Investing

6 Essential Factors To Think About Before Buying Your First Rental Property

Some Singaporeans are fortunate enough to have an alternative home; these range from singles who can continue living with parents, to those who whose spouses already own a property. For this advantaged group, it’s possible that their very first mortgage…

• 14 Sep 2022
• 6 min read
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Is The First-Mover Advantage For New Launch Condos Real? Here’re 4 Case Studies To See If It’s True

The “first-mover” theory holds that, if you’re the first to buy in a yet-to-peak area, you’ll see better capital gains. In theory, you would be buying before property values start to spike, in a classic buy-low-sell-high move. But depending on…

• 31 Aug 2022
• 8 min read
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Prime Resale Freehold Condos Cheaper Than New 99-Year Suburban Condos: Too Good To be True?

The year is 2017, the market is on a bit of a slowdown and you decide this is the right time to buy an investment property.  You have always been a bit of a traditionalist, and you subscribe to the…

• 27 Aug 2022
• 9 min read
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Buying A Home During Hungry Ghost Month: Does “Bad Luck” Translate To Lesser Profit?

As we enter into the Ghost Festival (7th month of the lunar calendar from August and usually lasts for a month till September), there will be just one question that buyers will be asking: Does buying a property during the…

• 8 Aug 2022
• 6 min read
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5 Fast-Selling New Launches That Were Surprisingly Unprofitable Later (Some 0 Profitable Transactions)

Nothing charges up a condo show flat like a “selling fast” sign, or hyped-up news of how it sold out over a weekend. But as we’re about to see, not every condo that had a great launch ended up performing…

• 20 Jul 2022
• 8 min read
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“I Lost RM 1 Million Investing in KL Real Estate”: 5 Key Lessons From A Singapore Investor Of 36 Years

We’ve all heard stories of someone who has invested in Malaysian property and got burnt. From horror stories of the estate not having enough funds to pay for a working lift, or to developers running out of money to leave…

• 14 Jul 2022
• 9 min read
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6 Slow Selling New Launches That Became Profitable Later (More Than 90% Made Money)

A common marketing tactic in real estate is to slap “selling fast” on new launch websites. We tend to assume that what starts well will also end well – so any property that’s selling out quickly must, by conventional thinking…

• 8 Jul 2022
• 8 min read
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10 Shocking Loss-Making Condo Transactions Since 2017 (The Last Market Bottom)

Conventional wisdom will point at the property market cycle and tell you that 2017 was the best time to buy in the last 5 years. After all, it was the lowest point in the residential property price index and for…

• 29 Jun 2022
• 14 min read
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Avoiding A 20% Loss: 5 Important Lessons I’ve Learned Trying To Sell My Property In London

Last week, I shared the lessons I learned after making my worst investment decision to date: buying a new-build, Zone 1 London property. Thankfully, after almost 10 years on the market, I finally received an offer for it. Something I’m…

• 29 Jun 2022
• 7 min read
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I Lost Over 20% On My Property Investment In London Over 9 Years: Here Are My 5 Key Takeaways

When we bought my London flat, my Mother and I had been comfortably settled in our family home for 30 years, and weren’t expecting to move anytime soon. As I had already been in the UK for 4 years (and…

• 22 Jun 2022
• 9 min read
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What I Look At In An Overseas Property Investment: Reviewing 3 One Bedroom Properties In New York

Investing in overseas property can be a tricky thing. But one thing to err on the safer side is to look out for gateway cities. Or rather, places that are on their way to becoming gateway cities – to capitalise…

• 15 Jun 2022
• 14 min read
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7 Useful Tips I’ve Learned Being An International Property Marketer: How To Start Investing In Overseas Property

I clearly remember the first time I felt invigorated to become a landlord and it was when I came across Robert Kiyosaki’s book, “Rich Dad Poor Dad”. This was a long time back when I was still a student (sidenote:…

• 13 Jun 2022
• 9 min read
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Selling Your Home During Hungry Ghost Festival: Is It Any Less Profitable? A Look At 26 Years Of Data

You may have heard of the excuse used by agents to account for a slow-moving month in August: “Oh yes, it was the Hungry Ghost Festival, that’s why” For those who are unaware, the “Ghost Festival” (“GF”) falls on the…

• 8 Jun 2022
• 7 min read
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Analysing Unprofitable Condos: 6 Reasons Why The Lanai Has Performed Poorly (District 23)

With the last unprofitable condo analysis being done in the East (Urban Vista, for those wondering), this time I’ve decided to look to the West for another on our list of 13 unprofitable condos.  I know it has taken some…

• 3 Jun 2022
• 10 min read
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Should You Invest In A Condo’s Commercial Space? Here Are 6 Things To Note

With new cooling measures in place, some property investors are now considering alternatives – and one that feels close to home is commercial spaces inside condos. It’s not uncommon for many developments to have minimarts, clinics, cafés, etc. within the…

• 31 May 2022
• 6 min read
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10 Most Profitable Condos Based On Their Average Performance Since 2012

The last time we did an article on profitable condos, this was by a ratio of the highest profitable-to-unprofitable transactions since 1995. But with the various cooling measures and different policies throughout the years, sometimes looking at transactions dating so…

• 18 May 2022
• 13 min read
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This Singaporean Investor Owns 47 Properties Around The World: I Break Down 5 Of Them

In 2020, I met this fascinating lady when I was out socialising. Let’s call her Ms Dollar.   There were so many reasons why she left such a huge impression on me, but what truly took the cake was that she…

• 27 Apr 2022
• 13 min read
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Making Your First Overseas Real Estate Purchase: 8 Tips By An Ex-International Property Marketer

“Let me make cars. You stick to making tractors.”  Just these 9 words uttered by Enzo Ferrari changed the course of supercars forever.  He was speaking to none other than the now world-famous founder of Lamborghini.  The story goes that…

• 20 Apr 2022
• 10 min read
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