The residential and commercial property Singapore markets saw records levels of investment activity last year from a combination of private investors, REITs and also commercial investment interest.  Rental rates for prime commercial space expanded significantly, prices for luxury, high and medium end residential stock climbed impressively, land prices powered ahead and many investors made healthy gains in Singapore’s property markets last year.

But what about the current situation in Singapore – after all hindsight is a wonderful thing but it doesn’t necessarily help those who want to invest today - so, is 2007 a good year to enter the investment property market in Singapore?  Let’s take a look…

It’s fair to say that the residential and commercial property markets in Singapore are in a very positive position in terms of demand and potential price growth at the moment. 

From an investor’s perspective both the commercial and residential property markets will likely remain strong for at least the next 24 months with the possibility that they will expand for the next 34 months taking us to January 2010. 

A strong factor driving the positive market atmosphere right now is the fact that Singapore has an active employment marketplace attracting increasing numbers of professionals to the Republic annually.  This creates increasing demand for both residential and commercial property stock and at the moment demand is outpacing supply. 

This situation is predicted to remain the case for at least the next two full years meaning landlords are best positioned to be profiting from property at the moment.