Research

Housing & Real Estate Research

My research takes a global perspective on housing and real estate, with an Asian focus. The projects here draw mainly on Singapore data, covering returns, tenure, lease decay, and neighbourhood amenities.

Studies & methods

8 projects

Freehold vs. Leasehold Premium and the Structure of Lease Decay

A repeat-sales study of realised returns, the freehold premium, and lease decay in Singapore private housing.

May medians were 2.96% for freehold and 2.93% for leasehold; the 70-80-year result applies to exits with at least 60 years left.

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May 2026 non-EC study: freehold median return 2.96%, leasehold 2.93%; gross nominal price-only CAGR
May 2026 study / tenure comparison

Condo Prices Near MRT Stations

Comparing condominium transaction prices near MRT stations, grouped by station, line, and tenure.

Linked condominium transactions to MRT stations for comparisons of prices, PSF, and tenure mix.

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Conceptual station network and nearby transaction comparison areas; not a geographic map

HDB Resale Prices and SORA Rates

Comparing HDB resale prices and transaction patterns across towns alongside changes in SORA interest rates.

Combined interest-rate data and town-level resale comparisons in one analytical workflow.

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Conceptual comparison of HDB resale inputs and the SORA interest-rate backdrop; no empirical series shown

Amenities and Property Prices in Singapore

Comparing property-price models with broader and narrower sets of neighbourhood amenities in Singapore.

Compared amenity feature sets for property-price modelling; this summary does not report validation metrics.

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Conceptual neighbourhood diagram linking housing with transport, schools and other amenities; not a geographic map
Neighbourhood features / conceptual diagram

Singapore Property-Price Prediction Models

Comparing property-price models using transaction history, macroeconomic variables, and geospatial features.

Compared baseline and machine-learning models using market, amenity, and location features.

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Conceptual diagram of transaction, market and location inputs compared across baseline, Random Forest and LSTM models
Model inputs / conceptual diagram

Automated HDB Trends Reporting

A monthly reporting workflow combining HDB resale transactions, town-level geography, and generated market summaries.

Produced repeatable monthly price comparisons and town-level summaries with less manual report assembly.

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Conceptual workflow from HDB transactions to monthly comparisons, maps and written reports

Primary School Proximity Mapping

An address-based map showing nearby primary schools and their distances from a selected location.

Built a map workflow for comparing school proximity around a user-selected address.

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Conceptual address and school proximity diagram; not an official admissions-distance map
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