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Issue 80

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Is There a Magic Pill for Successful Property Investment? Singapore Property News This Week Resale Property Transactions (November 14 November 20)

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SINGAPORE PROPERTY WEEKLY Issue 80

Is There a Magic Pill for Successful Property Investment?


By guest contributor Gerald Tay
Yes! I just purchased the best property investment deal from a property seminar. I dont have to do anything. All I have to do is sit on my couch and the cheques will be deposited into my bank account. They promise a 20% guaranteed return during the first year with a contract. Should I want to sell it anytime, they will either find buyers for me or simply buy it back from me. And the best part? I only have to fork out a tiny sum for the property down-payment. Wheres the exact location of the property? Well, its somewhere there on the map. Ive seen it on presentation and it just fine. No risk, requires little money to start and comes with great returns!
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SINGAPORE PROPERTY WEEKLY Issue 80 They also offered me a property investment mentor who will help me to become rich in a 12 month package for $3,995. The mentor is the same fellow who sold me the property. He must be always right because hes a property guru. Ill just follow those shrink wrapped books, study that file which is thicker than my sons history book, follow the gurus recommendation, and start boasting to my friends how you dont have to do anything to become rich. I am on my way to untold fortunes. Look out world. Here I come! Sounds foolish doesnt it? But people are always looking for that Magic Pill, the one thing that will help them leave their job, become rich, buy that house and car and live a better life. I call it the Magic Pill Syndrome people jump from investment to investment, program to program looking for the easy road to wealth. Unfortunately, the only place the
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magic pill will work is in the movies or Peter Pans land. The Armchair Investing Pill

Most people do not want to work or are simply looking for the laziest and quickest way they can find to wealth and riches. They throng property seminars, exhibitions and new launches, hoping to find that one great deal to be laid out to them on a silver platter. They rather let others find the deal for them than to go do it themselves. In other words, they hope the sky will rain money down on them. They like to believe they can find good property deals with no sweat, no trouble, and no need to get dirty. They want everything from the legal stuff to renting out done for them, so that all they have to do is to sign on the dotted line.
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SINGAPORE PROPERTY WEEKLY Issue 80 Many overseas properties being marketed in property seminars or exhibitions can be more than meets the eye. Their so-called projected high returns can be distorted to look good to potential buyers. These marketers have clever up-the-sleeves marketing tricks to package these properties nicely, making Enron and Bernie Madoff look like amateurs. The only reason such properties are being sold in seminars or exhibitions is because they can make money for the sellers, and certainly not for you, the buyer. If the property is as good as they claim, why the need for it to be marketed thousands of miles away when there is already a ready pool of wealthy savvy investors with ready money to buy from the country of origin? Great and good property deals are NEVER marketed or promoted widely in public (this includes new property launches). They are meant to be found through hard-work and sweat. The Only Magic Pill that works The only magic involved for investment success is hard work, action and commitment. It is hard work to first get educated and learn the ropes before any action is taken. Action is the fuel. Commitment is the vehicle that will drive you to the finish line. Hard work, action and commitment are needed to help you realise your investment goals. Theres no other way around it. All too often I hear people say, I dont want to learn. I have no time. This is just foolishness. Dont be seduced by the opportunities that promise you instant riches.

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SINGAPORE PROPERTY WEEKLY Issue 80 Donald Trump and the Trenches To be a rich successful investor, one has to first learn to be in the trenches, observing the enemy from the frontlines, fighting and dodging bullets, sweating in mud under the hot sun and pushing your limits to survive no matter how tired you may be. Certainly, you dont expect to win a war from the comforts of your sofa at home. Donald Trump, the famous property developer, started his real estate investment career as a small-time investor in the dark pits of New York City. I certainly dont think he became this successful simply by being an armchair investor and neither should you. But Im not asking you to be the next Donald Trump either. You just need to be a smart property investor! With the right systems and training put together with your hard work, action and commitment, you can find an investment that will work for you. A mentor or coach can help with the learning curve and help you increase your success faster. By guest contributor Gerald Tay, CEO and Chief Trainer at CREi Academy Group.

