Property
Property thoughts
By Singapore Blue Chips  •  January 15, 2011
I must admit I caught the property fever for the past year. I have been actively looking, together with property agents for a completed property for rental income. Why not? My current portfolio yields about $2,500 monthly without any spectacular leveraging.

I was considering to liquidate a portion of it, take advantage of the current low interest rates to put a down payment of 20% for a $1M home. Taking a 30 years loan and a monthly installment of $2,650 seems affordable. I can pay off at least $650 from my CPF OA and use rental income to cover the remaining $2000. Seems perfect right? Well of course the low interest rates environment is not going to remain as it is, according to the data I got from MAS and plotted the graph below.

The rates we are seeing now are at record lows. Should private homes interest rates hover ...

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By Singapore Blue Chips
I am an ordinary Singaporean guy in my early thirties who is passionate about investing since 2003. I live in a 4 room HDB flat and like many Singaporeans, dream of becoming a millionaire. Currently I am an ordinary worker and have just completed my Masters. I aspire to build up a portfolio of 1 million dollars and derive a yearly recurring dividend income of 6% by 35. The only way to achieve this aim is to work hard and invest prudently. I invest in a variety of instruments such as unit trusts, stocks, REITS and foreign currencies mainly Australian dollars options.
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