced a landmark year in 2023, with bioclimatic and biophilic design coming to the fore, as well as spatial planning and passive solar design. Architects are also taking kindly to recycled materials, bamboo, and wood in their designs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Singapore, which has a Green Mark certification programme in place, as well as Malaysia will be \u201cleading the charge\u201d in the rise of sustainable design, predicts Thien Duong, general director of the design practice Group GSA Vietnam. \u201cThis is being driven by a growing awareness of the environmental impact of the construction industry, as well as by government regulations and incentives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, challenges persist. Sustainable materials and technologies often command a higher price tag compared to their conventional counterparts. A deficiency in skilled labour and expertise in sustainable design and construction compounds the dilemma.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 114\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>\u201cGovernment regulations and incentives for sustainable design may vary from country to country,\u201d says Thien.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to live, work, play<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 114\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>With a mix of uses attractive to both residents and businesses, mixed-use developments will have greater currency in the future. Designed to adapt to the times, mixed-use projects often integrate public space into the premises, creating a sense of community and reducing the need for people to travel long distances to work, shop, and recreate\u2014a complement to sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMixed-use development will become more common in Asia Pacific in the coming years, as it can help to reduce traffic congestion, create more livable communities, and promote social interaction,\u201d says Thien.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[But] balancing the needs of different users can be challenging. Designing buildings that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing can be difficult, and coordinating the construction and management of a mixed-use development can be complex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The office components of these projects, as well as their standalone counterparts, also fall prey to the weak expansionary appetite of occupiers now, a legacy of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The buck now stops with landlords, faced with the pressure to do upgrades related to ESG and energy efficiency. Proximity to transport hubs now come as standard to entice remote workers back to the office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37490\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2371925093.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2371925093.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2371925093-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2371925093-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2371925093-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mixed-use projects often integrate public space into the premises, creating a sense of community and reducing the need for people to travel long distances. AmnatPhuthamrong\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 114\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Such exodus to greenness and quality is expected to remain on trend as the office market continues to favour tenants. In fact, regional vacancy hit a 20-year high of 18% in the first half of 2023, according to CBRE.<\/p>\n<p>Still, offices accounted for 43 percent of total investment in H1 2023, and completions equivalent to about 20 percent of Grade-A supply will come online over the next few years. The rebound for the office segment in Asia will be \u201cslow and L-shaped,\u201d the company further predicts.<\/p>\n<p>The allure of remote work has been \u201cunexpectedly resilient\u201d in Asian cities where houses are too limited in size for work-from-home productivity, according to PwC. Office is clearly the \u201cnew retail,\u201d the company reports, alluding to the disruption e-commerce has wrought on the brick-and-mortar scene over the years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 115\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Logic in logistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As people locked down at home during the pandemic, e-commerce shored up another segment of real estate: logistics. Fast-forward to 2023 and leasing demand from e-commerce platforms decelerated, with several players willing to outsource logistics operations to third parties (3PLs). Vacancy rose across the segment in 2023, with landlords dangling incentives en masse.<\/p>\n<p>Around 68 percent of logistics occupiers plan to expand their warehouse portfolios in the next few years, but that number is down from 78 percent in 2021, according to a CBRE survey of Asia-Pacific logistics occupiers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Macroeconomic uncertainties will play a major part in influencing overall market sentiment, which in turn impacts the demand and price trajectory for properties<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Worldwide, the manufacturing sector is reckoning with the economic downturn, which reflects the post-pandemic shift in consumption back toward services. The swing of the pendulum props up service-oriented economies over industrial powerhouses such as China.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, logistics has a bright path ahead independent of online shopping. Logistics and office yields in the Pacific expanded dramatically in 2023, with rental growth atoning for the fall in capital values, according to CBRE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>\u201cThe bigger game is the whole demand for urban logistics and light industrial space for all sorts of uses, not just e-commerce,\u201d an investment manager tells PwC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37494\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2035243667.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2035243667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2035243667-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2035243667-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_2035243667-768x342.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asia\u2019s logistics industry is still on the rise despite a decline in e-commerce following the end of the pandemic. UNIKYLUCKK\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the ABSD increase, demand has shifted to non-residential properties in Singapore, including logistics, according to OrangeTee &amp; Tie. \u201cThere has been a noticeable increase in demand for strata-office spaces and industrial properties in recent months,\u201d says Sun, adding that demand for commercial and industrial properties had been slower than that for residential properties during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, industrial properties and other segments of real estate are at the mercy of the geoeconomics fragmentation that assailed the international community in 2023. The world could further splinter into blocs that trade exclusively with one another, reducing annual global GDP by up to seven percent, warns the IMF.<\/p>\n<p>This picture of a divided world could spell insecurity for some time to come. \u201cMacroeconomic uncertainties will play a major part in influencing overall market sentiment, which in turn impacts the demand and price trajectory for properties,\u201d says Sun.<\/p>\n<p><em>T<\/em><em>his article was originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiarealestatesummit.com\/newsroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asiarealestatesummit.com<\/a>. Write to our editors at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:propertyreport@propertyguru.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">propertyreport@propertyguru.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia\u2019s real estate industry faces many and varied challenges as external factors continue to bite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":37482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","category-news","news_country-asia","news_author-al-gerard-de-la-cruz"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Where Asian real estate stands in a fragmented, warmer world 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