The first weeks of 2026 have brought a noticeable change in tone across global real estate markets. After two years dominated by inflation shocks, aggressive rate hikes and sharp corrections in transaction volumes, investors are beginning the new year with a more deliberate mindset. The urgency that characterised parts of 2024 and early 2025 has given way to careful reassessment. Capital is not rushing back into the markeWt, but it is no longer frozen either. Instead, investo

For much of the past decade, sustainability reporting in real estate was treated as a compliance exercise. Developers produced ESG disclosures because lenders asked for them, regulators required them, or investors demanded a checkbox. Sustainability teams sat alongside development and finance teams rather than inside them. That separation is now disappearing. Across global property markets, sustainability reporting is no longer only about satisfying rules. It is increasingly

The phrase “green premium” used to sound like marketing. Today it is increasingly treated like pricing logic. Across major markets, buyers and tenants are rewarding buildings that can prove lower operating costs, better indoor comfort, stronger resilience to heat and flooding, and credible carbon reporting. Certified assets are not only leasing faster in many Grade A segments, they are also being underwritten with tighter exit assumptions because investors believe the future

Around the world, real estate markets are entering a phase where environmental performance is no longer a marketing feature but a financial determinant. The concept of a “green premium” has moved from academic discussions into measurable market evidence. Buildings that are energy efficient, sustainably designed and supported by credible certifications are now commanding higher sale prices, stronger rental growth and materially faster leasing compared to conventional stock. Wh

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

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

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:

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

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

Fresh data show global investors returning to Japan’s real estate at scale. South China Morning Post reports that investment into...

Across Asia Pacific, hotel investors are not scattering capital evenly. They are clustering around a small group of reliable destinations...

Fresh data gives the industry something solid to plan around. A new BMI forecast released on September 5 points to Malaysia’s...

Kuala Lumpur City Hall has brought the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Planning Rules 2025 into force. The rules took effect on 16 June...

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...

Across Southeast Asia, low carbon steel and lower clinker concrete are moving from pilot purchases to mainstream specifications. The real...

On 22 July 2025 Bursa Malaysia’s subsidiary Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX) joined forces with renewable‑energy developer UEM Lestra to roll...

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...

Early evening in Bangkok, delegates meet in a small, rented workspace near Benjakitti Park, reviewing tomorrow’s Asia Climate Summit...

A few minutes after nine on Wednesday, 25 June, the automatic doors at URA Centre slid open and two very different lines converged. On...

Drive an hour outside any Japanese city and you start spotting them. Shuttered windows, weather-worn cedar boards, weeds finding their...