James's anti-recommendation lens for investors who already hold one property and risk peaking wrong on the next. Named reasons, named data, and what not to buy, not just what to.
Braddell View and Lakeview offer school access, big units and three MRT lines at about $1,000 psf. They also carry about 50 years of lease and 45-year-old building systems. Here is the honest case both ways.
Ten Singapore concierge condos tracked from launch to today. Marina One fell 12% from peak. Klimt Cairnhill held flat to +10%. Orchard Residences appreciated 25%+ over 15 years. The staffing story nobody publishes, and the question that separates real concierge from a lobby desk.
Belgravia Ace is 107 freehold strata houses in Seletar, each with five bedrooms, a private lift and a roof terrace, sharing a 50m pool behind a gate. It averages about $1,285 psf. Who it suits, why not Belgravia Green or a condo, and the price I would not go above.
The River Opus is a 999-year launch next door to Valley Park, the 999-year 1997 condo trading at about $2,234 psf. For a legacy buyer, the reason to pay more is the building's first 30 years, and a lease that never fails the CPF age-95 test. Prices are not out.
