Even without clarity on foreign investment, the Indonesian property market is strong and on a sound footing. Demand, especially from end users, is robust, the macroeconomic situation is relatively good – growth rates are high and inflation is low – and direct investment is at record levels.
With foreign direct investment (FDI) up, factories being built and real estate booming, the construction sector in Indonesia is expanding rapidly. The government is undertaking programmes to improve infrastructure, building roads, airports, railways and ports. This is partly the result of some long-delayed expenditure, with the country’s transport...
Stretching over 17,500 islands and home to around 245m people, Indonesia is a vast, diverse nation with a rapidly growing economy, extensive natural resources and a range of sectors ripe for investment. By far the largest country in ASEAN in terms of both population and area, Indonesia is responsible for one-third of the 10-nation bloc’s total GDP.
It is almost an universally held opinion in Indonesia that a long-promised land-reform bill will be a major catalyst for growth. After several years of delays, the reform, to make land seizures for public works easier, was finally passed by parliament on December 16, 2011. It is expected to take effect by January 16, 2012. This new law is the most...
The real estate market has been focused on Jakarta for a long time, with a few other focus areas: Bali as a location for holiday homes, some industrial hives near resources and ports, and a few other exceptional areas. However modern development is starting to move beyond those areas. Several bedroom communities have sprung up to the east, west and...
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