It all started with long queues at the shopping mall roadshow. It took us some time to realize that people are not queuing for popular food or warehouse sale, but for the trackers of National Steps Challenge Season 4 - an initiative by the Health Promotion Board to encourage Singaporeans to be physically active. Getting fit or getting freebies? The first exercise people … [Read more...]
When developer’s new launch becomes emperor’s new clothes
In my latest youtube video “What Q3 Property Data Tell Us”, I mentioned that developers are not doing so well after the July cooling measures, even though they learn to face the reality that buyers are limited and start lowering prices at new launch. How bad are new launches doing? End of September, Qingjian Realty’s 27 percent sales (330 out of a total of 1,206 units) … [Read more...]
Podcast Ep#18: What Q3 Property Data Tell Us
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...]