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Coping with high rents: Expats vote with their feet or buy their own place
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(Clockwise from top left) Ms Julia Ciaciek; Loren Guevara and Karen with Kenzo, five and Milo, two; and Ms Connie Chia have to cope with higher rent.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF JULIA CIACIEK, ST ARIFFIN JAMAR, ST EUGENE TAN
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SINGAPORE – Faced with sky-high rents in Singapore’s hot property market, some expatriates are voting with their feet.
Anne, for example, started negotiating with her landlord about renewing the lease on her 1,230 sq ft condominium apartment near Orchard Road early this year.