Property prices in some parts of Asia are skyrocketing; since the first quarter of 2009 China’s rose 68% and Hong Kong’s 31%. But some of the best real estate buys may be farther south.
Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia top the list of best places in the region to be a landlord, according to rental-yield data calculated by the Global Property Guide, a research house and website. In those places the cost of buying an apartment is relatively low compared with the money that can be earned by renting it out.
Jakarta boasts the best rental yield, 12.34%; Manila has 8.98% and in Kuala Lumpur a landlord can make back 8.76%. Rounding out the top five are Bangkok, Thailand, and Auckland, New Zealand.
“Not only will you make more money from the rent, but also the chance that the value of your property will appreciate is greater,” Montague-Pollock says. “The yields are an excellent signal of property markets in general.”
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