Jakarta shapes up to be Asia's hot property market

Roughly 10 million people live within the urban core of this vast city while a further 28 million populate the suburbs.

With affluent cash-buyers and local businesses driving the housing market at a rapid pace, anyone with a hope of climbing on the property ladder has to move fast to secure value.

"The prices go up really quickly," said Afifa Loutfie Abdousaalaam, a local property investor.

"If you think 'oh you know I don't have enough money now,' you're not going to then catch up with the race because property prices in Jakarta go up above 10% a year," Abdousaalaam added.