Category: Property Singapore related
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Developers pessimistic but luxury home prices still up
There are still no signs that Singapore government would relax the cooling measures. In a report by Business Times, based on the latest NUS – Redas Real Estate Sentiment Index, property developers in Singapore remain pessimistic over the current state of the residential market and its outlook. I think similar surveys done by REHDA Malaysia…
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110 units, 75,851 sq ft and bids of S$51.07 million
We often hear of small pieces of lands within the KLCC vicinity being sold for ever higher prices. The reason is because the development be built on them would also be offered at prices higher than the sky or at least the clouds. Recently, there is one small piece of land in Singapore where bidding…
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Why I like Singaporean investors’ attitude
Some years back, I was in Singapore for an exclusive property show as the organiser. I noticed that many visitors to the show were vying for a seat in all the talks. In fact, there were so many of them we had to open the door and so many of them were standing outside just…
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Singapore property prices: Coming back up but in 2017
Population is always a strong determinant for the property market of any country. Strong population growth will ensure demand increases and when there are some years where there were insufficient supply of units, the prices went up and seldom comes back down. Seriously, who would want prices to fall after it has gone up? Read…
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If Singapore eases cooling measures, what about Malaysia?
Reported in propertyguru.com.sg under the property news section, Donald Han, Managing Director of Chesterton Singapore said that the current cooling measures in Singapore could be eased as early as second half of 2016. The trigger would be the continuous fall in private home prices. He said that the easing would start as soon as price drops…
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FLAT for SGD1.2 Million (RM3.672 Million)
When the location is awesome, the demand is great and the price is crazily high. One Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) flat in Tiong Bahru is being put up for sale at S$1.2 million. I do not know a lot about Tiong Bahru but a friend of mine who knows Singapore well told me that the location…
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Washing cars of potential buyers?
Times are slow for the real estate agents. Viewings have reduced and purchase is even lower. Yet, if they do not work harder, the potential may drop even further. In Singapore, an interesting piece of news appeared in propertyguru.com.sg One agent, Kenny Neo of ERA Realty Network told PropertyGuru that he began offering free car…
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Why 10 percent is a significant number for me.
How much should the price go up before we should think about selling our property? The higher the better of course. What about the percentage drop before we buy that home we have been aiming for? To those who say wait till it hits bottom, I say good luck. To those who answered 20%, do…
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SDG955,000 for a 14-year old flat in Singapore
If you have a family, working in Singapore and simply love a certain area in Singapore, how much would you be willing to pay? Well, according to an article in PropertyGuru.com.sg, a 5-room HDB resale flat in Toa Payoh recently changed hands for $955,000. The sale even happened in the Ghost Month which is usually…
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Don’t simply buy Iskandar property because..
An article I read online said that even with the Ringgit’s depreciation, it’s not the best time for Singaporeans to buy Malaysian properties in Iskandar today. It gave three really real reasons. First is because of the incoming supply glut. It quoted Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong who used data from Malaysia’s National…
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Don’t simply say, be careful in Singapore yeah.
I personally like a T-shirt design in Singapore. It’s the “Singapore is a FINE city.” If you think this is a bad thing, you are very wrong. The reason why it’s so clean, so organised and so real is because whatever they do, they take it seriously. If you speed, you are getting a ticket…
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More “shoebox” units in Singapore. Fancy one?
This is something which I personally would not buy. Well, at least when I still have a choice. We are talking about shoebox units. Yes, in other words, very small units. From online, I found out that shoebox units are defined as units which are up to 506 sq ft in size. This is smaller…