This week the most exciting property news is no doubt the new URA development guidelines for non-landed private residential projects. In this video, we are going to discuss the market implications of the new URA rules for the developers, home buyers and property investors. 1. What are the two major guidelines? 2. Why is it another blow to the developers? 3. What … [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...]
4 things Country Garden’s hiccups tell us about developers
Does the name Country Garden (碧桂园) sound familiar to you? If you have watched my youtube video “Mahathir, China Projects and Forest City”, you can probably recall that Country Garden is the developer behind Danga Bay and Forest City - the two controversial Johor Bahru projects in Malaysia. For the last two weeks, this largest and most aggressive property developer in … [Read more...]
5 property advice in the Year of the Dog
We kick-started the new year with a Property Club Singapore education seminar titled “Reading Property Signs in the Year of the Dog”. I used the occasion to share with the audience the property strategies for homebuyers and investors in the year of the earth dog. The presentation can be summed up with five key property advice. Advice #1: It’s all but a tail-chasing … [Read more...]