Thursday, 6 March 2014

Indonesia leads Southeast Asia residential market, says Jones Lang LaSalle


Buoyed by a strong domestic demand for housing and increasing property prices, Indonesia is seen as the leader in Southeast Asia residential market, according to a new Jones Lang LaSalle report.

The 21 percent annual increase in prices recorded by Jones Lang LaSalle in 2012 suggests that the country’s real estate economy is on the rise, ahead of other emerging markets like the Philippines and Thailand.

The country, whose capital Jakarta was recently named the world’s top city in the luxury segment by Knight Frank, is now only behind Singapore as the largest real estate market in the region, reported The Jakarta Post.
Based on data provided by the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA), Indonesia’s property economy is estimated to reach USD1.9 trillion in 2031, a significant growth from USD189 billion just three years ago. New stock slated to enter the market between 2016 and 2019 will also contribute to the country’s growing property market.
Despite Indonesia’s favourable performance, Jones Lang LaSalle country head, Todd Lauchlan, cites infrastructure challenges, including the country’s tropical weather, as potential hurdles for investors, but he is optimistic that those challenges are not insurmountable.
“Even small changes in infrastructure like road-widening, land acquisition for toll roads, finishing of toll roads, would allow for much more efficient execution,” Lauchlan said at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) ASEAN Real Estate and Construction Summit held in Jakarta last Tuesday.

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