Saturday, July 4, 2009

Singapore Property Investor: Selecting Investment Property

We are Singapore Mortgage Brokers who help you get home loans or to refinance your

property.

The key things to consider in Property Investments are: -

* Affordability and holding power

* Rental yield

* Capital appreciation

Affordability and Holding Power

Ideally, you should not purchase an investment that is way beyond what you

can Safely Afford.

You should also have good holding power to withstand Mortgage home loan

interest rates fluctuation as well as have enough cash flow set aside for up

to 24 months of Mortgage Home loan installment.

This is important as market condition can become volatile and the last thing

you want to do is to sell your investment property at a huge loss in a

Singapore Property market stricken with panic.

You can check your affordability with us: - Email: loans@propertybuyer.com.sg

Rental yield and Income

Rental yield is important in a property investment. However rental yield

cannot be over-emphasized.

What is important is the Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), most commonly

referred to as ROI.

Rental yield is: -

Annual Rental / Property purchase price

Return of Invested Capital (ROIC): -

[ Annual Rental - (Interest financing cost) - (Maintenance & Misc Cost) ] / Invested Capital
By looking simply looking at a property investment and comparing yield can

be very mis-leading. It is similar to looking at P/E for shares. As rental prices

fluctuate, so does property prices.


Buying based only on investment yield is the of the most foolish mistakes a

property buyer/investor can make.

RENTAL DEMAND

Singapore's rental demands are mainly derived from foreign expatriates as

most Singapore citizens own their own homes.

RENTAL SUPPLY

Property stock do not stay the same, as Property Developers will likely get

first hand information from Governmental development plans in order to add

to the supply.

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