So, I had some time on my hands, and recently met up with a representative from Williams Corporation, a residential property developer based in New Zealand, and chatted about the property market, and how a Singaporean can think about buying property in New Zealand in general, and Christchurch in particular.

I’d been looking at lifestyle or geo-arbitrage, and if you’re deep in the FIRE movement, you’ll know what it is. It’s basically utilizing your current resources, and moving to a country/city with a lower cost of living, and enjoying a better quality/cost of life, and better utilization your existing financial resources.

This is something I routinely look into, partly to keep myself updated on property trends in various markets, and especially when I feel like living in Singapore is so ridiculously expensive.