The costs of buying a property as a non-resident in Asia is the most expensive in the world.
New research from Knight Frank looked at the purchase costs associated with buying a new-build residential property in 15 prime property locations around the world.
Hong Kong is the most expensive location to buy a home, once all the associated costs have been factored in. Non-residents can expect to pay 25 percent on top of the purchase price when buying a new-build US$3 million home. The bulk of this consists of stamp duty costs and a property tax levied on foreign non-permanent residents.
In Singapore, buyers pay purchase costs of 19.3 percent. The city-state’s 18 percent rate of stamp duty for non-residents is the highest of all the world cities analysed in the Cost of Buying report, in which analysis compared the purchase costs for non-resident buyers purchasing a new-build property valued at US$3 million. This includes stamp duty, legal costs, transfer fees and agency fees (where these apply for the purchaser).
London and Sydney sit in third and fourth places respectively with buying costs making 7.9 percent and 7.2 percent of the total purchase price in each city respectively.
Moscow, where buying costs for non-residents for a US$3 million property amount to just US$100, is the cheapest of the 15 locations surveyed.
Andrew Batt, International Group Editor of PropertyGuru, wrote this story. To contact him about this or other stories email andrew@allproperty.com.sg
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