Plain-spoken notes on the four markets we advise — what's moving, what's changed in the rules, and where the honest trade-offs sit. No hype, no countdown timers.
United Kingdom Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham now clear gross yields London cannot, on a fraction of the entry price. We unpack the tenant demand behind the numbers — and the stamp-duty surcharge that overseas buyers must price in.
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Japan The yen's slide against the Singapore dollar has quietly handed local buyers one of the cheapest entries into a true freehold market in years. We weigh the upside against the currency risk that runs both ways.
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Australia Melbourne and Brisbane draw the family thinking a decade ahead. We map the FIRB approval, the state-by-state duty surcharges, and why Australia is usually a growth-and-lifestyle case rather than a yield one.
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Malaysia With the Johor–Singapore Rapid Transit System inching toward completion, the proximity case for Iskandar property is sharpening. We look at which corridors stand to gain — and the oversupply that still demands careful building choice.
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Cross-market Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty makes a second home here expensive to acquire. We model how the same capital, deployed across a vetted overseas market, can buy more income-producing space — and where the trade-offs hide.
Read the note → Currency Foreign rental income is a currency exposure as much as an asset. We explain when that exposure is a useful hedge — school fees, a future move — and when it simply adds noise you don't need.
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