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Global real estate
Realtopedia is a tech-powered platform and gateway for investors looking at real estate across borders. Come here to compare cities, read a cross-border purchase, and understand who may buy where.
Research on the site opens those questions today. More market coverage and investor tools follow as the platform grows.
Yes for condominiums; landed houses need Singapore Land Authority approval. Additional buyer's stamp duty is 60 percent.
Yes, with FIRB approval, but foreign persons are generally banned from buying established dwellings until 30 June 2029.
Yes. In England and Northern Ireland, residential stamp duty is 2 percentage points higher for non-UK residents.
Prices and market data
URA Orchard Boulevard GLS tender closed 29 Oct 2026 with five bids; top bid S$181,861,924 (S$18,890.82 psm of GFA, about S$1,755 psf ppr). Award pending.
Prices and market data
TRREB September 2026 GTA sales 5,040 (−9%), average C$1,006,409 and new listings −14.4%, read against the Bank of Canada's 28 Oct overnight hike to 2.5%.
Financing and credit
Bank of Canada raised the overnight rate 25bp to 2.5% on 28 Oct 2026, with Bank Rate 2.75%, citing energy-driven inflation and relatively weak housing.
Prices and market data
ABS September 2026 CPI rose 4.3% year on year, housing 5.2% and new dwellings 4.7%, ahead of the RBA's November meeting with the cash rate at 4.60%.
Prices and market data
KB October 2026: Seoul apartment jeonse average ₩728.98m, northern districts ₩602.81m, sale prices +0.61% m/m.
Buildings and developments
Dubai Media Office: Executive Council approves Urban Centres plan, 48 centres, budget above AED 2bn, metro nearness 52% to 74%.
Research already on the platform covers how to choose a city, how a place feels to rent and live in, how money crosses a border, who may buy where, and how to read a high price. More market coverage and investor tools follow as the platform grows.
Cities and livability
A method for comparing cities on demand, supply, rules, net yield, liquidity, financing, and currency. Name the holding first, then run the same seven checks. A dated ranked shortlist is a separate piece.
Foreign-buyer rules
How to read foreign and non-resident buyer rules from official sources, with eight dated examples from Singapore, Australia, England and Northern Ireland, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the UAE (Dubai and Abu Dhabi only), and the United States (federal baseline; state law open). No rule is stated without the text and the date it was read.
Rentals and letting
Letting rules and rental tax for non-residents across Singapore, Australia, England and Northern Ireland, Germany, and Japan. Official sources only; not a yield ranking.
Two questions come first: how to choose a city, and how a purchase works once currency, tax, and foreign-owner rules are in the picture. A piece states its limits. We do not invent figures.
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