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Image Credit: The Business Times Singapore attracted an inflow of S$448 million in 2021, a 59% jump over the previous year. Despite the large amount, the MAS chief, Ravi Menon, has allayed concerns of a real estate bubble as he explains that Singapore can absorb record inflows of money. Rather than blocking it, Monetary Authority […]

This is a controversial topic as most Singaporeans are puzzled at how HDB can incur losses when it actually sells the flats at fairly high prices for public housing. Let’s dive a little deeper and try to uncover the mechanics behind it. 1. HDB Has To Buy The Land From Singapore Land Authority (SLA) While

New Cooling Measures wef 30 Sep 2022 Image Credit: PropNex The Government unveiled a slew of property cooling measures on Thursday (29 Sep 2022), aimed at moderating demand and ensuring prudent borrowing amid rising interest rates. With million dollar HDB resale flats transacting almost every other day this year and in estates unheard of such

Piccadilly Grand – Tranquility and Botanical Zone The hot topic has been on the rising interest rates as the Fed just hiked another 75 bps. Is there a connection between interest rates and property prices? The answer is without a doubt that higher costs of financing will dampen the demand for properties. Singapore’s interest rates

Mortgage rates have been increasing globally as central banks view interest rates as an effective way to tackle the high inflation. Most of them including Singapore take reference from the US Federal Reserve when it comes to setting rates. Following the Federal Reserve Chairman’s comments that rates increase will continue, Wall Street risked off and

The Singapore Central Bank chief warned that it is the end of the “cheap” era as Singapore must get used to higher prices as new cost structures emerge. In particular he emphasised on borrowing costs, labour costs and energy costs. Borrowing costs will not go back to the zero lower bounds we have seen in

After almost two years of pandemic living and border closures, people have learnt how important travel or rather the freedom of movement is. The constant quarantines, isolations, lockdowns have forced the wealthy to rethink where is a safer haven for their families. In addition, the Russian and Ukraine conflict have similarly uprooted citizens alike to

Photo Credit: 99.co Singapore Property Market Thus Far While in the thick of the pandemic, Singapore residents were scrambling to buy properties and it still holds true up to today as supply of completed properties can’t keep up with demand. Rentals have also rocketed after Singapore started to ease border restrictions and owners would rather

Photo Credit: The Business Times Photo Credit: Edgeprop Singapore Housing prices in Singapore have generally been on an uptrend since the Global Financial Crisis and there is a more pronounced demand after the Global Pandemic. Why did I make special mention of these two events? It is because Singapore has managed these 2 major events

Many young homeowners who are looking for their abodes would often ask if they should go for resale or buy new. Frankly new homeowners don’t look at properties the same way their parents or grandparents do anymore. It’s both a home and a property that is an investible asset on its own and when picked