Rents in China compared to Asia

This is a comparison of median monthly rental prices in the most expensive region of the capital/most important city for a 1-bedroom apartment. The numbers are based on our in-house research.

Singapore $ 3,800
Hong Kong $ 3,175
Japan, Tokyo $ 1,270
Indonesia, Jakarta $ 975
Thailand, Bangkok $ 953
Georgia, Tbilisi $ 945
Taiwan, Taipei $ 780
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur $ 770
Philippines, Manila $ 730
Vietnam/HCMC, Hanoi $ 670
India, Mumbai $ 541

China has poor house price statistics. The National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC) has monthly house price time-series starting January 2011 but only until August of 2013. Another source of house price indices is eHomeday, Shanghai's largest property market web site, which has time-series for Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Beijing, Yangzhou and Suzhou (but the site is only in Chinese, and no time-series are available). Colliers International publishes useful housing data in their quarterly property market reviews. General economics statistics are available from the NBSC and the People's Bank of China.