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SINGAPORE PROPERTY WEEKLY Issue 80

Singapore Property This Week


Residential
The Topiary at Seletar Hills to open for eapplication 700-unit The Topiary, an EC development along Fernvale Lane, at Seletar Hills has been opened for e-application. The development with a mix of two-bedroom, three-bedroom, dual-key, and single-storey penthouses is expected to fetch from $700$720 psf. There are mainly three- and fourbedroom units, with 904-1,130 sq ft threebedroom units, 1,259-1,539 sq ft threebedroom dual-key units, and 1,389-1,636 sq ft four-bedroom dual-key units. The 16 penthouses range from 1,970-2,476 sq ft. Since there is not much competition from other ECs in the region, the project is likely to do well. (Source: Business Times) Latest cooling measures does not affect overall house prices

According to the October flash estimates of the Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) series, the 35-year cap on loan tenure and lower LTV ratios have no significant impact on overall housing prices in October. Excluding ECs, prices of completed private apartments and condominiums saw a 1% increase, with prices of suburban units (excluding small units) increasing by 1% and prices of units in the Central Region increasing by 0.9%.

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SINGAPORE PROPERTY WEEKLY Issue 80 Meanwhile, prices of small units (up to 506 sq ft) islandwide saw a 0.6% increase. While the cooling measures introduced thus far do not help to control inflation of house prices, it is helping to reduce house price volatility, with the average absolute monthly change falling from 2.6% per month before the introduction of the cooling measures to 0.9% per month after the introduction. The lack of effectiveness of the cooling measures in the suburban market is attributed to domestic liquidity. Meanwhile, the revised SRPI values for September reflected a 1% increase in the Central Region and the Non-Central Region, and a 2% increase for small apartments islandwide, leading to a overall increase of 1% in September. Bishan St 14 residential site draws $505m top bid The 11,227.80 sq m residential site located at Bishan Street 14 site next to CapitaLands Sky Habitat development attracted a top bid of $505 million, or $852.94 psf ppr from Allamanda Residential Development, a 75-25 Capitaland- Mitsubishi Estate Asia joint venture, beating out eight other bidders. The plan is to develop the site into a 700-unit condominium to be launched in H2 2013, which estimated breakeven price and selling price are $1,350-$1,400 psf and $1,650$1,700 psf respectively. The high bids suggests that private residential sites are still in demand and that developers are willing to pay higher land prices. (Source: Business Times)

(Source: Business Times)


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SINGAPORE PROPERTY WEEKLY Issue 80 Commercial Downward trend in Grade A office rents continues in Q4 $9.26 psf in Q3 to $9.07 psf in Q4. In addition, all three firms predicts flat Grade A rents in 2013. The islandwide net absorption of office space is estimated to hit two million sq ft in 2012, much like the 2.1 million sq ft in 2011. Net new supply of office space (new completions less demolitions) is also estimated to be around one million sq ft, compared to 2.8 million sq ft last year, leading to an estimated fall in the islandwide office vacancy rate from 6.7% in 2011 to 5.1% this year. However, this is expected to change in 2013, with an increase in vacancy to 8.7% expected since net absorption of 1.12 million sq ft and net new supply of 2.56 million sq ft is estimated for the next year. (Source: Business Times)

According to CBRE, the average monthly rental value for Grade A office space (bestquality office buildings in Raffles Place, Marina Bay and Marina Centre) slipped 3% to $9.51 psf in Q4 from $9.80 psf in Q3, bringing the full-year fall to 13.5%, compared to the 11.1% increase in 2011. Similarly, Jones Lang LaSalle also reports a 2.2% fall in the average rent in its Grade A basket (bestquality buildings in Raffles Place, Marina Bay, Shenton Way, Tanjong Pagar and Marina Centre) from Q3 to $8.90 psf in Q4, leading to a full-year fall of 8.7%. Colliers International also reported a 2% fall in the average Grade A Raffles Place/New Downtown rent from

