I think there is no point to look into Sg and HK property market since their market is different to ours. Let's look at our market and what can be done to curb the rising prices. Glad that you ask me to be Ah Jib. I will definitely do a better job than him in curbing property prices
I have previously commented on this. Let's do it again. If I were to devise measures to curb rising prices, I will :
1. Help 1st time home owner to own a house
2. Set higher bar for investor to invest in real property
To achieve that, for #1, I will :
a. reintroduce DIBS, zero entry for 1st time home buyer
b. free stamp duty for 1st house on S&P and loan agreement
c. friendly bank loan terms mandatory for banks to approve loans to 1st home buyer. Eg. friendly interest of BLR - 3%, free loan agreement fees, express approval
d. Tax incentive for company who provide loans to their staff who buy 1st home
e. developer give 10% discount to 1st home buyer (just like bumi discount)
f. pre-launch sale for 1st home buyer to choose the best units (ie all units open for them, no director and staff reserved units)
g. 30% reserve for 1st home buyer. Only if there is unsold units for 1 year, the units is open to non-1st home buyer (just like bumi reserve unit)
For #2, I will
a. LTV for 2nd loan is 50%, 3rd loan 30%, 4th loan onwards is 0% (ie if you need loan to buy your 2nd property onward, you cannot afford to invest)
b. stamp duty for 2nd house revised upward
c. developer who still utilising loopholes to give DIBS, zero entry to investor buying 2nd house onward, their license will be suspended and a government agency like IMDB to take over the whole project. Or a hefty fine like 10% of their GDV is imposed
d. RPGT is 30%, 20%, 15%, and 15% for all the subsequent years for 2nd house onwards
The spirit of the measures should be to help people to own 1st house.
If u r ah jib n implement the above, u could have lost your job already...just to help 1st time home buyer, u going to collapse the market. When market collapse, those people may lose their jobs n how to even think of buying a house even no down payment or give them 100% loan margin. They simply cant afford the installment.
The picture of people cant afford to buy a house is their problem. There are plenty if house sells below 150k but just that the location n the surrounding not to their liking. Who to blame? It is like I also complain LV bags also bloody expensive n I also not afford to buy one....