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18 September 2013: In the latest World Cities Review, Hong Kong has the highest total accommodation costs among 10 cities studied, at US$1.625 million annually, followed by New York and London.
Singapore was ranked sixth at US$1.005 million per annum was top in “value for money” ranking, which measures total costs against the GDP per capita for each city.
Ranked by this concept of “value for money”, Mumbai is 5 times and 4 times more expensive than Singapore and Hong Kong respectively.
The total accommodation costs is defined as the sum of the annual rent and occupation costs for both residences and offices for a control unit representing a typical group of people that might start up or expand a global business in any country.
It believes this measure is more likely to reflect the total costs that companies need to accommodate their staff, compared with the more commonly quoted headline rent or capital costs.
Residential rental yields are attractive for the cities like New York and Tokyo comparing against 10-year government bonds.
Prime office rents in the “old world” cities like cities of London, Paris, New York, Tokyo and Sydney have also done better than “new world” rents (cities of Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Mumbai and Moscow.) , raising questions over the fundamentals of supply and demand in cities, such as Singapore, Mumbai and Moscow.
Source: Business Times 18th September 2013