Jan 29, 2021 | Buying Singapore Property, Investing in Singapore Property
By Property Soul (guest contributor) Once we were invited to a friend’s housewarming party. The young couple was pleased to show us around. We were impressed by the great efforts they made to decorate their new home. Suddenly, the wife lamented that they...
Dec 14, 2020 | Buying Singapore Property, Investing in Singapore Property, Miscellaneous, Mortgage and Finances
By Property Soul (guest contributor) Disclaimer: This article is not sponsored by the Central Provident Fund Board. Although I am grateful that my 3-3-5 rule was endorsed by CPF 3 years ago, I am not obliged to return the favor by encouraging the public...
Jun 12, 2020 | Investing in Singapore Property
By Property Soul (guest contributor) At the time of writing this blog post, Covid-19 had 6.6 million cases worldwide and over 383,000 people has died. To distract myself from the chaotic world outside, I re-read Robin Sharma’s best-selling book The Monk...
Apr 20, 2020 | Investing in Singapore Property, Singapore Property Market
By Darren Ong (guest contributor) In Singapore, before you apply for a housing loan from banks or any financial institution (FI), you have to first determine the maximum housing loan amount you can borrow, which in turn determines how much upfront cash or CPF fund you...
Mar 30, 2020 | Investing in REITs, Investing in Singapore Property, Miscellaneous
If you’re an investor in Singapore REITs you will no doubt have been hit by the rapid collapse of REIT stock prices over the last few weeks [Full disclosure: I’m not invested in any of the Singapore REITs]. In just a period of two-plus weeks, many counters...
Sep 14, 2011 | Investing in Singapore Property
By Ku Swee Yong (guest contributor) In the first half of August, a few days after Standard & Poor’s downgraded US debt and caused a 600-point drop in the US stock market, a related entity S&P Equity Research published their stock recommendations which...
Aug 10, 2011 | Investing in Singapore Property
By Ku Swee Yong (guest contributor) Can the average Singaporean enjoy a comfortable retirement by investing in property? We recently caught up with Ku Swee Yong, CEO and Director of International Property Advisor Pte Ltd, a real estate family office, to find out his...
Aug 4, 2011 | Investing in Singapore Property
It was recently reported that Far East Organization, a leading Singapore real estate developer, was planning to raise more than S$500 million via a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) by listing some of its hotel and serviced apartment assets next year. Indeed...
Jul 25, 2011 | Investing in Singapore Property
Dear members, We’ve managed to secure one free ticket to Rayney Wong’s upcoming 2-Day “The Reunion Seminar”, which will be held on the 27th & 28th Aug 2011 (Sat/Sun) @ Grand Park (City Hall) from 8.30am to 8.30pm. During this seminar,...
Jun 10, 2011 | Investing in Singapore Property
By Ku Swee Yong (guest contributor) Despite round after round of cooling measures in 2010 and 2011, many investors remain eager to park their funds in residential properties. The tightening measures have merely relegated a fraction of the investors to the sidelines...
