Category: Property
Property for sale occurs when the owner of a property wants to give up ownership to another interest buy selling the claim or ownership to that property. The motivation is usually profit or to simply gain additional income. An owner will place their property for sale, quite often, with a broker and advertisements will be placed to announce the intent to sell.
Property comes in different forms. The word itself can be attached to land. The land can range in any size and can be developed or undeveloped. The land may be zoned for a specific use, such as commercial or residential or industrial. The word may not apply to land, but instead a building or house or apartment/condominium. A person selling their apartment or condominium, like house or land, can advertise it as property for sale.
The majority of time when we think of property for sale we think of houses and condominiums for sale and occasionally land. Kinds of property most often advertised are residential units, houses and apartments. These advertisements can been seen in a variety of sources, such as newspapers, magazines, the internet and billboards.
The motivation for selling property varies. Profit is a key factor, but not always the driving factor. Profit may be a driving factor where the property was purchased as an investment and either it was allowed to sit for a period of time (months and years) and gain in value, or it was developed and then sold. Similarly, a house or condominium may have been purchased as an investment and years later sold as its value increased. Little might have been done to the residence; it simply appreciated in value as time went on.
The house or apartment may have been purchased and remodeled or renovated and then quickly sold for a profit, taking into account the cost of renovations and broker fees and taxes. This quick buying, renovating and reselling of a house is commonly known as “flipping a house.” This has always been a business practice where intelligent and savvy buyers have been able to make quick money. The process is getting more recognition now as more people have entered the business arena. Numerous successful flips in a years can lead to a generous income, some people making hundreds of thousands of dollars and more.
Very often property for sale comes about by a person’s simple desire to move and change locations. Here profit is certainly an aspect desired, but not the main motivation. Depending on how long a person has lived in their property and how well they have maintained it and how well the surrounding neighborhood value as stood, they can stand to make a large profit. Homes sold tens of years later can increase in price by ten times or more.
Singapore presents an enormously growing real estate market and it offers plenty of scope for the international property buyers to make the investments. If seen from the perspective of futuristic property buyers, Singapore offers remarkable opportunities in real estate investments. The interest rates and SIBOR (Singapore Interbank Offered Rate) for the properties are quite low and this is one of the reasons why international property buyers are exploring Singapore market.
Whether it is about building the plush condominiums or flats, home planners are taking interest in the property market of Singapore. They have their own good reasons too! One of the objective reasons is probably to make the investments for future. There is no point in doubting that Singapore property market will grow at an alarming rate. The estimated ROIs from property investments are likely to witness exponential growth in times to come.
Property investments in Singapore should be seen as the long term investments. International investors should keep in their mind that the world economic scenario is changing, and this change will bring several benefits in Singapore property market.
There are 4 significant reasons behind the rise of property investments in Singapore. These include:
Efficient governance The government of Singapore is offering commercially viable surroundings for the international property buyers. The ease of investment together with possibilities of lending at lowest interest rates obviously gives buyers sound reasons to look forward to invest in the Singapore market.
Future growth investment- Singapore real estate market offers tremendous amount of scope for the future growth and development. If you intend to buy the investment property which is situated in the area where government has scheduled a plan for development, the property is likely to see the surge in value. Your investments will grow.
Options available – A prospective international buyer can think of investing in the shop houses, or resales, or new launches, Singapore market offers it to you. These options have given hope to the property buyers to grow their prospects.
Crowdfunding opportunities Singapore offers several Crowdfunding opportunities to the international property buyers. Investment options galore in the Singapore. If you are thinking of venturing into property investment, Singapore is indeed the best place to start with.
You need to think and work out the ways, which will help you to make the investments grow in value in Singapore in the times to come. Property market follows a cyclic trend and you will get maximum benefits and returns.
We all have to suffer the payment of taxes on already bloated property prices. Despite the downturn in the economy forcing a reduction in prices especially in the coastal areas of Spain, many people, especially the young, find it difficult to get on the property ladder in Spain.
This is a result of not just low incomes but also the difficulty in putting together a deposit given the reduced mortgages that are now being offered by the banks here. However, there are some initiatives currently being rolled out in Spain to attempt to make home buying by first time buyers “” as well as other identified groups “” somewhat easier.
This is principally being carried-out by introducing tax-breaks or reductions in the applicable property sales tax rate to these identifiable groups. The central government has devolved the property sales tax rate to the autonomous communities or regional governments in Spain, and all have taken on that responsibility and established the local rate of tax for such operations. Some have also opted to introduce income tax breaks for property investments of various types and by various identified groups in society.
In the Alicante area of Spain, property sales tax rates are set by the Valencia regional parliament and the standard rate is set at 7% in Article 16 Ley 11/2000. This rate is however subject to a number of exceptions as follows:
Ley 13/1997 provides that the acquisition of a property by a person suffering a physical or sensory disability of greater than 65% or a mental disability greater than 33% shall attract a rate of tax of 4% for that part of the property which they acquire.
Article 13 of Ley 13/1997 also provides that where the property being purchased is a property subsidised by the government then it is subject to a tax rate of 4% if the property is going to constitute the main home of the purchaser.
The same reduced rate of tax is applicable to property purchases effected by families considered as ‘large’ “” as per Article 13 as modified by Article 32 of Ley 14/2007. In addition the following criteria must be fulfilled:
– the property is purchased within 2 years of the family achieving the status of being ‘large’
– the property formerly used as a family home must be sold within the same period of time
– the new property must be at least 10% larger in area than the previous home
the total taxable income of the family unit may not exceed “‘44,074
Each of these reduction can represent a significant saving and it is worth confirming with the local office of Hacienda eligibility.
Asian REIT Listings Generate Strong Investor Interest
On 1 March Reuters reported that KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (PINK:KPYHF), owner of Kuala LumpurslandmarkPetronas Twin Towers, was planning a restructuring, including a listing ofwhat will be Malaysias biggest real estate investment trust (REIT). The move of KLCC Property Holdings highlights agrowing trend of Asian property trust listings which in recent months hasbeen generating strong interest among investors, particularly in Japan and Singapore.
KLCC Property Holdings Planning Trust Listing
Reuters reported that the trust, which is likely to be listed in April, will be three times bigger than the next largest Malaysian real estate investment trust. The agency quoted an unnamed source as saying that KLCC Property Holdings was looking at a market value of 10 to 11 billion ringgits (2.2 billion to 2.4 billion).
CIMB Investment Bank Bhd is reported to be the principal advisor for the deal, with Citigroup Global Markets Ltd acting as international financial adviser.
As noted by Bloomberg, KLCC Property Holdings is 52.6 percent owned by
Petroliam Nasional Bhd or Petronas, Malaysias state-owned oil and gas company.
Stapled REIT
The new listed property trust is part of KLCC Property Holdings corporate restructuring which was unveiled in November 2012. The restructuring will create a stapled REIT by bundling existing shares of KLCC Property Holdings and units of KLCC REIT and is also intended to help boost profits on account of the trusts income tax exemption.
Reuters reported that KLCC Property Holdings has assets in excess of 15 billion ringgits, including the Kuala Lumpurs 88-floor Petronas Twin Towers.In November, Bloomberg reported that the two other buildings to be included in the trust would be Menara 3 Petronas and Menara ExxonMobil towers.
Asian Trend
The upcoming listing highlights the growing trend of real estate investment trust IPOs in Asia. In February, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Mapletree Investments Pte, a real estate unit of Temasek Holdings Pte, was planning to raise $1.6 billion (834 million) in Singapores largest IPO since March 2011.
The REIT market in Japan has also seen some successful IPOs, with the WSJ reporting that the country has benefitted from a recovery in commercial rental and property prices. Among the more notable recent listings was the float of Singapores Global Logistics Properties Ltd (SGX:MC0) which in December raised $1.3 billion on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
It is true that the upswing has begun in residential property prices in India. In fact, the real estate market in India has gone through a downward trend in the immediate past. The market has witnessed a slump. Property prices have gone down. In the metro centres of India like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Calcutta, during the recession period property prices on an average property rates went down by 33 percent. This has adversely affected the real estate industry and several investment companies as well as infrastructural development companies have suffered losses. Many institutional as well as individual investors found it hard to sustain. However, the grip of the slump became less and less severe as the days and months elapsed. Now the industry is back in the saddle and reportedly the upswing in property prices has begun.
Of late, there is an upswing in the residential property prices in India. Across India, in the prime urban locations during the previous quarterly period the property industry has witnessed an average 10 per cent appreciation in property value. As a matter of fact, this growth in property value is not confined to residential property alone. The growth is discernible in the commercial property as well. However, the growth rate in the residential property segment is much more noticeable than that of the commercial, property sector. In the commercial property sector during the corresponding period the value appreciation is below 5 per cent. There is reportedly an unprecedented demand for middle-level income type of residential units. This upswing in the middle-income level residential property is due to the revised pay scale for government employees and a better paying private sector.
Across India there has begun an upswing at the prices of residential property in India . It is reported that in the property market in the major South Indian cities independent residential houses show better value appreciation than apartment units or flats. This may be due to the higher affordability of the corporate sector clientele in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. In Delhi and Calcutta the residential property sector shows an average 10 per cent growth in the previous quarter and the trend is expected to continue in the remaining part of the year. In the suburban centres in India, the demand for independent floors and villas is on the increase. A major market trend witnessed in the prime locations across India is that the demand for single and double bedroom housing units is on the increase. Market experts are of the view that there is a price increase of about 15 percent during the current fiscal for the middle-income level residential units and the trend is expected to continue inn the coming years.