Despite the numerous Government policies to cool the property market in Singapore, the high-end residential segment has not been adversely affected. To begin with, the Government measures implemented thus far are targeted at the mass market, which has seen property values rising ahead of economic recovery. Based on Jones Lang LaSalle estimates, the average resale capital value for areas outside the prime...
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This year has been a rewarding year for the industrial property market. The overall momentum of the industrial property sector has been strong and more sustainable than that of the private residential sector. Besides continued rental recovery, factory units and multiple-user warehouses have received strong buying interest. In the first 10 months of this year alone, a total of 1,491 factory units were...
Bear in mind the importance of value investing as you look for your ideal property DESPITE the numerous government measures introduced to cool the property market, the high-end residential market in Singapore has not been adversely affected. To begin with, the measures so far are targeted at the mass market which has seen property values rising ahead of economic recovery. Based on Jones Lang LaSalle...
Tips on investing in property in the current market In my recent talks to property investors, I would conduct a straw poll with the question: "How many of you believe property prices will increase, go flat or decrease within the next twelve months?" Inevitably, I would get three different groups of respondents. My follow-up question would be: "In the worst-case scenario, would prices decrease at the same...
Property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle says Singapore is seeing one of the world's strongest growth in real estate investment transactions. In its Global Market Perspective report, it says shortages of prime assets for sale are constraining investment volumes. This has led to Singapore, Australia, Sweden and China experiencing the highest property investment growth as those countries have robust economic...
Investment sales for residential property in Singapore have fallen 30.8 per cent in a single quarter, with analysts attributing the dive to the slew of cooling measures introduced by the Government in August. According to a report issued yesterday by property consultancy Colliers International, the third quarter saw a total value of $3.74 billion in residential investment sales, well below the $5.4...
Commercial real-estate investment volumes in the Asia-Pacific increased by 8 per cent in the third quarter of this year to US$29.6 billion ($38.4 billion), according to DTZ Research. The real-estate research house said that volume growth would remain strong for the remainder of this year - and into next year, with investment predicted to hit US$145 billion next year. That would be a 12-per-cent increase...
When investing in real estate, buy with your head - not your heart. IT HAS been three years since the Dow Jones was at its peak of over 14,000 in October 2007. The last 36 months have been tumultuous for investors. Major institutions collapsed, some even disappeared. During that time, portfolio managers kept having to adjust and shift, seeking safety in products such as fixed-income instruments and...
About US$280 billion ($362 billion) of capital will be available to invest in global commercial real estate next year, with the United States market drawing the most buying interest as it bottoms out, according to property consultant DTZ DTZ said the estimated available capital for 2011 would be 22 per cent up on a forecast it made in December, with US$97.4 billion (up 54 per cent) for the US; US$111.8...
Singapore's property investment market surged in the third quarter, rising on the back of a buoyant office sector. Property consultant DTZ said total investment sales in the third quarter totalled S$6.1 billion, up by some 23 per cent from the previous quarter's S$5 billion. A rebounding office sector helped transactions in office properties to cross the S$1 billion mark, a level not breached since the...