Over the past few years, Australia has benefited from a strong increase in foreign investment in the property market. Although a large portion of capital has come from China, other nations have more recently looked to Australia as an attractive investment proposition.

The Editorial Advisory Board of this publication met in Seoul in late October to discuss the industry’s most pressing concerns, which we compile from board members in advance in the form of “food for thought” topics.

Despite geopolitical uncertainty and a slowing in the economic cycle, investment in the global property market rose a significant 18 percent year on year to a new record high of US$1.8 trillion (2017: US$1.5 trillion), according to Cushman & Wakefield’s Winning in Growth Cities report.

Across the board, October stock performance — for broader equities and property stocks, both globally and in the Asia Pacific region — was dismal, as the story lines of US Federal Reserve tightening, trade war tensions and an ex-US global economic slowdown accelerated.