Making sense of financial numbers driving big-bucks real estate decisions
Greater scrutiny of valuation inputs may help buyers and investors assess financing capacity and transaction viability more carefully across residential and commercial property segments.
NUS Professor Joseph Ooi explained how valuation methodologies, assumptions and capitalisation rates determine property pricing, lending amounts and whether major real estate deals are financially viable.
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An HDB resale flat can sell for over a million dollars. A prime district condo unit can cost several million. A top-grade commercial building can transact for over a billion. Behind every one of these numbers sits a valuation methodology, a set of assumptions and a cap rate that most buyers never fully unpack, yet those numbers are exactly what determine how much a lender will extend and whether a deal actually makes sense.
In this episode of PropertyBT, a BT Correspondents podcast, Leslie Yee speaks with Professor Joseph Ooi, professor of Real Estate at NUS Business School, about the financial logic driving Singapore’s most consequential property decisions.
Why listen
The numbers behind real estate are never as simple as they first appear. This conversation helps make sense of them. Listen now.
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Written and hosted by: Leslie Yee (lyee@sph.com.sg)
With Professor Joseph Ooi, professor of Real Estate at NUS Business School
Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro
Produced by: Leslie Yee, Nicole Teo & Chai Pei Chieh
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