In this interview by Josh Tan of TheAstuteParent, I will answer your property questions pertaining to the topics below: - Pandemic property craze - Property market data - Why homebuyers make mistakes - Market opportunities - Proximity to MRT - Commercial properties - Shoebox units - The rental market - About tenants You can now watch the podcast below. The video … [Read more...]
When a fling becomes a thing
Are you tempted to chase after surging prices of hot stocks to make some easy money? Do you often jump on the bandwagon of hot investments for fear of missing out any profit? Do you like to check out latest gadgets when you already have similar versions at home? Have you been distracted by any third party when you are in a stable relationship? A fling is an affair that only … [Read more...]
How well are developers’ new projects selling?
Normanton Park is the biggest new condominium launch since the start of 2021. Marketers had been bombarding consumers with e-mail, print and online ads for weeks. Before the end of the launch weekend on January 17 Sunday 6 pm, The Straits Times and The Business Times published unanimously a celebratory headline online that read “Normanton Park developer sells nearly a third … [Read more...]
Best deals in the market as of December 31
As we are approaching the last day of the year, we have no time to waste for the tasks below: 1) List all the unfinished business and set a completion deadline. 2) Clear up things that need to be done by the December 31 deadline. 3) Put our money in all the right places in anticipation of another uncertain year. When I said “all the right places”, I mean the best … [Read more...]
Another unpublished letter to The Straits Times Forum
Last Tuesday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has urged households to be prudent when taking up new debt or committing to property purchase (“Households urged by MAS to stay prudent when taking up debt or buying property”, Channel NewsAsia, December 2, 2020). As of the third quarter of this year, about 36,000 mortgage relief applications from homeowners who couldn’t … [Read more...]