After spending more than three decades in the property sector with the last 10 years doing strategic advisory work in Japan, Indonesia and Singapore, I have always been fascinated with property trends in Asia especially related to investments from the perspective of an active investor. Fundamental opportunities When news broke out last year that REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) stocks wil...
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Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is an attractive alternative investment option. A REIT, to put it simply, is a pool of funds invested in real estate assets. It’s like a mutual fund but instead of investing in several listed companies, it invests in income generating real estate assets. It’s a great way to invest in real estate with the same tradability feature of a stock, since...
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A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is a corporation that: • is listed on a public stock exchange with at least 33 percent of its outstanding shares owned by the investing public; • must invest 75 percent of its total assets in income-generating real property; • must distribute 90 percent of its unretained earnings to its shareholders; and • must have a minimum pa...
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A NUMBER of listed property companies were very enthusiastic with the landmark signing of the Regulations that form part of the framework of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Act of 2009. The Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Revenue Regulation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Listing Rules of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE...
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ONLINE real estate platform Signet Properties, working with SeedIn Technology (SeedIn PH) and RE/MAX Premier Manila, launched Flint — the first tech-enabled real estate crowdfunding platform in the Philippines. Flint aims to simplify and streamline the process of purchasing and investing in Philippine properties, while making it more accessible for local investors. The platform allows thi...
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AYALA Land Inc. (ALI) on Tuesday said it is investing some P18 billion to transform a 290-hectare property, a former sugar mill in Tarlac into an integrated mixed-use estate that will function as a progressive new downtown. The estate, which it called Cresendo, will feature components, such as an industrial park, a residential and commercial areas. The property used to be part of the sugar mill...
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