Property Investment

Property investment in the new decade

THE times have been good for property investors in the past couple of years. Prices in certain areas, particularly in selected areas of Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya have risen significantly, some as high as 50 per cent. And as a result of this rise, practically all property investors had made money. In fact, some people have seen their net worth jump up by 30 or 40 per cent because of the price rise....

The key to investing in homes

Most of us have heard it all before from the experts. Investing in homes is one of the safest and surest forms of investment. If you cannot re-sell the property for a good profit within a couple of years, you can always hold it for the long term because it will always appreciate. But if everyone follows this advice, will it still work? Surely it is a recipe for disaster. If everyone is going to earn it...

5 tips for investing in shops and shophouses

The number of commercial units, typically shophouses and strata units for office and shops, sold in 1H 2010 remained similar to that in 2H 2009. A total of 495 commercial units were transacted in 1H 2010, reflecting a 4 per cent decrease compared to that in 2H 2009. Although economic conditions have tremendously improved in 1H 2010, the number of commercial properties transacted was subdued, underpinned...

S’porean investors are increasingly moving to safe asset classes: analysts

Analysts said more Singaporean investors are increasingly moving to conservative asset classes. Among them, properties Down Under. Westpac Private Bank has seen 18 per cent of its Australia and New Zealand multi-currency home loans coming from Singapore in the past nine months, up by six percentage points over the same period last year. They attribute the increase to poorer risk appetite after the recent...

6 property markets worth a closer look

SIGNS of renewed confidence for global investors are very apparent today, after the global recession last year. Here are six markets that we would recommend to investors seeking to grow their property portfolio. Vietnam Vietnam's export economy and growing aspirational population makes it a strong market for growth potential. Also, demand for residential accommodation is outgrowing supply at a rapid...

S’pore drops 3 spots in survey of top real estate investment markets

Singapore appears to be losing a bit of its shine as one of Asia Pacific's top real estate investment markets. It slipped three notches among Asian markets in PwC's latest survey on where institutional investors prefer to put their money next year. Singapore was ranked number two last year. But it was placed number five among 20 cities in the latest report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Shanghai was...

S’pore, HK property investors expect portfolio value to increase

Singapore investors are not alone in their love for property. Those in Hong Kong have also allocated 25 per cent of their portfolios to property, according to a survey of high net worth individuals conducted by Barclays Wealth. In fact, both groups expect to allocate a greater part of their portfolios to property over the next two years by about 3 percentage points. They cited potential yield and capital...

Wealthy investors regain appetite for property

Confidence in the real estate sector is returning among high-net-worth individuals according to new survey from Barclays Wealth. Over the next two years, 35% of the survey’s respondents said they plan to increase the proportion of their portfolios dedicated to real estate, excluding their primary residences. The average allocation to real estate among respondents was 28% internationally and 23% in the...

Property investment sales up 13% in Q3 to S$1.8b

Property investment sales rose 13 per cent between July and September to S$1.8 billion, compared to the previous quarter. The improved performance was buoyed by better market and investor sentiments. In its latest report, property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle said the residential sector dominated investment sales, accounting for 52 per cent of total sales. Investment sales in the residential sector...

Billionaire Modi seeks island resorts in distressed-asset quest

Billionaire Bhupendra Kumar Modi, who made his fortune from mobile-phone services in India, is planning to invest US$100 million ($142.5 million) in distressed assets including the island resorts on Batam and Bintan neighboring Singapore. Modi, chairman of Singapore-based Spice Global with interests from telecommunications to financial services, said he is in talks to buy stakes in all the resorts on the...

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