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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...

Investing in Singapore Property: The Ultimate Guide

Investing in Singapore Property: The Ultimate Guide

Last updated February 26th, 2024. Buying property in Singapore means making an investment in Southeast Asia’s de-facto financial center, and one of the world’s wealthiest nations. While the city is ranked among the world’s most expensive, Singapore’s real estate...

Singapore Best Country for Business? Not for Long

Singapore Best Country for Business? Not for Long

Update for 2023:  As predicted, Singapore lost its first place spot to New Zealand soon after we published this article. You might be interested in reading our list of countries that could be the next Singapore.   For the past decade, Singapore has led the world...

Why Weak GDP Growth in Singapore Will Continue

Why Weak GDP Growth in Singapore Will Continue

Last updated December 20th, 2019.   Singapore's GDP growth is far weaker than economists hoped for, with some analysts blaming the nation's sluggish manufacturing sector along with an intensifying US-China trade war. Businesses are still trying to counteract this...

Singapore vs. Hong Kong: Battle of Asia’s Financial Hubs

Singapore vs. Hong Kong: Battle of Asia’s Financial Hubs

Last updated February 3rd, 2024. Asia's population exceeds four billion and will increasingly shape our entire planet. When it comes to Singapore verses Hong Kong, which of these cities is truly at the center of the world's largest continent? Not every country will...

Singapore Property Bubble: Will it Burst?

Singapore Property Bubble: Will it Burst?

Last updated September 27th, 2019.   Home prices in Southeast Asia's financial center have plummeted since the beginning of 2015. Analysts are now worried the Singapore property bubble might burst soon. Singapore's residential real estate market has...