Category: Property Singapore related
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Budget for the elderly. I think many ageing nations will face this. (Malaysia too…)
In case you have not heard or read yet, Mr. Heng Swee Keat (current Singapore Finance Minister) is said to be the next potential Prime Minister of Singapore. Who said it? Article here from South China Morning Post There are some chatters that the election for Singapore will happen this year (2019). Article in NST…
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Historic low yields. Sharp correction unlikely.
Prices too high? When someone asked me if property prices are too high today, I will tell them that property prices may be better determined by rental yields. For example, if a unit could only fetch a rental of RM2,500 per month, then the property should be priced at RM500,000 or thereabouts instead of over…
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Singapore’s new ‘ground breaking’ city.
If someone were to ask me what I love about Singapore, I think it’s the stability and pro-activeness of the government. Whatever they do, whatever they build, it’s always for the future. Plus, within the 4Ps (People, Price, Policy and Preference), the government of Singapore is in full control of the Policy part and that…
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Focus on more connectivity, not just Yes or No for the crooked bridge
I am all for developments (responsibly) and I am all for connectivity (necessity). Without these two, nothing much happens and we do not need to talk about helping the B40 households for example. With regards to the never ending debates about the crooked bridge, perhaps it’s best to stop all the rhetorics about whether or…
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Third bridge welcomed, crooked bridge can wait.
I favour more connectivities between Johor (JB) and Singapore (SG). Both sides would benefit and it’s totally untrue that only one side will benefit (whichever side you want to look at it from). I went pass the immigration just 3 weeks ago, trust me, with better connectivity, less time is wasted and economic benefits will…
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Singapore’s property market has many challenges.
If the property market in our closest neighbour is not well, how well would our property market be? I know of one good friend who will tell me this: “If the Singapore property market is doing well, then most investors will focus their attention there for better returns. The Malaysian property market will only be…
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Updates: HSR meeting with SG, SST’s percentage and the RM43 billion Melaka Gateway
Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng announced today that the the reintroduction of the Sales and Services Tax (SST) will see its rate set at 10% for sales and 6% for services. It should be passed in Parliament next month. He also said that the SST was expected to bring in revenue of RM4 billion while it expects to…
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WE disagree with new cooling measures. Please let the market recover.
More cooling measures were rolled out by our neighbour just last week. Of course the ‘WE’ in the title of this article is not kopiandproperty.my It’s the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (REDAS) in their joint statement on the Singapore government’s latest property cooling measures. They disagree with their government’s latest action aiming to…
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Recent updates: iskandar, Johor. Ferry, RTS and flights.
Connectivity is key to the economy and the economy will then support property market yeah. Especially for a city next to Singapore. Especially to attract tourists from other countries. Some latest happenings in JB. Ferry services across the Tebrau Straits to boost connectivity with Singapore? Johor’s International Trade, Investment and Utilities Committee chairman Jimmy Puah today…
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Focus on the NEW demand, not just the Existing. That’s the key to HSR’s attractiveness.
Someone commented that there are not much benefits to the cities / towns along the High Speed Rail KL – SG. I beg to differ. We are not talking about the same group of targeted travellers actually. Seriously. Let me explain very briefly. The benefits to the cities and towns along the lines could not…
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40 minutes extra, RM50 billion lower. Alternative HSR plan. Viable?
Let’s be objective. The typical bullet train I have in mind should run above 300km per hour. I have only taken the Shinkansen extensively thus far. They run at around 320km per hour. Why do I say so? These are the usual high-speed rails around the world for understanding. Numbers are in miles so to…
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High-Speed Rail cancellation: versus flight tickets and experts’ views
The topic of High-Speed Rail KL – SG was a hotly shared one yesterday and today. Long time back, there were predictions that this HSR may kill the airlines. Well, the KL – SG route is the busiest in the world actually, so perhaps HSR will affect it. Today however there was one Facebook post…