According to new research from global property consultant CBRE, Asian outbound commercial real estate investment volume declined 37% year-over-year to $30 billion in 2020, as Coronavirus-related obstacles including restrictions on travel and site inspections impeded purchasing activity.
According to JLL's latest Hong Kong Property Market Monitor released today, the decline of office rents has slowly abated in January 2021, with net effective rents in the overall market dipping by 0.6%.
Global property consultant CBRE is reporting that worldwide commercial real estate investment increased by 84% quarter-over-quarter in Q4 to $290 billion but was down by 20% from Q4 2019.
According to JLL's latest Hong Kong Property Market Monitor report, Grade A office vacancies rate for Hong Kong's Central Market rose to 7.3% in December 2020, surpassing 7% for the first time since 2004.