Pacific: Economic Freedom Rating, 5-Yr Change
Regional Stats
- Sq. M. Prices
- Rental Yields
- Rents
- Price/Rent Ratio
- Buy/Sell Costs
- Rental Income Tax
- Capital Gains Tax
- Price Change 1 yr
- Price Change 5 yrs
- Price Change 10 yrs
- Landlord & Tenant Law
- GDP Per Capita
- GDP/Cap Growth 1 yr
- GDP/Cap Growth 5 yrs
- Economic Freedom
- Ec. Freedom 5 yrs
- Competitiveness
- Property Rights Index
- Currency +/- Value
- Taxes on Residents
| Australia |
5.94%
|
| Fiji |
12.53%
|
| New Zealand |
-1.07%
|
Pacific: Economic freedom index, 5-year change
Increased economic freedom is strongly associated with high GDP growth, and therefore with rises in residential property prices. Changes in a country’s score on the Heritage Foundation’s freedom index are calculated by the Global Property Guide to produce a 5-point rating:
- Greatly Improved
- Improved
- Nuetral
- Worse
- Much Worse
Source: Calculated using figures from The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal
Statistics for the Pacific Region. The bright spots in the Pacific are Australia and New Zealand, both countries which publish excellent house price statistics, as well as very good general economics statistics.
MAY 2008
- Megacities: boundless growth? (pdf) - Deutsche bank research
- North America worst hit as global sales plunge - Property Week
APRIL 2008
- What 1 million Euros buys in worldwide homes - Forbes
- Real estate developers see international opportunities in financial slump - IHT
- U.S. housing collapse spreads overseas - IHT
- Real Estate Growth Firm Despite Crisis - The St. Petersburg Times
- World's up and coming real estate markets - Forbes
FEBRUARY 2008
- The Gulf: Cash is going to the poor too - The Economist
JANUARY 2007
- HK, Singapore ranked world's freest economies in '07 - Reuters Real Estate
Regional Reports
- Gloomy days ahead for Asia's housing markets
Apr 18, 2008 - The pros and cons of rent control
Apr 10, 2008 - Buying a piece of the Caribbean
Mar 26, 2008 - Most expensive cities in 2008
Jan 15, 2008 - Global housing markets in review and some forecasts for 2008
Dec 19, 2007 - Global housing boom shifts focus
Jul 26, 2007 - The global property housing boom
Oct 03, 2006 - Is the global housing boom over
Aug 24, 2006
