Construction & Real Estate Sectors Expected to Continue Growth in 2023
The construction and real estate sectors are expected to continue to recover in 2023 due to the influx of foreign investment and the demand for low- and medium-cost housing. In the draft law on financial management for 2023, signed by Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Cambodian Prime Minister of Cambodia on 08 June, the government stated […]
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IMF: World to Gain Nearly US$78 Trillion Over Coming Decades by Making Energy Transition
In the upcoming decades, the world will gain US$77.89 trillion by replacing coal with renewable energy, according to a publication of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 8 June 2022. The net gain of this transition presents represents around 1.2% of the current world GDP every year until 2100. The IMF added the amount of […]
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Government Spends US$170m Concessional Loan on Infrastructure in Q1
In the first quarter of 2022, the Royal Government of Cambodia disbursed US$529.79 million from existing concessional loans for infrastructure and other priority sectors. The Cambodia Public Debt Statistics Bulletin of the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued on 09 June stated that 47% of the disbursed amounts were sourced from bilateral development partners, while […]
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World Bank Forecasts Cambodia’s Economic Growth to Remain at 4.5% for 2022
The World Bank has forecast that economic growth in Cambodia will remain at 4.5% this year, unchanged from projections made in January this year, citing that the growth is forecast to accelerate to 5.8% in 2023. For this year, the outlook for Cambodia was unchanged from projections in January, the World Bank said in a […]
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MEF Cooperates with KDI Studying Cambodian Real Estate Market Risk
The Ministry of Economy Finance (MEF) in cooperation with the Korean Development Institution (KDI) has been studying to form a policy for checking Cambodian real estate risk to assess real estate and construction market risk in Cambodia, according to a discussion workshop on 26 May 2022. This study project has been launched on 1 April […]
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Phnom Penh Recorded 310 Boreys &1,603 High-Rise Buildings by Start of 2022
At the start of 2022, Phnom Penh recorded a total of 310 Borey & apartment projects and1603 high-rise buildings, of which 225 have more than 20. These statistics were according to Phnom Penh Municipal Governor, HE Khoung Sreng, at the official opening of Prince Times Square on 07 June 2022. The governor continued that despite […]
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NBC, National Institute of Statistics Oofficially Launches Residential Property Price Index
The National Bank of Cambodia and the National Institute of Statistics of the Ministry of Planning have officially launched the Residential Property Price Index, which is measure and determines specific real estate and construction appraisals as a basis for banking institutions to avoid risks. The launching ceremony of the Residential Property Price Index was held […]
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How does the rise of new players affect the Borey market in Cambodia?
In the last six months, there were 39 new Borey projects launched, while the total accumulative Boreys is projected to rise to over 300 by the end of 2022, and to 400 by 2023, according to CBRE Cambodia’s recent report. The most interesting fact about this surge in the number of Borey despite the pandemic […]
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Condo Market Remains Stagnant with No New Launches Expected for 2022
In the first quarter of 2022, the condo market in Cambodia has remained stagnant, with no new projects launched, while the price of high-end unit types continues to fall, according to CBRE Cambodia’s Q1 report released on 7 April. With this stagnation, CBRE Cambodia has observed three new norms emerging in the market. First, buyers […]
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Borey Market Remains Robust with 39 New Launches in Past 6 Months: CBRE
Despite the COVID-19 crisis, the borey market in Cambodia remains strong compared to other real estate subsectors, especially for low- to medium-priced projects, with 39 new launches in the last six months. According to a CBRE Cambodia report released on 7 April, the number of borey projects in Cambodia will continue to increase, with more […]
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