My company, Ascendant Assets Pte Ltd, frequently hold talks and seminars that teach aspiring property investors how to understand the Singapore property market as well as to look for value-for-money deals.

In those talks, one common question that is posed to me is what investors should look out for to tell if the market is starting to weaken. To answer that question, my research team did an analysis sometime back to compare the correlation between the median condominium and apartment prices and the following factors (The difference between condominium and apartment is that the land size for condominium developments must at least be 0.4ha (about 42,056sq ft), while the land size for apartment developments can be less than 0.4ha):

1. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

2. Number of foreigners in Singapore.

3. Number of Singapore residents.

4. Number of marriages in Singapore.

5. 3-Months SIBOR (Singapore Interbank Offer Rate).

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