Tag: property investment

As monthly condo sales in Singapore increased for the fourth consecutive month in August to a new high for 2020, many property analysts reasoned that the boom in demand was due to investors shunning stocks. They cited investor uncertainty in the post-Covid economic recovery and instability in the global stock market as reasons behind the…

Covid-19 may have left much of the Singapore property market unscathed in 2020, but the economic effects of the pandemic has undoubtably impacted investor-landlords. According to the URA Rental Index, condo rents declined by 0.5% year-on-year in 2020. The signs of a lacklustre condo rental market was also obvious in terms of rental volume, which…

Property is Singaporeans’ number one investment. It’s so hot that if the government has to impose another cooling measure, it will probably involve spraying property buyers with a fire hose; and even that may not disperse the crowd at a showflat. But how did property become arguably the #1 the Singaporean dream? As we approach…

Go back a few decades, and property was all about rental yield and nothing else. People were happy to buy 50 year-old properties with no elevator and half a working toilet, just because rental income was enough to make the place “practically free”. But today’s real estate market has begun to raise questions about the…

Rental yield is often cited as the reason why investors are attracted to property. At viewings and previews, however, what the first-timer usually gets told is the gross rental yield they’d get, which doesn’t factor in all the additional payments buying and renting out a property entails. What really matters to buyers is net rental yield,…

The typical Singaporean will buy the biggest possible condo they can afford. It’d go something like: “Find out how much is enough to literally bankrupt me, and then just shrink that amount by a bit.” But in this age of higher downpayments, economic uncertainty, and climbing interest rates, that’s a bad idea. To make your purchase…

How do you spot a good property investment unit? For a start, you can copy other successful property investors, or do your homework by checking vacancy rates, research nearby schools and check for upcoming major infrastructure developments. In Singapore, we often find ourselves asking: How can an island this tiny have so many property investment…

With all the turmoil of a Trump presidency and Brexit, we wouldn’t be surprised if analysts eventually suggesting hiding your money in a sock. Now in the aftermath of the last crisis years (2009 to 2013), the Singapore property market — particularly its luxury segment — was considered a safe haven investment destination and recorded huge…

Have you been looking into property investment, and being a landlord? If so, you have been told approximately five gazillion times at this point, to pick a two-bedroom unit. But have you ever considered why this is the “best size” for renting out a unit? Or what goes into deciding the best size in the…

Investing in property can be lucrative, luring many to the market. However many potential investors often overlook the costs, resulting in grave investment mistakes. We’ve covered hard truths landlord/investors must know before embarking on renting out a property, but we feel that there are other pitfalls that can be avoided: Not treating property investment as…