Country profiles
Asia-Pacific
Singapore
Asia's most transparent market — for preservation, not for yield.
Highly regulated, highly liquid and extremely well documented. Foreign buyers pay significant additional duty, which makes Singapore a long-horizon store of value rather than a trading market.
- Where we look
- Singapore
- Entry level
- SGD 2M+ for prime condominiums
- Rental yield
- 2.5–3.5% gross
- Foreign ownership
- Condominiums open to foreigners; landed property restricted
- Residency
- No direct property-based residency
- Taxes
- Substantial additional buyer's stamp duty for foreign purchasers
- Watch out for
- Entry costs are front-loaded — a short hold rarely works here.