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SINGAPORE PROPERTY WEEKLY Issue 80 Victoria St/Ophir Rd hotel site launched on reserve list The 99-year leasehold 82,057.5 sq-ft plot with a 344,649.3 sq-ft maximum permissible GFA and a maximum building height of 20 storeys is likely to be triggered. Assuming a four-star 550-650-room hotel development with a retail component, the top bid for the site is expected to be in the range of $1,000 to $1,100 psf ppr. It is likely to be popular, given the rising visitor arrivals, its location near main Bugis shopping area, the Kampong Glam Conservation Area, and the upcoming mixed development DUO as well as the Bugis MRT Station and the upcoming Bugis Downtown Line. (Source: Business Times)

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SINGAPORE PROPERTY WEEKLY Issue 80

Non-Landed Residential Resale Property Transactions for the Week of Nov 14 Nov 20
Postal District 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 Project Name MARINA BAY RESIDENCES ICON THE METROPOLITAN CONDOMINIUM TANGLIN VIEW RIVER PLACE HARVEST MANSIONS MARINA COLLECTION CARIBBEAN AT KEPPEL BAY CARIBBEAN AT KEPPEL BAY THE COAST AT SENTOSA COVE CARIBBEAN AT KEPPEL BAY ONE-NORTH RESIDENCES THE PEAK@BALMEG CRYSTAL HEIGHTS BLUE HORIZON BLUE HORIZON VARSITY PARK CONDOMINIUM URBAN LOFTS PRISTINE HEIGHTS D'CAMBRIDGE BLISS REGALIA THE COSMOPOLITAN THE COSMOPOLITAN BELLE VUE RESIDENCES WATERMARK ROBERTSON QUAY Area (sqft) 1,636 581 1,744 1,141 1,389 947 2,185 893 893 4,596 1,227 592 1,755 1,109 1,216 936 2,271 840 732 732 1,679 1,141 1,399 4,090 936 Transacted Price ($) 4,417,200 1,100,000 2,495,000 1,550,000 1,850,000 1,050,000 6,227,250 1,550,000 1,550,000 7,813,200 1,860,000 960,000 2,750,000 1,428,000 1,340,000 1,000,000 2,300,000 1,170,000 1,000,000 976,000 1,450,000 2,520,000 2,920,000 8,033,000 1,750,000 Price Tenure ($ psf) 2,700 99 1,892 99 1,431 99 1,358 99 1,332 99 1,108 99 2,850 99 1,735 99 1,735 99 1,700 99 1,516 99 1,622 99 1,567 FH 1,288 FH 1,102 99 1,068 99 1,013 99 1,394 FH 1,366 FH 1,333 FH 864 FH 2,209 FH 2,087 FH 1,964 FH 1,869 FH Postal District 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 15 15 Project Name LEONIE STUDIO THE IMPERIAL MARTIN EDGE ST REGIS RESIDENCES SINGAPORE NASSIM JADE DE LENTE THE EQUATORIAL THE MARBELLA SPRING GROVE THE LEVELZ SHANGHAI ONE HOLLAND MEWS THE SIERRA THE SIERRA SOLEIL @ SINARAN AMARYLLIS VILLE PAVILION 11 KELLETT COURT MINBU COURT THE ARTE THE ARTE MONVILLE MANSIONS EURO-ASIA PARK AMBER RESIDENCES CAMELOT BY-THE-WATER Area (sqft) 926 1,722 936 2,153 2,110 743 2,067 1,625 1,389 743 883 2,422 980 980 1,722 958 1,485 1,044 990 1,399 1,873 1,615 1,475 1,163 5,360 Transacted Price ($) 1,700,000 3,075,000 1,456,000 5,550,000 5,200,000 1,320,000 3,550,000 2,708,000 2,222,000 1,185,000 1,375,000 3,740,000 1,340,000 1,313,000 3,200,000 1,520,000 2,330,000 1,450,000 1,080,000 1,800,000 2,130,000 1,500,000 1,530,000 1,802,650 7,300,000 Price Tenure ($ psf) 1,836 99 1,785 FH 1,555 FH 2,578 999 2,465 FH 1,777 FH 1,718 FH 1,666 FH 1,600 99 1,595 FH 1,558 FH 1,544 FH 1,368 947 1,340 947 1,858 99 1,587 99 1,569 FH 1,389 FH 1,091 FH 1,286 FH 1,137 FH 929 FH 1,038 FH 1,551 FH 1,362 99

