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De Wei Low Risk Analyst at Land Transport Authority (LTA) Singapore quote...... Home values remain eye-watering. The median price for a private condominium >S$1.7 million in June, according to the information from a URA database, up more than 30% from 4 years ago. The 2nd hand market for cheaper public housing, where the bulk of locals live, saw its 17th consecutive quarter of price increases." unq Private Housing 2020 2024 1m 1.3m 2m 2.6m 3m 3.9m 4m 5.2m let's take the $4m category. At this category, the value if your house went up $821 per day every day for 1460days. Where is the economic gain , where is the value add & did the rents also go up 0.02% per day? frankly I cannot put my head around this figure of 30% in 4 years. Will we see another 30% in another 4 years? in the US as a comparison Scott Galloway explains that "one of the big reasons young people are struggling is asset inflation, which leads to lack of purchasing power and quality of life. In the last 40 years, housing & education have gone up 9-12x while salaries have gone up 6x. From 1960-90, the median home price was equal to roughly 2.5 yrs of household income. By 2020 that ratio has nearly doubled — house prices were more than 4x annual incomes. (Housing prices have only risen since then.) Home ownership is a principal tenet of the American Dream. Owning a home builds credit, reduces housing costs, and makes a young family feel a sense of pride, belonging, and accomplishment. Yet home ownership is increasingly unavailable to young people." unq. Singapore home ownership starts with an affordable HDB available for about $200000 at the bottom rung. This allows someone with a married combined income of say $80000 per year to pay small installments for 20 years to pay off his/her HDB. but aspirants from overseas who want to make Singapore their home today must be able to afford an initial lump sum of at least $280000 in order to enter the private home real estate market. Basically you have removed 99% of Malaysians, Indonesias, Thais, Indians and Phillipinos to enter the market. Its a brick wall barriers to entry. I believe the era of migration into Singapore without either / Combined household income of over $150000/year / marrying a Singaporean / a shitload of money is over. From now on, the only migrants and expats will be moneyed. And I believe at some point will not be able to assimilate with Singaporeans. The leadership under LW have a difficult task. There is a constant demand for expat talent but individuals moving in aged 20 to 25 incomes $50000/y to $75000/y cannot afford rent over $30000/year 26 to 30 incomes $75000/y to $100000/y cannot afford rent over $45000/year 31 to 35 incomes $100000/y to $125000/y cannot afford rent over $60000/year. rents between $25000 to $45000/year is becoming impossible to find and so as we see rents rising, expatriates will go the way of the Dinosaurs.

Singapore home prices rise again, defying sales slowdown

Singapore home prices rise again, defying sales slowdown

sg.finance.yahoo.com

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