» A view on what is expected in the market across Asia IN our series on the global property outlook over the past weeks, we published the views of industry professionals on markets in the US, UK and Australia. This week, we take a brief look at neighbouring markets. Asian Region According to jll.realreviews.com, the … Read more
Rising prices, shorter amortization, tougher lending rules and now a tiered down payment scale (Canada) are making things so much tougher for anyone (not just the first time homebuyers) to get into the housing market (or stay in the housing market) these days. Forget that life as we know it today includes debts, credit issues, … Read more
Did you ever see those late night TV commercials that promise you can make money in Real Estate without using any of your own money or credit? What they are going to teach you is wholesaling Real Estate. What is Wholesaling? It is simply this. You market for a motivated seller, get the property under … Read more
We will remember 2015 as the year when the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) stepped in to try and slow down the investor frenzy, introducing guidelines to major lenders that resulted in capping the growth rate of their residential investment loans. 2015 saw an end to the lowest auction clearance rates in a decade, agents … Read more
Everybody wants to have a successful financial future. It is for this very reason that most people today are looking for ways on how they can increase their finances. Investing in properties can be a far better option. Indeed, more and more people all around the world agree that the best investment they can make … Read more
Ask any regular dude off the street on how to make money from property, and you’ll probably get this answer: “Buy low and sell high.” Like most cliches, while it’s most certainly true, it’s also pretty useless if you think about it: I mean, how exactly low is low, and how exactly high is high? … Read more
IN a nutshell, last week’s article on the US and the UK property market suggested that demand has exceeded supply in the US and developers will be increasing the construction of single-family and smaller housing units into the year; while house prices are expected to fall into the year, after the increase of stamp duty … Read more
The total value of all developed properties around the globe has been revealed to be USD217 trillion, which is 2.7 times larger than the world’s GDP. Let that sink in for a moment. In a new analysis by consultancy and advisory firm Savills, which published the study for the first time, the world’s developed property … Read more
Luxury property developer Simon Cheong recently sold a good class bungalow (GCB) that he built along King Albert Park within the Bukit Timah/Clementi Road vicinity, reported The Business Times. The property was sold for $25 million, which works out to $1,493 psf based on the freehold land area of 16,750 sq ft. Completed in late … Read more
A number of benefits and hurdles face the property sector as the ASEAN Economic Community commences There’s no turning back now. On 31 December 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was formally established, which saw its 10-member countries form a single economic bloc. Electronic and traditional ads about the AEC can be found all over … Read more