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SINGAPORE PROPERTY WEEKLY Issue 80


Postal District 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 21 Project Name AQUENE HAIG COURT ARTHUR MANSIONS WATER PLACE SANTA FE MANSIONS MARTIA RESIDENCE WATER PLACE HAIG COURT COSTA RHU ONE @ PULASAN EMPRADO SUITES LAGUNA PARK EAST GALLERIA NEPTUNE COURT CASA MERAH THE CLEARWATER CASCADALE CASCADALE FERRARIA PARK CONDOMINIUM LOYANG VALLEY OASIS @ ELIAS MELVILLE PARK SAVANNAH CONDOPARK ISUITES @ TANI PALM GROVE CONDOMINIUM EVANIA NOUVELLE PARK THE CASCADIA Area (sqft) 710 1,399 1,636 1,561 1,076 1,001 1,216 1,442 2,056 1,087 1,249 1,615 1,808 1,636 958 1,227 1,561 1,561 1,356 1,873 980 958 1,733 592 1,292 1,421 1,109 990 Transacted Price ($) 965,000 1,850,000 2,126,800 2,018,000 1,330,000 1,198,000 1,438,888 1,645,000 2,280,000 1,150,000 1,150,000 1,460,000 1,570,000 1,350,000 1,200,000 1,185,000 1,410,000 1,380,000 1,260,000 1,280,000 970,000 765,000 1,320,000 835,000 1,320,000 1,410,000 1,045,000 1,805,000 Price Tenure ($ psf) 1,358 FH 1,322 FH 1,300 FH 1,293 99 1,236 FH 1,197 FH 1,183 99 1,140 FH 1,109 99 1,058 FH 921 FH 904 99 868 FH 825 99 1,253 99 966 99 903 FH 884 FH 929 FH 683 99 990 99 799 99 762 99 1,410 999 1,022 999 992 FH 943 FH 1,823 FH
Postal District 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 28 28 28 Project Name THE STERLING THE CASCADIA HUME PARK II SOUTHAVEN II PARC PALAIS SOUTHAVEN I SHERWOOD TOWER SHERWOOD TOWER SOUTHAVEN I THE LAKESHORE THE CENTRIS LAKEHOLMZ THE MAYFAIR THE MAYFAIR THE DAIRY FARM DAIRY FARM ESTATE CASHEW HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM THE MADEIRA REGENT HEIGHTS SUNRISE GARDENS SERENITY PARK SELETAR SPRINGS CONDOMINIUM Area (sqft) 1,604 1,755 1,485 1,055 1,238 1,335 1,518 1,701 3,046 1,163 1,345 1,249 1,227 1,163 1,389 2,336 1,658 1,249 1,163 990 1,313 1,302 Transacted Price ($) 1,980,000 1,950,000 1,628,000 1,090,000 1,200,000 1,090,000 1,168,000 1,280,000 1,938,000 1,230,000 1,400,000 1,180,000 1,150,000 1,025,000 1,650,000 2,200,000 1,540,000 1,133,000 918,000 910,000 1,200,000 1,078,000 Price Tenure ($ psf) 1,235 FH 1,111 FH 1,096 FH 1,033 999 969 FH 817 99 770 99 753 99 636 99 1,058 99 1,041 99 945 99 937 99 882 99 1,188 FH 942 FH 929 999 907 99 790 99 919 99 914 FH 828 99

NOTE: This data only covers non-landed residential resale property transactions with caveats lodged with the Singapore Land Authority. Typically, caveats are lodged at least 2-3 weeks after a purchaser signs an OTP, hence the lagged nature of the data.

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