Cooling measures

Debt-limiting rules such as loan-to-value and mortgage servicing ratio are seen as more effective than ABSD

Increasing risks include fierce bidding for land and government action 

SOUTH Korea rolled out new steps to rein in property prices, after earlier measures failed to cool demand sufficiently and spurred central bank concerns over mounting mortgage debt levels.

OVER the last three decades, the Singapore government rolled out more than 10 rounds of measures to cool the property market, each time aiming to tame rapidly rising housing prices and calm fevered bu...

Don’t rule out locals paying 5 per cent ABSD for transactions over S$1 million

The tighter loan limit makes for prudent borrowing, which is sensible in a job market prone to disruptions

This group of buyers is ‘not insignificant’, forking out a median of S$20,000 to S$60,000 more than other flat buyers

A study on China’s Housing Purchase Restriction policy shows investors misallocating capital after property market curbs were implemented, resulting in significant trading losses

The jury is out on whether the latest property cooling measures that took effect on Apr 27 might amount to much ado about nothing.