On October 1, seven property investors and four industry experts joined the Property Investor Roundtable Luncheon jointly organized by Knight Frank and Property Club Singapore. As property investors, we are interested to pick the brains of industry experts, compare notes with our peers, and find out what's on the mind of fellow investors. How we qualify the savvy … [Read more...]
Western Australia properties at a bargain?
During our recent vacation in Perth, we dropped by to visit our relative’s family who had been staying there for longer than a decade. They lived in a nice southern suburb 20 minutes’ drive from the Perth CBD. It was a quiet and friendly neighborhood with residents from middle or upper middle class. The houses were all single-storey detached with big front yards and back … [Read more...]
Who said property cooling measures may never be lifted?
I read with bewilderment the article from Singapore Property Review titled “An inconvenient truth: Property curbs may never be lifted, analysts warn”. “The report argued that unless property prices plunge suddenly and dramatically, buying curbs may not be lifted in order to substantially reduce Singapore's unhealthy fixation with real estate.” This remark from the Maybank Kim … [Read more...]
Propexit versus propremain – which side are you on?
June 23 marks the independence of Britain which has finally voted out of the European Union. Other European countries are pledging to stand behind the EU. But deep down they are probably guessing which country will be the next one out. Brexit may start a chain reaction that leads to Frexit, Grexit, Luxexit, Spexit and Swexit. Sorry about my spellings but don’t forget we also … [Read more...]
Think Singapore’s property market is bottoming out? Think again
It is common for international property investors to compare how different property markets perform across the world and take their pick from the shortlisted countries. LaSalle Investment Management recently claimed that "Singapore's property market may be closer to a bottom than Hong Kong". How true is that? The peak and the pit Prices of properties in Hong Kong … [Read more...]