The Philippines has always been a minor player in the Asian property market, however property values in the Philippines have been climbing ever higher on the back on excellent tourism figures, as well as major developments by both local investors and offshore interests.

Standard and Poors, one of the world's leading finance advisory bodies, is predicting that Asian REITs will stabilize in the last half of 2008, despite a drop in their value in the first half of the year.

India has made a name for itself as one of the world's service points over the last twenty years. Now the country of startling contrasts is also offering some excellent investment options, property for sale in India and Asian apartments, to both international citizens and non-resident Indians.

Several innovative construction projects in Taiwan have recently been launched. The large scale properties for sale in Taiwan have drawn consumer acclaim for features like their artistic design, central planning and ultimately a better living quality for their residents.

Thailand is both a well-established luxury resort market, and one of the world's most rapidly growing. Several new resorts are being built by major developers, including exciting projects in Koh Samui, Pattaya and Hua Hin, and these are expected to be extremely profitable and push up property values in Thailand, as they are built on a solid foundation of tourism success.

Singapore's property market was at the top of Jones Lang LaSalle's hot list for 2007; currently, it is experiencing a slump, with the slowest growth for four years recorded in the first half of 2008. It seems that the country is finally succumbing to the effects of the credit crisis. However, major developments should create good mid and longer term prospects for the country.

One of Japan's largest property developers was Zephyr Co; a company which filed for court-led administration recently, after tightened lending criteria and problems with selling property caused it to sink into the red. The developer listed US$890 million of debt - what impact has this had on other Japanese real estate and property for sale in Japan?

The Chinese property market and property management in China have largely been a domestic affair in recent years, with tight government controls to ensure that speculative inflows remained at a minimum. However, the government is now wanting to cool down the rampantly growing real estate market in China, and as such is looking for foreign investment.

The Asian real estate market is one of the fastest growing in the world currently, and real estate is recognized as one of the industries that can have the biggest impact on climate change and global warming. Energy savings of up to 70% are possible, and the benefits both for the Asian property market and the world are being touted in the push for a greener building industry in Asia.

In Japan, the effects of the global credit crunch are hitting property investors. Now that the Japanese property market has slowed considerably, foreign investors are able to pick up large numbers of properties at bargain prices.