Real Estate Riches
Understanding Singapore's Property Market in a Volatile Economy
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2011
188 pages
978-981-4382-59-5 (ISBN)
Description
In January 2011, the Singapore government unveiled a new set of property measures to curb rising home prices. It took most market watchers by surprise mainly because of the constant reassurance that the earlier round of measures, announced in August 2010, had been effective. Were these new measures necessary? What's in store next? Real Estate Riches: Understanding Singapore's Property Market in a Volatile Economy brings together a collection of articles on Singapore's property market. Published in Today and The Business Times, the articles give a succinct overview of the property landscape, clarify government policies, dispel common misconceptions and put into perspective the factors to consider when buying property. New commentaries offer objective insights into the local property scene.
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- A word from the author
- Part 1: Recent events
- 1. Restoring sanity to property prices
- 2. New measures sideline many buyers
- 3. Residential properties: why are investors still buying?
- 4. Aftermath of the new policy measures
- Part 2: Physical supply
- 5. It all boils down to demand and supply
- 6. Revisiting supply
- 7. In search of accurate supply data
- Part 3: Is this really progress?
- 8. 'Shoebox' apartments: know what you are buying
- 9. En bloc sales: dream or reality?
- 10. Before the gains, the pains
- 11. The price of progress
- Part 4: The market
- 12. Buy from developers or from the resale market?
- 13. What defines a luxury property?
- 14. Mid-tier and mass market properties: what are these?
- 15. More definitions
- Part 5: Investment tips
- 16. The danger in property investment
- 17. More price upside for landed homes
- 18. Which to buy: freehold or 99-year properties?
- 19. Where to buy, where to avoid
- 20. Getting a piece of the overseas pie
- About the author
