It’s been a while since I wrote something on property, since there was nothing really new or ground-breaking for me to comment on since Mr. Khaw Boon Wan (KBW) took over from the reins of Mr. Mah Bow Tan after 11 years at the helm of the Ministry of National Development. However, on June 10, 2011, Mr. KBW blogged about a possible “perfect storm” which may brew in 1-2 years time, and which may either cause the property market to cool significantly, or, in the worst-case scenario, crash resoundingly. He said that housing prices could not go up indefinitely, and cautioned many speculators and investors to do their sums carefully and to make prudent purchases to ensure they could hold in case of falling prices. The perfect storm consisted of three aspects: record-high land supply, possible drop in influx of foreigners (demand-side) and the rising of interest rates. I shall ......