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What is happening in the Singapore property market ??
By Kevin Scully-Financial Blog  •  August 27, 2009
[caption id="attachment_3140" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Photo by «Gaurav»"]Photo by «Gaurav»[/caption] ...to some it seems like irrational exuberance to others there is real demand......I learn from an expert last weekend I was a panelist last Saturday's InvestFair - Is the worse over ? In my panel were David Cohen of Action Economics, Mohamed Ismail of PropNex, Andrew Robinson of Saxo Capital and Gabriel Yap of DMG. I wont go into the details of the panel discussion but want to share Mohamed's views on the property sector in Singapore which I found enlightening. Prior to the session, I was in the group that felt that the discussions were irrantional exuberance. Mohamed started his comments with the words "BUY", "BUY" - "BUY !" He felt the demand would continue until the end of 2009 before it would plateau. He however cautioned about "mickey mouse units", ie where developers had priced the units high on a psf basis but made the units smaller so that the abosolute price per unit was still affordable. Read more...
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By Kevin Scully-Financial Blog
Kevin began his working life in the regional and economics division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He then moved to the private sector analyzing equities before venturing out to start NRA Capital. After 25 years of watching stocks and living through financial disarray during the Pan Electric Crisis, the 1987 Crash, the Barings debacle, the Gulf War, Asian financial crisis - what can sub-prime do but add another scar to already bruised wounds. Ever since starting his blog, Kevin has been enthusiastically giving his personal views on the market. He discusses about equities, the market turmoil, and the broad economy.
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