Market Outlook

Against the backdrop of a slowing domestic economy, coupled with global economic uncertainties and the protracted China–US trade war, the hotel industry in the Greater China region demonstrated weak performance in 2019. Among all major cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, the Average Daily Rate (ADR) of five-star hotels shrank, and the occupancy rate dropped in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Macau still managed a slight increase in ADR, but the occupancy rate fell. The weak growth trajectory of the hotel industry was further dragged down by the COVID-19 outbreak and this is expected to continue in the first half of 2020. 

Commercial property prices pushed higher in the majority of leading global metros in the first quarter of 2020, the latest RCA CPPI Global Cities report shows, with the Covid-19 crisis not yet hitting sale prices. The headline rate of global price growth eased to 2.3% from a year ago and dipped 0.2% from the prior quarter, but most of the weakness came from declines already underway in Asia Pacific.

The volume of completed commercial real estate transactions shows activity slowing across all regions, the latest Real Capital Analytics data reading indicates. Looking at the count of closed deals the picture is even gloomier, as the Covid-19 crisis takes its toll on commercial property markets worldwide. Based on the dollar volume of transactions, activity in the Americas has dropped 7% in the first 125 days of the year versus the same period in 2019, and in Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) volume has fallen 14% from a year ago. A string of large M&A-type deals and portfolio transactions in the U.S. and Europe had put a gloss on headline activity figures in those markets in the first quarter.

継続するCOVID-19パンデミックは明らかに、第1四半期のアジア太平洋不動産市 場に影響を与えた主な要因でした。アウトブレイクの兆候から見られた地域全体の 市場の景況感は、強力な政府の景気刺激策が影響を和らげ、地域の多くのセクター で機会が生まれています。香港では、政治的および経済的不確実性が長期間続いた 後、新型ウィルスにより追い打ちの圧力がかかり、主要なプレーヤーが傍観者として 留まりました。同様にシンガポールでは、この不確実性から住宅と商業セクターの両 方で投資家が活動を制限し始めています。インドの不動産市場へのプライベートエ クイティの流入は大きく鈍化し、ミャンマーのようなダイナミックな新興市場への投 資は保留されています。