Co-living in Taiwan is emerging as more than just affordable housing, it’s redefining urban life. From commercial co-living spaces to government-backed social housing experiments, shared living is evolving into a platform for community, connection, and new possibilities.
By Nikki Dong and Alex Myslinski Export Orders Continue to Rise Export orders in August rose for the sixth consecutive month, reaching US$50.2 billion, driven by strong demand for AI chips, cloud-based servers, and new iPhone inventory replenishment, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) reported. Orders increased 9.1% year-on-year (YoY) in August, with total orders for…
Government measures to cool the residential property market have been successful, but prices remain high in the most desirable markets, putting homeownership out of reach for many Taiwanese. The Taiwan government has spent years trying to cool a red-hot residential property market. Measured in terms of controlling price growth, the policies have borne fruit. The…
Several major global economic and political factors – namely, the U.S.-China trade dispute, Brexit, the protests in Hong Kong, as well as volatile oil and commodity prices – cast a shadow in the past year over global demand, trade, and industrial production. In Taiwan, the presidential election and cross-Strait relationship added uncertainty, potentially dampening the…
Some time ago my mother-in-law started urging me to buy a house. She did so by relating the Chinese folk tale Five Sons (五子登科), from which derive the five modern “necessities of life”: silver (money), wife, children, house, and car. Without doubt, housing has been the most expensive and fraught of the five necessities. First…
Lack of demand stymies a sector that would seemingly be ripe for development in rapidly aging Taiwan. The Chang Gung Health and Cultural Village retirement facility has the feel of a college campus. Set amid the wooded hills of Taoyuan County, the sprawling complex has numerous sports and leisure facilities, dining halls and restaurants, convenience…
High prices, a dysfunctional rental market, and limited public housing make it difficult for many citizens to find a suitable place to live. Liu Wei-ting has a graduate degree in urban planning and is six years into a career as a manager of an engineering consulting firm, but he says he has little hope of…
A massive social housing program is viewed as the means for the Taipei municipal to build an integrated smart city. The development of smart housing– utilizing Taiwan’s strengths in the ICT (information and communications technology) sector – is central to the Taipei City government’s blueprint for the future. The plan also matches the national government’s…
Developers recently have deserted the luxury segment for smaller units with lower selling prices Following a decade or more of booming business, housing construction in Taiwan has been stuck in the throes of a bearish market. Developers have been slashing prices to stimulate demand. As investment-oriented buyers have largely retreated from the market due to…
The Japanese property market is heating up as global buyers show increasing interest in prime areas of Tokyo, the world’s largest metropolitan area. Through May, the number of existing condominiums sold in Tokyo increased by 5.4% to 16,152 units year-on-year, while existing detached house sales rose by 14.3% on an annual basis to 8,224 units,…
