In today’s market of rising property prices, the psychology of existing property buyers is actually changing right before my eyes. Instead of being someone who is neutral and able to follow a set budget that is sensible, a lot of…
For me, 2020 passed in a blink of an eye. I guess when we welcomed a newborn baby girl in early Feb 2020 – time can pass very quickly! I think 2020 will be known as the lockdown year when…
I am sure you would have seen this headline a few days ago. “Half of developers likely to cut prices of Singapore new launches” – The Business Times, 5 May 2020 I share my thoughts on this article in the…
Recently, I met up with one of my blog readers who asked me whether this particular condo was worth buying. So my followup-question was “Is there any particular reason on why you need to buy this place?” (There was more…
It has been more then a month since the latest cooling measure kicked in on 5th July 2018. I can still remember the night before – when everyone was rushing to the showflats to immediately make their purchases. For myself…
For the past 3 years since writing this blog, I have shared monthly insights on Singapore property based on my experiences on the ground and talking to various property owners. The initial goal for Second Property Investors was to provide…
With plenty of en-bloc sales that has happened in 2017 and 2018, developers are now beginning to launch new properties at their newly acquired sites. These new properties will be ready within 2-4 years’ time – depending on the developers…
One of the key steps in analyzing the property market is being able to understand the supply charts of private residential units. The data can be easily found in the URA website. Below is the supply chart from the 3rd…
A very common upgrading path for some growing families is to upgrade to the bigger HDB flat. What I often see is the 4-room HDB owner moving to a bigger space like an Executive Apartment (EA) or Executive Maisonette (EM).…
Let me introduce to 2 different private 99-year leasehold condos in the east of Singapore. Both of them are located within the same street in Pasir Ris. From the map above, the circled one is Livia condo (TOP in 2011)…
