New data from the global real estate consultancy JLL indicates that the Asia Pacific region was the sole global area to experience an increase in commercial real estate investment in the first quarter of 2024, with investments hitting $30.5 billion. This represents a 13% rise year-over-year (YoY) and is the second consecutive quarterly increase after a slump lasting seven quarters.
Based on new data from international property consultant Knight Frank, global super-prime ($10m+) residential sales rose 11% in Q4 2023 on a year-on-year basis. There were 411 sales across the 12 markets covered in the three months to December compared to 370 in the same period in 2022.
According to CBRE's 2024 Asia Pacific Investor Intentions Survey, Japan is the top target for cross-border real estate investment in Asia Pacific for the fifth consecutive year, with investors focusing on Tokyo, Osaka, and other major regional cities.
According to property consultant Knight Frank, global housing markets continue to display healthy price growth in late 2023, despite the record rise in interest rates since late 2021. Across our basket of world cities, average prices only experienced a decline on a quarterly basis in the final quarter of 2022, after which prices have risen by 2.7%.