“It is not when you buy but when you sell that makes learn to your profit”.

Hence I consistently advise my investors to guantee that they have gone through their financial plans thoroughly as they will be entering into a 4-year commitment – after taking into consideration the 4-year Seller’s Stamp Duty (SSD) that they will have to pay if they sell their property before four years.

Once they have determined the amount of finances they are willing to outlay, they will set themselves at a boon by entering the property market and generating passive income from rental yields compared to putting their cash staying with you. Based on the current market, I would advise they keep a lookout regarding any good investment property where prices have dropped more than 10% rather than putting it in a fixed deposit which pays three.5% and does not hedge against inflation which currently stands at suggestions.7%.

In this aspect, my investors and I take any presctiption the same page – we prefer to reap the benefits the current low pace and put our benefit property assets to generate a positive cash flow via rental income. I myself have personally seen some properties generating positive monthly cash flow of of up to $1500 after off-setting mortgage costs. This equates for annual passive income as much as $18 000 per annum which easily beats returns from fixed deposits plus outperforms dividend returns from stocks.

Even though prices of private properties have continued to go up despite the economic uncertainty, we are able to access that the effect of the cooling measures have cause a slower rise in prices as in order to 2010.

Currently, we are able to access that although property prices are holding up, sales start to stagnate. Let me attribute this on the following 2 reasons:

1) Many owners’ unwillingness to sell at less expensive costs and buyers’ unwillingness to commit to some higher charges.

2) Existing demand for properties exceeding supply due to owners being in no hurry to sell, consequently resulting in a rise in prices.

I would advise investors to view their Singapore property assets as long-term investments. Really should not be excessively alarmed by a slowdown your market property market as their assets will consistently benefit in the long run and increasing amount of value as a result of following:

a) Good governance in Singapore

b) Land scarcity in jade scape singapore, and,

c) Inflation which will set and upward pressure on prices

For clients who would like invest in other types of properties apart from the residential segment (such as New Launches & Resales), they might also consider buying shophouses which likewise will help generate passive income; and are not depending upon the recent government cooling measures similar to the 16% SSD and 40% downpayment required on residential properties.

I cannot help but stress the significance of having ‘holding power’. You should never be made to sell household (and make a loss) even during a downturn. Always remember that the property market moves in a cyclical pattern and you should sell only during an uptrend.