On October 26, URA released the 3rd quarter 2018 real estate statistics. Let’s study them in details to see what the latest property numbers are telling us. I will share with you four things In this podcast: 1) Where the numbers show the shrinking size of buyers in the market; 2) Why the developers are not doing so well in Q3; 3) Why Rest of Central Region will … [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...]
Podcast Ep#11: Property Market After New Curbs
It has been a month since the introduction of the new cooling measures. In this episode, we will check the impact of higher ABSD and lower loan-to-value on the property market. 1. New Launch What are we seeing in the new launch market and what is going to happen next? 2. Collective Sale Market What is happening in the collective sale market and what are owners … [Read more...]
Podcast Ep#10: When Overprice Becomes Oversupply
In this podcast, I will explain how all commodities, including properties, once overpriced, can eventually become oversupply. 1) Oversupply unlikely to happen? 2) Durians: From overprice to oversupply 3) The cycle of euphoria 4) When is the best time to buy? Watch the podcast below. If you want to read the script, turn on the "cc" button - the leftmost button at … [Read more...]