These days, you can’t go five minutes on Facebook without being spammed by a “Own 20 properties with no cash down” ad. Is it an outright scam? The answer is no (at least not outright) – but there are serious financial risks to consider. Also, it’s something of a legal grey area. Here’s how it…

It’s that time of year when Singaporeans go property hunting. Along with that comes questions – questions such as “I wonder if I can really afford a District 9 condo”? Well, here are your answers for the 1H 2019. Some of these condos may be a bit older, but they’re still great value for their…

Last year was a bizarre, and exciting, year for the property market. It’s amazing how quickly the market went from euphoric to paranoid, after a bout of cooling measures. Given the big changes we saw, there are likely to be repercussions that will be fully felt only in 2019. Here’s a summary of the big…

4 reasons it’s getting harder to find a good compact-unit property investment Compact-units are a popular way for new property investors to get started. It’s easier to qualify for the (smaller) loan quantum, and it’s not as capital intensive. The problem however, is availability: the number of good compact units are limited, and will probably…

Some  say residential and commercial properties are two “different animals”, like cats and dogs. But really, it’s more like the difference between a cat and tyrannosaurus-rex. The two are so different, a residential investor may need to to re-learn the rules from the ground-up. Here’s how to tell if you’re ready to take over a…

The Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) has upgraded its website. Awesome! Previously, we only went there to check our property agent’s license is real and not, say, a string of numbers made up by a nervously sweating man who wants the down payment in iTunes gift cards. Starting this month, you can not only check…

Singapore landlords have a lot of holding power, so mortgagee sales aren’t common. The last time it spiked was way back in Q3 2017. But given the combination or rising interest rates and trade tensions, could we see a repeat of the situation in 2019? With each passing day, the answer seems to shift from…

You’ve learned it all by now: check the gross rental yield, calculate the Return on Investment, and never again pay for a property investment course in a dodgy hotel seminar (if you read our blog, you can learn the same things for free). But we asked some veteran investors about the less known secrets, which…

Cooling measures may be great for buyers, but they’re terrible news for some sellers – there’s little you can do if prices start to drop due to cooling measures, or if the economy tanks. Sometimes though, you have no choice and must offload your property, even if times are bad. When that happens, minimise the…