High-rise blocks of flats are seen in Singapore. The city’s rental market has been highly active in the past two years, fuelled by a confluence of pandemic-induced domestic and external factors that have caused dramatic shifts in supply and demand. Photo: AFP
High-rise blocks of flats are seen in Singapore. The city’s rental market has been highly active in the past two years, fuelled by a confluence of pandemic-induced domestic and external factors that have caused dramatic shifts in supply and demand. Photo: AFP
Nicholas Spiro
Opinion

Opinion

The View by Nicholas Spiro

Demand for Singapore rental property is surging amid supply shortage and expat arrivals

  • Leasing activity in Singapore has been frantic as pandemic-induced domestic and external factors cause dramatic shifts in supply and demand
  • Although rents are booming and schooling, tax and immigration pressures are taking the shine off Singapore’s status for expats, an exodus remains unlikely

High-rise blocks of flats are seen in Singapore. The city’s rental market has been highly active in the past two years, fuelled by a confluence of pandemic-induced domestic and external factors that have caused dramatic shifts in supply and demand. Photo: AFP
High-rise blocks of flats are seen in Singapore. The city’s rental market has been highly active in the past two years, fuelled by a confluence of pandemic-induced domestic and external factors that have caused dramatic shifts in supply and demand. Photo: AFP
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