1. Rentals are seasonal. If you’re planning to rent your property out to expats, April and May (or more accurately the couple of months after that) are crucial months;

2. The rental market is still firm for now. However, there seems to be somewhat of a temporary bootstrapping effect, with rents supporting prices and prices supporting rents; and perhaps most importantly

3. Expat packages are waning. Increasingly, expats are now being localised with little or no housing allowances.

You’ll have to draw your own conclusions about what this means for you, but this information certainly helps to steer my investment decisions…