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5 Best Cities in Asia to Buy Real Estate

5 Best Cities in Asia to Buy Real Estate

Last updated January 5th, 2024.   When buying a house in Asia, choosing the correct city is perhaps even more important than the country. This may sound confusing, but we have a reason. Real estate markets are usually driven by local factors such as employment...

5 Most Strategically Located Countries in Asia

5 Most Strategically Located Countries in Asia

Last updated July 31st, 2023.   Geography plays an important role in any country's success. From natural disaster risk to trade accessibility, location often defines a nation's growth potential. For example, landlocked nations are severely limited by their lack...

Property Investment Visas in Asia: Your 5 Best Options

Property Investment Visas in Asia: Your 5 Best Options

Last updated December 16th, 2023. In most ways, getting a residence visa or second passport is forever outside our control. We can't change factors like our country of birth or who our parents are. Property investment visas are unique because anyone with enough spare...

Countries With No Property Tax: Own Without Obligation

Countries With No Property Tax: Own Without Obligation

Last updated February 6th, 2024. You could make an argument that property owners don’t actually own their house or the land it sits on. After all, what happens if you stop paying property tax to the government? They’ll come seize your home and put you in jail. Real...

Foreign Property Ownership in Asia: Your 5 Best Options

Foreign Property Ownership in Asia: Your 5 Best Options

Last updated August 6th, 2023.   Buying real estate is one of the most common ways to make an offshore investment. It also comes with valuable and unique perks that other types of investments won't give you. Foreign property investments give you rental income...

3 Easiest Places to Start Investing in Asia

3 Easiest Places to Start Investing in Asia

Last updated August 24th, 2023.   Investing in Asia isn't always easy. Some, but not all countries love making things difficult for foreign investors. Generally speaking, Asia's emerging economies have immense growth potential and are open for business. Yet...

Buying Malaysia Real Estate: Why We’re Still Positive

Buying Malaysia Real Estate: Why We’re Still Positive

Last updated December 20th, 2023.   Real estate prices in Malaysia's two largest cities, Kuala Lumpur and Penang, remain stagnant. The main reason? Oversupply in Malaysia's prime condo market. At the same time, the Malaysian ringgit has been hovering around its...

Cheapest Places to Buy Real Estate in Asia

Cheapest Places to Buy Real Estate in Asia

Last updated January 24th, 2024. We recently posted an article ranking the most expensive cities in Asia to buy real estate. A list of Asia's cheapest countries to buy property, along with the reasons for their low prices, makes a natural follow-up piece. Here's a...

Will These Countries be the Next Singapore?

Will These Countries be the Next Singapore?

Last updated June 18th, 2023.   Singapore is often used as a prime example of how business-friendly policies can jumpstart a country's economic growth. Most of our readers are already familiar with Singapore's quick transformation from a malarial swamp into one...

3 Currencies in Asia That Will Make a Comeback

3 Currencies in Asia That Will Make a Comeback

Last updated September 6th, 2019.   Practically every single currency in the world has depreciated against the US Dollar since 2016. Some rare exceptions, such as the Swiss Franc, have outperformed the greenback. Not many can boast a stronger performance than the...