Weary buyers flee to foreign shores to buck sluggish local property market

But investment returns are not guaranteed.

Weary Singaporean buyers are fleeing to foreign markets in search of high-yield property. According to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the value of overseas property purchases transacted in Singapore rose from $1.9 billion in 2012 to $3.0 billion in 2013, before moderating to $1.1 billion in H1 2014.

Properties in the UK, Malaysia and Australia accounted for 91% of total transactions by value and 76% by number in H1 2014, but households also purchased properties in Japan, the Philippines and Thailand.

“The lower price quantums of properties in some markets might have made them more attractive to lower- and middle-income households. In some emerging markets, the tenant pool is not established and the rental markets are not sufficiently mature to provide assurance of investment returns. Households should also do their financial sums carefully – as they would for Singapore properties – before committing to additional debt to finance foreign property purchases,” noted the MAS.

The people you want to reach are already in this room.

Every quarter, SBR lands on the desks of the founders, CFOs, and directors running Asia's most consequential companies. Every day, they open our newsletter and read our website. It's a room that took twenty years to build — and it's the one most of our partners are trying to get into.

The good news is that the door is open. We work with companies on thought leadership articles, sponsored content, industry summits across Southeast Asia, regional awards programmes, podcasts, and media placements in print and digital. The shape of the right partnership depends on what you're trying to do, which is why we'd rather start with a conversation than send a rate card.

If you have something this room should know about, tell us. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help, and how.

No rate cards until we understand the brief. It's a better use of everyone's time.

Book a meeting

| Or download the media kit (PDF)

240,000 senior readers quarterly in print Top 1,700 Singapore companies reached

7 markets across Southeast Asia