By guest contributor Gerald Tay

I’m a cautiously optimistic investor, who would rather see ‘money on the table’ today, than have an over-realistic expectation or try to make ‘godly’ predictions of an unknown future. As an investor, I avoid trying to be a future trend predictor, a ‘fortune-telling’ guru or think I possess psychic powers. Trying to be either will simply make me lose sleep every night. Worrying or thinking about what’s going to happen tomorrow with so many changes happening will put unnecessary pressure on my limited brain capacity.

Recently within a short span of time, there were many new policies announced by the government, from the seventh round of property cooling measures, the population growth projections, future GDP growth, enhanced used of land for businesses and residential, new MRT networks, population ageing, and productivity growth.

How will these policies affect property prices in future? Well, for starters, I’ll bet my ...