Property investments

More Gen Zs are putting money in stocks rather than homes

Kana Cummings would like to buy an apartment someday but she’s focused on investing for now.

HK tycoon-backed Wharf exits Singapore with $310m sale of Scotts Square

With Scotts Square containing about 12,160 sq m of retail space, the deal translates to a price of S$2,368 per square foot.

Australian state of New South Wales unwilling to bail out debt-ridden home builder Bathla

Administrators last month assumed control of Bathla, one of the country’s most prolific affordable housing developers which operates in Sydney’s western suburbs.

Woman has no claim over daughter’s home despite helping to pay more than $1m for it

The court found that the woman was lending money to her daughter and did not have any share in the house.

The risk of buying properties in someone else’s name

Sham property transactions can be detected easily because all records of the transactions have to be filed online.

Young & Savvy

Beyond doom spending: 6 ways to enjoy life now without shortchanging your future self

Travelling while one is young helps build character and confidence in handling life’s challenges, says the writer.

Jay Chou reportedly buys two Taipei homes for $19.9 million, puts them in wife’s name

The properties are under his wife Hannah Quinlivan’s name.

Self-claimed wealth gurus who drove Lamborghinis now made bankrupt; investors worry about their $5m

Businessmen Takeshi Lim Jian Bin (left) and Jason Fong Wai Hong at a financial wealth seminar in 2023.

A S'pore businesswoman tried to salvage a bad investment but lost $1.6m instead

The woman helped to pay investors with her own money, thinking that the company would reimburse her with interest.

When investors paid millions to buy non-existent overseas homes

Buyers usually get conned when they do not make independent checks on the overseas developers.

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