Are Old Freehold Condos Still Profitable In Singapore? In theory, freehold condos should continue to appreciate well over the years. One common argument you’ll hear, for example, is that because developers won’t need to top up the lease, freehold projects have better en-bloc value and potential. But there’s… 24 Apr 2024 by Ryan J 3 min read 1
Are Cluster Landed Homes Still Profitable? Here’s How They’ve Performed Over 10 Years Cluster homes are in that weird spot between landed housing and condos. On the one hand, they’re landed; on the other hand, you still have an MCST, and common facilities. But next to walk-up apartments, this may be one of… 22 Apr 2024 by Ryan J 5 min read 1
A Case Study Of Foresque Residences And Flo Residence: Do “Premium” Stacks With Good Views Appreciate Better? Do “premium” stacks with good views really appreciate better? Developers are quite open about which stacks are “premium” – ask at a new launch, and the sales team will probably tell you outright. This comes with the usual host of… 9 Aug 2021 5 min read 0
Are Good Views Worth The Premium? Here’s A Short Study On 6 Different Condos Most of us know that units with a better view (which also tend to be higher-floor units) come at a premium. But this is also one of the features that’s hardest to quantify. How much would a future buyer for… 31 Jul 2021 6 min read 2
Can You ACTUALLY Lose Money With Landed Property In Singapore? We Look At Data From 26 Years Today, the purchase of a $40 million Bin Tong Park Good Class Bungalow by Grab CEO Anthony Tan hit the headlines. This follows the purchase of a $36 million Good Class Bungalow (GCB) last week. It’s clear that larger properties… 9 Jul 2021 2 min read 0
5 Unpopular, Slow-Selling New Launch Condos In 2021: What’s Going Wrong? Despite the uptick in the property market, not all condos are doing well. Sometimes it’s due to oversaturation, like in Holland V, while other times it may be issues like unpopular unit layouts. That said, not everyone looks for the… 1 Jul 2021 11 min read 2
How Many Foreigners Are Really Buying Properties In Singapore? (A Breakdown From The Last 10 Years) Back in the property heyday of 2013, foreigners were often denounced as the driving force behind inflation. But today, with Additional Buyers Stamp Duty (ABSD) for foreigners at 20 per cent, foreign ownerships are at a 17-year low (as of… 27 May 2021 5 min read 2
Parc Canberra vs Provence Residence: What Happens When Two ECs Are Side-by-side? Even before the last units at Parc Canberra had been sold, Provence Residence launched (selling just over half its total units at launch day, to boot). Pure home buyers may think nothing of it; but the more investment-minded are likely… 25 May 2021 6 min read 0
Is It Worth Paying A Premium For A Pre/Post-War Flat In Tiong Bahru? We Break Down The Numbers Tiong Bahru flats have made headlines for its steep prices despite its relatively low lease remaining. A Straits Times article published in August 2020 highlighted a $1.1 million dollar 4-room flat that transacted despite having just 51 years left on… 16 May 2021 12 min read 8
Are New Launches A “Sure Win”? We Analyse 450,000 Property Transactions “Buy new launch, sure make money!” You may have heard of this statement before, whether it’s unsolicited advice from your friends, family, or from agents trying to push a new launch unit to you. And why not? This belief is… 12 May 2021 13 min read 4
Are 1 Bedroom Units A Good Investment? Analysing 3,834 Transactions From 2011 It’s probably no surprise to hear that 1 and 2 bedroom units in a new launch are always the first to sell out. You don’t even have to look too far for evidence on this either. To give you an… 26 Apr 2021 7 min read 0
Analysing Unprofitable Condos: 6 Reasons Why The Tennery Has Performed Poorly As a continuation from our piece on 13 condos with the most unprofitable transactions, here’s where I (try to) dig deeper into why each particular condo has not done well. Some may say that these reasons may only be obvious… 22 Apr 2021 8 min read 3
A Buyer’s Case Study with Stacked: Principal Garden Project Case Study: Principal Garden Client Details Single, early 30s Working in advertising Buyer’s Brief Looking for first home/investment 2 bedroom minimum in Bukit Timah/Holland/CBD Liveability was a focus Challenges They Faced Afraid of pushy agents Needed more hand holding… 29 Mar 2021 10 min read 4
Analysing The Gap Between New Condos And Household Income (All 28 Districts): Which Are Still Affordable To Singaporeans? There’s a list of “coffee shop complaints” that we hear all the time, from the rising cost of food, to whether PSLE is a terrible idea. A perennial favourite on the list is the issue of housing affordability, especially in… 26 Mar 2021 5 min read 0
Analysing Unprofitable Condos: 3 Reasons Why Stellar RV Has Performed Poorly You might have read our recent article on the 13 condos with the most unprofitable transactions. In the first 2 days it racked up nearly 50,000 page views – a sure sign if ever that there needs to be more… 22 Mar 2021 7 min read 0
13 Condos With The Most Unprofitable Transactions (By Region) You’ve read dozens of stories about property tycoons and how housing is the best asset – but at the same time, you’ve heard whispered stories about properties sold at a loss. In Singapore, the former is louder than the latter;… 15 Mar 2021 11 min read 0
How Bad Is The Price Gap Between New Launch And Resale Condos? An Analysis Of 13 OCR Districts (Part 2) Last week we looked at the price gap between new and resale condos in various districts (Click here for Part 1). This week we’re continuing on from that, as well as examining why the gap between absolute prices (the quantum)… 23 Feb 2021 9 min read 2
How Bad Is The Price Gap Between New Launch And Resale Condos? An Analysis of 13 OCR Districts (Part 1) “Price gap between new and resale units in this region (OCR) stands at 47%, widest in 25 years” With such a statistic, there’s only going to be two trains of thoughts here. One, new launches are overpriced. Or two, resale… 19 Feb 2021 11 min read 0
An In-depth Update Of 88 New Launch Condos: Have Prices Risen Or Fallen? “You’ll make instant profit”, the sales team will tell you, “if you buy at a discount now, and then the prices rise in a few months”. It’s a familiar sales pitch in many show flats; and to Singapore’s property investors… 13 Feb 2021 9 min read 4
Should You Invest In A 60-Year Leasehold Residential Property? A Case Study On The Hillford Since publishing 2 articles recently on cash-flow positive properties that you can invest in in the OCR and the CCR, we’ve had a couple of readers asking: Is it worth investing in an old leasehold property to achieve positive rental… 21 Jan 2021 7 min read 6