A free stress test for property owners and investors who suspect their unit is doing less than it should. One property or five, we run your actual numbers, not a gut feel.
None of these mean you are bad with money. Most of the people they happen to are accountants, doctors, and bankers. The mistakes are quiet by design. That is exactly why they cost so much.
The unit was never going to perform. So the plan quietly became "just hold until it recovers and sell at a profit." Holding is not a strategy. It is a way to avoid making the call.
Every year you wait, the price you need just to break even climbs. Interest, maintenance, and opportunity cost stack on top of a price that was wrong on day one.
While you waited for one unit to come good, the market moved twice. The upgraders who sold and repositioned compounded their capital. You stayed flat and called it patience.
Property builds wealth through movement, not loyalty. A unit that "didn't lose money" over 8 years can still cost you a six figure gain you never made.
Price went up, so it feels like a win. But nobody subtracted the stamp duty you paid, the interest over the years, the CPF you owe back with accrued interest, and the fees to exit.
After the real costs, plenty of "profitable" units are flat or negative. Most owners have never run this number. That is the whole problem.
Second property, a big tax upfront, and a thesis that sounded right at the time. If the rental yield and growth haven't covered that ABSD plus interest, the unit is underwater in a way the listing price hides.
ABSD is a sunk cost the moment you pay it. The real question is whether the asset is earning it back or just sitting on it.
These rarely show up in how owners think about their property. Stacked together over a few years, they are usually the difference between feeling rich and being richer.
It cannot buy a better asset while it sits locked inside an underperforming one. Equity that can't move is equity that isn't working.
Every year you hold, the refund you owe back grows. Your real proceeds shrink quietly, even as the headline price ticks up.
Past certain age thresholds, value drops faster and buyers' CPF and loan limits tighten. The clock is working against you, not for you.
After costs and inflation, the win you feel and the wealth you actually built are two different numbers. Most owners only ever see the first one.
You cannot un-pay the stamp duty or un-spend the interest. So stop grieving the entry price. The only question that still matters is what your capital does for the next five years. Everything below is about answering that, honestly.
You give us the basics of your property and situation. We run it through the same model we use for paying clients, and send you back a straight read:
We would rather you trust us with the right move in three years than rush you into the wrong one today. We only earn when you eventually transact, and only when it is genuinely the right call. We are betting you remember who gave you the honest answer.
Sell the laggard, even at breakeven or a small loss, and move the freed capital into something that actually grows. Cutting a dead position is not failure. It is how investors stop the bleed.
Restructure ownership so one of you can buy the next property without ABSD. Done right, you go from one stuck unit to a larger, working portfolio.
Trade a flat unit in a flat location for one sitting in an OCR or RCR growth corridor with a real catalyst behind it. Same capital, very different trajectory.
Sometimes the smart move is waiting out SSD, or decoupling before the next purchase rather than after. Sequence matters as much as the decision itself.
If selling is wrong but the equity is dead, an equity term loan can pull working capital out of the unit without giving it up. Not always the answer, but worth knowing it exists.
We are a husband and wife team at PropNex Realty who got tired of watching smart people make expensive property decisions on gut feel and developer brochures. So we lead with the numbers first. No hard sell, no pressure, just an honest read on what your money is doing and what it could be doing instead.
Takes two minutes to request. You get a clear, numbers backed read on whether to hold, sell, or restructure. Whether you own one property or five.
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We only earn if you eventually transact, and only if it is the right move for you. Plenty of these stress tests end in "hold for now," and that is fine. We are playing the long game on trust, not chasing one quick listing.
No. If the numbers say hold, we tell you to hold. If they say restructure without selling, we tell you that. The recommendation follows the math, not our commission.
The basics of your property: what you bought, roughly when, your loan and CPF usage, and your situation. The more accurate the inputs, the sharper the result. We will guide you through exactly what to pull.