Real Estate Standards Global Index Tool

If your responsibilities span the globe, you should be aware of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Real Estate Standards Global Index.  This is an interactive reference tool to help you understand local practices for leased and owned space in countries around the world.

Using this tool, you can review and compare 25 critical real estate considerations on a country-by-country basis. Considerations include:

• Unit of Measurement: Square feet, square meters, etc
• Rental Payments: Rents, typical lease term, frequency of rent payable, typical rent deposit, security of tenure, statutory rights to renewal, basis of rent increases/rent review, frequency of rent increases or rent review
• Service Charges,  Operating Costs, Repairs & Insurance: Responsibility for service charge/management fee,  internal repairs, repairs of common parts, external/structural repairs, and building insurance
• Taxation: responsibility for stamp duty, local property taxes, and VAT/GST payables on rent & service charge
• Disposal of Leases: Tenant subleasing & assignment rights, tenant early termination rights, tenant’s building reinstatement responsibilities at lease end
• Purchasing Property: Common land titles, restrictions on foreign ownership rights, strata title, security deposit, agency fees, legal fees, stamp duty, other transaction costs

Countries covered include:

Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela