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Global Housing Markets Pivot as Interest Rate Cuts Near
Around the world, financial markets have entered a moment of unusual alignment. Major central banks that once delivered a steady stream of rate hikes to control inflation are now signalling a possible easing cycle sooner than anticipated. In the United States, recent Federal Reserve minutes indicate that inflation has cooled enough to allow discussions about cutting rates if price pressures continue to settle. In Europe, both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England
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7 days ago8 min read


Resilient Real Estate in the Digital Era: How Climate-Ready Design and Asset Tokenization Are Reshaping Global Property Investment
Real estate is entering a new era shaped by forces that were once treated as separate conversations. On one side, climate pressures are intensifying, and buildings across the world are being tested by floods, rising heat, coastal erosion and unpredictable weather that disrupts daily living. On the other side, technology is transforming the way ownership, investment and capital flows operate, with tokenised property assets and digital transactions creating entirely new pathway
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Nov 197 min read


A Global Pivot to “Living” Sectors: Purpose-Built Rental, Student Housing and Senior Living Expand
Real-estate investors are increasingly shifting focus from offices and generic commercial properties into what the industry calls “living sectors” – purpose-built rental housing, student accommodation and senior-living communities. These segments are gathering momentum worldwide not merely because they are lower risk in a high-interest-rate environment but because they meet structural demand shifts that few other asset classes can claim. For Mymland, this pivot is meaningful:
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Nov 125 min read


Smart Contracts and Real Estate Tokenisation: How Blockchain Is Changing Ownership of Property Worldwide
Real estate has always been prized for its stability, its tangibility and its role as a foundation of wealth. At the same time those very features make it slow, opaque and accessible mostly to large investors. Now a new set of technologies is shifting that dynamic. Through tokenisation and smart contracts, property ownership is becoming more divisible, more transparent and more globally accessible. Rather than owning entire buildings and waiting years to exit, investors may s
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Oct 277 min read


First global climate tipping point reached, what it means for Malaysia’s property market
Fresh reporting this week signals a structural break in the climate backdrop for real assets. An international assessment led by university researchers and covered by major outlets concludes that warm water coral reefs have moved into widespread die off, marking what many scientists call the first global climate tipping point. The same body of work points to intensifying stress on polar ice sheets and major tropical forests. For Malaysia, where long coastlines, reef linked to
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Oct 208 min read


Japan’s property investment rebounds with a US$22.8 billion surge, why capital is rotating to Tokyo and the “living” sectors
Fresh data show global investors returning to Japan’s real estate at scale. South China Morning Post reports that investment into...
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Oct 27 min read


APAC hotel capital is concentrating in five safe-haven markets
Across Asia Pacific, hotel investors are not scattering capital evenly. They are clustering around a small group of reliable destinations...
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Sep 226 min read


Malaysia’s construction engine is revving into 2026. What the new outlook means for projects, pricing, and portfolio moves
Fresh data gives the industry something solid to plan around. A new BMI forecast released on September 5 points to Malaysia’s...
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Sep 710 min read


Kuala Lumpur’s development process just changed. What DBKL’s 2025 Planning Rules mean for approvals, community input and project risk
Kuala Lumpur City Hall has brought the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Planning Rules 2025 into force. The rules took effect on 16 June...
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Aug 276 min read


KL hospitality goes ultra luxury: Park Hyatt opens at Merdeka 118 and sets a new price anchor for rooms and branded residences
Kuala Lumpur has gained a fresh symbol of ambition at the very top of its skyline. Park Hyatt Kuala Lumpur is now open inside Merdeka...
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Aug 186 min read


Construction Inputs Are Changing: How Low Carbon Steel and Cement Shift 2026 to 2028 CapEx
Across Southeast Asia, low carbon steel and lower clinker concrete are moving from pilot purchases to mainstream specifications. The real...
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Aug 127 min read


Malaysia’s First CRESS Carbon Credit Auction - How a new domestic market could turbo charge low carbon retrofits
On 22 July 2025 Bursa Malaysia’s subsidiary Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX) joined forces with renewable‑energy developer UEM Lestra to roll...
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Jul 287 min read


Empty Hotels, New Homes: July 2025 and the Luxury Conversion Boom
At lunchtime on 16 July 2025 New York real‑estate desks lit up with the same alert: the 1960s‑era Watson Hotel in Hell’s Kitchen will...
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Jul 188 min read


Asia Climate Summit Bangkok (8-10 July): ASEAN’s Race to a US$3 Trn Carbon Market
Early evening in Bangkok, delegates meet in a small, rented workspace near Benjakitti Park, reviewing tomorrow’s Asia Climate Summit...
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Jul 611 min read


Master Plan 2025: Singapore’s Next 80,000 Homes - and Why Heritage Developers Should Pay Attention
A few minutes after nine on Wednesday, 25 June, the automatic doors at URA Centre slid open and two very different lines converged. On...
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Jun 265 min read


Akiya 2.0: Japan Raises Its Empty-House Renovation Grant to ¥3 Million and Makes It Truly Nationwide
Drive an hour outside any Japanese city and you start spotting them. Shuttered windows, weather-worn cedar boards, weeds finding their...
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Jun 194 min read


Big-Money Bets on Japan: How Bain Capital’s US$5 Billion Shopping Spree Is Re-shaping the Real-Estate Chessboard
Global capital is flooding back into Japanese real estate just as the yen sits near thirty-year lows and borrowing costs remain the...
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Jun 135 min read


Japan’s Offshore-Wind Breakthrough: Opening the EEZ to Clean-Energy Giants
At 11:47 a.m. on 3 June 2025 the House of Councilors approved an amendment to the Renewable Sea-area Utilization Act . With a single vote...
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Jun 96 min read


Sustainable Real Estate Development: Trends, Innovations, and Opportunities in 2025
The year 2025 marks a defining moment in real estate, as sustainable development evolves from a niche approach to a global standard....
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May 213 min read


Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) – TRX: Kuala Lumpur’s Next-Generation Financial District Takes Shape
Seventy acres of fenced-off construction debris have disappeared from Jalan Tun Razak, replaced by the steel-and-glass silhouette of a...
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May 136 min read
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