Tag: Singapore property market
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Property price rising very slowly in Q1 versus previous quarter.
Property price rising very slowly in Q1 versus previous quarter.
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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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Property Stocks no Value? No worry, I privatise.
Why are property stocks being privatised these days? I thought it happens only in Malaysia but it’s also happening in Singapore. In one latest report by Bloomberg, it said that 66 percent of the listed property developers are trading at less than the value of their net assets. In other words, if you were to…
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Excess properties? 13 months to sell off.
As written earlier, due to the worry that the property market may have become too cold and become a danger to the whole economy, China has started to ‘warm-up’ its property market. Read here: China’s Property Market Rescue Package Deployed. This is insufficient as per China’s largest residential developer, Vanke. In fact, only the two major…
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Property rentals @ Singapore dropping. Malaysia?
According to an online news report in todayonline.com, November rental numbers for the property market in Singapore is in the negative territory. As everyone would have been reading, the Singapore property market has been declining in both transactions and prices in 2014. This has affected the rental market too and it has been falling for…
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Should Singapore follow China for property market ‘warming’?
The property market of Singapore for 2014 has been quite unpredictable. Read here: Singapore property, prices continuously declining into 2015 Sentiment continue to be dampened and the major reason was due to the government’s cooling measures. According to Chia Boon Kuah, the president of Singapore’s Real Estate Developers’ Association (REDAS), total transaction volume for 2014 is…
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15,000 units sold in 2013. Only 50% sold in 2014? Bad.
Yes, it’s going to be a very slow year where properties are concerned, for the primary properties in Singapore. From a total of 14,984 units in 2013, it is predicted that the number would only be 75,00 – 7,900 for 2014. Most developers would not want to launch now as year end is not a…
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Is it doom and gloom or boom and vroom?
Singapore property market. Is it doom and gloom or boom and vroom? All the statistics are pointing to a downturn in the Singaporean market. All the statistics from Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore. The HDB prices are down, the luxury prices are down. The total number of transactions are down. There’s already more than sufficient…
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Increasing stock, Increasing vacant units and HDB prices dropped 6 months consecutively
I travelled to Singapore recently for a business trip. As usual, Singapore maintains its neat, clean and everything smooth image as soon as I touched down. I could see new flats being built and even a condominium being built right across the street from my office. I think the market must be doing well. I met…