More Chinese Investors Entering S’pore Property Market
More Chinese Investors Entering S’pore Property Market
Singapore: More and more Chinese investors are buying properties in Singapore. This is according to a DTZ property consultant.
Most of these buyers come from mainland China. Among the non-Singaporeans in Singapore, the Chinese comprise 20 per cent of the population here as recorded for the third quarter. They have been increasing in number since 2009.
This brings them to a level with the Indonesians who have been recorded as the second largest group of non-Singaporean buyers. The first group is composed of Malaysians who compose the 21 per cent of non-Singaporean buyers. The Malaysians top the list.
According to the DTZ more of the buyers are going for the smaller-sized units. These units are called the “Mickey mouse” units. They are so-called because of their size. This is according to the Head of DTZ South East Asia Research She says these “Mickey mouse” units have been gaining popularity since 2009.
These units measure below 500 square feet. In the third quarter of this year, the number of smaller-sized units increased from 349 to 625 in the previous three months. 87 per cent of the total of 625 units were bought directly from the developers.
One of the reasons why people are turning their attention more on the smaller units is because of the restrictions imposed by the government. These restrictions were imposed in order to curb speculations in the real estate market. Another reason is the tight controls implemented by the banking institutions. It is getting more difficult to borrow from the banks. Those who had existing home loans were expected to deposit more cash for the additional units that they were intending to purchase. Because of this, more buyers were attracted to purchase smaller units. By buying smaller units, they will have to put out a smaller amount of deposit.
This sales report is based on research made on new and secondary sales. The level of secondary sales has now stabilized between 9 and 12 per cent since September 2009. September 2009 was the time when the government started to impose controls and restrictions in order to prevent a real estate bubble.
Also. the level of investors who were buying into the prime or Group A properties has gone down. The level of prime property purchases dropped to 16 per cent in the third quarter as compared to 25 per cent in the period from January to March.
A reason for this is the growing number of smaller units that were being sold in the market and which were more practical and attractive for the buyers. Another reason is that there were fewer launches for prime properties. This means that there were fewer Group A properties being developed at that time.
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