Are you currently looking to buy a home for your own stay? Should you buy resale HDB flats? Let’s discuss it in this podcast. We will cover four main topics in the video: 1. Will HDB resale prices continue to fall? 2. Why more are buying HDB resale flats? 3. Which property types should you buy? 4. What about the age of HDB flats? You can now watch the podcast … [Read more...]
Accept that Singapore has the world’s lowest fertility rate
Last Friday a Straits Times article said Singapore’s total fertility rate plunged to a seven-year low of 1.16 last year. It is well below the replacement rate of 2.1. Do you know that Singapore has the lowest fertility rate in the world? According to the 2017 World Factbook published by the Central Intelligence Agency, the four countries with the lowest total fertility … [Read more...]
Podcast Ep#15: When Is The Best Time To Sell?
Podcast episode 15 is the second part of my presentation "When Is the Best Time To Buy and Sell?" presented at the SMART Expo at Sands Expo & Convention Centre on September 22. I apologize for "shouting" at the top of my voice during the speech because I couldn't hear myself on the stage. Thanks for all of you who answered enthusiastically my question "When is a good … [Read more...]
Property news? Always question what they tell you
Have you read this week’s property news about sales of JadeScape on the first weekend? It is interesting to see an unanimous celebratory mood in the headlines and content across similar articles in The Straits Times, Business Times, The New Paper, PropertyGuru, iProperty, EdgeProp and Yahoo News. Strong sales, encouraging results, market confidence and new benchmark are … [Read more...]
Podcast Ep#14: When Is The Best Time To Buy?
Podcast episode 14 is a recording of the first part of my presentation "When Is the Best Time To Buy and Sell?" at the SMART Expo on 22 September 2018 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre. I was traveling when the organizer informed me the timing of my speaking slot early this month. I completely forgot to post the "mark your calendar" announcement in my blog. I only did so on … [Read more...]