{"id":144459,"date":"2026-05-18T13:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/why-more-young-singaporeans-are-moving-towards-private-property-in-2026-but-not-for-the-reasons-many-believe\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:22:20","slug":"why-more-young-singaporeans-are-moving-towards-private-property-in-2026-but-not-for-the-reasons-many-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/why-more-young-singaporeans-are-moving-towards-private-property-in-2026-but-not-for-the-reasons-many-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"Why more young Singaporeans are moving towards private property in 2026 \u2013 but not for the reasons many believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>A recent Straits Times article highlighted a growing trend: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/housing\/more-young-people-in-singapore-buying-private-properties-some-for-investment\">More Singaporeans under 35 are buying private properties<\/a>Some people said that they have come to the market for investment. Congratulations to them, because before I turned 35, I didn&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d order for lunch that day, not to mention which condo to buy and when to sell. On paper, this sounds like a sign of rising wealth and financial confidence among young Singaporeans. Imagine how impressive it would be during Chinese New Year when you can tell everyone that your 25-year-old son or daughter is buying a condo, and they&#8217;re deciding between Great World or River Valley, or some other equally impressive CCR district. (he is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stackedhomes.com\/river-modern-pricing-review\/#sh.gk1ew2\">not very incredible<\/a> These days, developers are keeping volumes low.) It is also reported that between 2024 and 2025, DBS projects a 40% growth in home loans from borrowers under 35 years of age. OCBC says it saw an increase in single purchases&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v4.0\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"3nfhalVK\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"blyG8KXs\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Straits Times article highlighted a growing trend: More Singaporeans under 35 are buying private propertiesSome people said that they have come to the market for investment. Congratulations to them, because before I turned 35, I didn&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d order for lunch that day, not to mention which condo to buy and when<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[622,2357,1569,4803,23676,3498],"class_list":["post-144459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-meditation","tag-moving","tag-private","tag-property","tag-reasons","tag-singaporeans","tag-young"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144461,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144459\/revisions\/144461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}