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London’s foreign investment slows as China pulls back.

After experiencing years of instability that reduced the river of foreign money that previously poured into the metropolis, the London real estate market is preparing for a key 2023. According to MSCI statistics, foreign investment in London real estate reached £12.4 billion ($15 billion) in 2022. Foreign investment dropped significantly from £30.5 billion in 2015, before the twin shocks of Brexit and the COVID-19 outbreak. Uncertainty about property prices as interest rates increase and after political upheaval precipitated by September’s mini-budget threatens London’s longstanding ability to attract vast tracts of foreign investment. MSCI figures reveal that in 2022, foreign investors

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IMF anticipates Thailand’s recession.

The IMF’s leader has predicted that the global economic downturn would hit Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia hard this year. Kristalina Georgieva predicts that one-third of the world’s economies will be in recession this year. This would include Thailand and Vietnam. With the United States, European Union, and China all experiencing economic slowdowns in 2023, the 69-year-old Bulgarian economist predicts that next year will be “tougher” than the previous one. Russia and Ukraine’s crisis, increasing costs, rising interest rates, and the spread of Covid-19 in China all weigh on the global economy, leading to this forecast. According to

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Real Estate Markets to Stabilize in 2023 After the Pandemic Bust

A lot may change in a year. Real estate markets throughout the globe were facing high prices, little supply, and significant demand at the start of 2022. Since central banks started increasing interest rates this spring, the outlook for 2023 has shifted substantially. Even while house prices are dropping and properties are sitting on the market for longer than usual, many professionals see this trend as more of a normalization rather than a correction. From March 2020 to March 2022, business activity and price increases were relatively high. In fact, it has already begun. Knight Frank found that the annual

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Are Scotch Whisky Casks a better Investment Than Property … or Gold?

What is it about whisky? It’s enigmatic to the point of ecstasy. It is possibly the only true, ahem, liquid investment. Property is, to quote the 1980s comedy Airplane!, up, down and all over the place as of January 2022. Quantitative easing, the printing of money by central banks to combat the pandemic, will grind to a halt this year. Inflation is soaring. As are interest rates. Fortunately, whisky has been outperforming markets since, we well basically, people started selling it.  Whisky also has the benefit of being widely tradeable and is consumed in almost every country in the world

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How much will your house price decrease?

Several economists and market analysts were skeptical of ANZ’s early-year prediction that home prices may decline by seven percent (or more) throughout the year. With inflation taken into account, the 10% price decline forecast by ANZ in March climbed to 12% in April, 15% in June, and 18% by late October. Eventually, even the most optimistic analysts and banks admitted the decline would be big, and they revised their estimates accordingly. The investment banking company Jarden predicts that national home values will continue falling at an increasing rate through March. How much prices will fall and how much the typical

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London house prices skyrocket as homebuyers take advantage of stamp holiday extension

Cost of London homes reach an all-time high, now at £501,320, as homebuying spree expected to continue until June With London’s residential property buyers taking full advantage of the stamp duty holiday, house prices touched an all-time high in January. The average cost of a home in the British capital soared to £501,320, or 0.1 per cent higher than what we saw in December 2020, and 5.3 per cent higher than January 2020. Ever since the lockdown restrictions were eased last May, house prices have been steadily increasing. This trend can be attributed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi

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Mega housing projects and vaccine rollout fuel buying frenzy in Singapore’s property market

The Singapore property market registered a 350% revenue increase in the first two months of 2021, a positive marker of increasing consumer confidence A recent study by the real estate consultancy group Knight Frank suggests Singapore is among the most preferred destinations for Asian buyers. But the ground realities paint a mixed picture. Consumer confidence has improved as the Singapore property market witnessed a 350% revenue increase in the first two months of 2021. As the country prepares for a COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, the million-dollar price tags on Singapore’s houses have made a comeback. The year started with investors rushing to

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