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Two Real Estate Markets With Significant Investment Potential as Global Bond Markets Reprice Property

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Berlin’s residential market and Tokyo’s commercial property market offer two distinct opportunities for international investors navigating the global bond market. The next major real estate investment opportunity may begin in the bond market rather than the property market. As government bond yields rise, borrowing costs increase, property valuations adjust and highly leveraged owners face refinancing … Read more

The Black Swan from Japan: Why the Real Market Story Is in Tokyo

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Black Swan from Japan

Everyone blamed America. But the deeper fault line runs through Japan. On Friday, June 5, markets fell hard. The Nasdaq dropped 4.2%. The S&P 500 lost roughly 2.6%. Gold fell more than 3%. Silver plunged almost 7%. Bitcoin dropped sharply and finished the week down nearly 18%. The obvious explanation arrived before the opening bell. … Read more

The Airbnb Real Estate Model: Turning Property Into a Cash-Flow Business

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The Airbnb real estate model is not really about owning a house or condo. It is about owning a mini hospitality business wrapped inside a piece of real estate. That distinction matters. A traditional rental investor buys a property and collects fixed monthly rent. An Airbnb-style investor buys a property, furnishes it, markets it for … Read more

Japan insights: 89% of Chinese investors are interested in taking a real estate tour in Japan

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Tokyo is still the most popular city to Chinese investors TOKYO, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Shenjumiausuan released a research result recently on “the interests of investing in Japanese real estate from Chinese investors” that 89% of Chinese investors are interested in going for a house-viewing tour if the overseas traveling market reopens. Shenjumiausuan (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, CEO: Jie Zhao) … Read more