Florence Chong

Asian developers are paying record prices to snap up land across Australia, and many local property players are being priced out. But don't think this is only a short-term phenomenon. It's definitely not.

Land developers struggling to meet demand are bringing stock forward and implementing new allocation systems to cope with queues of would-be buyers... while worrying about land shortfalls in the longer term.

Overseas Chinese investors are bidding high to secure the right property in suburban Australia - even if it means knocking down the house.

A hunger for high returns is seeing Asia's ultra wealthy buy up Australia's finest residential real estate. They are also making a mark in commercial real estate, regularly outbidding institutional investors.

As China's growing middle class looks further afield for leisure travel, Asian investors are snapping up Australian hotels on a bet that our shores will be in hot demand.

A new wave of Asian property developers currently has $10 billion worth of approvals in the Australian pipeline, and this is just the beginning.

An acute shortage of retirement housing is likely to face ageing baby boomers unless a great deal more investment in the sector takes place.