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U.S. investors remain top buyers of Asia Pacific properties
Research - MARCH 26, 2019

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U.S. investors remain top buyers of Asia Pacific properties

by Andrea Zander

Investors from the United States continued to be the biggest spenders on commercial property in Asia Pacific in the first quarter of 2019, according to South China Morning Post, sourcing data from Real Capital Analytics.

U.S. investment in the region’s property markets this year amounted to $3.2 billion. Hong Kong was second with $3.1 billion, followed by Singapore at $636 million, Australia at $528 million and Mainland China with $522 million.

During 2018, real estate investment amounted to $159.1 billion, a 2 percent decline year on year, with the United States as the top cross-border buyer of Asia Pacific commercial properties. Investment from the United States amounted to $18 billion.

The article reported the Asian investors faced some challenges, due to Beijing’s capital curbs and the U.S. interest rate increases, which weakened currencies of emerging Asian markets.

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