Singapore investors eyeing Asia-Pacific real estate for greater yields

MORE Singapore investors are turning their eyes to residential real estate markets in the Asia-Pacific region as yields moderate in the city-state. In some other markets, it is the opposite – this is especially the case in emerging economies such as Indonesia and Thailand, where yields have risen up to 8 per cent. 

A new hot spot has also emerged in the Japanese real estate market, given its low interest rate climate and weaker currency.

Data crunched for The Business Times by real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield showed that net yields of prime residential properties in Singapore ranged between 1 per cent and 3 per cent.