naan1974;960882 said:Second car cannot take loan. Cm2 confirm, chop and endose
MW;960489 said:Singapore will never go into recession.
Like many here have said... 7 rounds of property cooling measures yet property prices still booming.
Then u hear people complaining abt 7 cents increase in bus fares but next moment Sg Expo packed with people snapping up NATAS travel fair deals...
No wonder gahment says we are all a bunch of "noisy" people.
But heng ahh, I got my car liao...
Oilman;960834 said:That data won't be meaningful. Just because someone's car didn't get repo-ed doesn't prove he's prudent with his money.
sandman369;960915 said:My FT friend called Singapore a dictatorship
wobbles;960890 said:OK, I don't think the new ARF progressive tax will apply to second hand cars, but the financing & the cash upfront part (50% cash) will - hope that clarifies.
porky88;960916 said:your FT friend came here willingly? if so ask him don't complain.. he came here own free choice... don't like can always go somewhere else...
sandman369;960918 said:Huh? He wasn't complaining. Don't assume. He just said SG govt implements rules with little check n balance, and he's right.
Where did that come from? Goodness....
detach8;960316 said:Call me shallow, but I really think so. The world is not as complicated as it seems. As long as there is no leverage, prices of things would be so much cheaper.
Imagine if you had to pay full cash for a house. Will we still have $800K HDBs?
The government is set to reduce the price of COE -- not to the 2008 levels, but to maybe 2010-2011 levels, around S$30-60K. For once, I think this measure is positive.
I'm sure they saw the high number of to-be-scrapped cars coming in 2015/2016. When COE prices drop, this will make people rethink whether to scrap and buy new or renew COE. If I had to down 50K for a new car + take a loan, or just pay 50K to renew COE, which would I choose? It is quite smart, IMHO. I give this credit to the policy maker.
If people really end up renewing COE it has BOTH an environmentally positive effect (cars are driven longer and less wastage) and also a net gain on tax profits, i.e. they don't have to refund you the 50% ARF. Also boosts used car market so it makes people want to own used car more. With that I would like to see them tightening the regulation for used cars.
The government will make part of that additional revenue back from the increase in ARF since the cash rich can still afford to pay a lump sum cash. Those blokes buying Ferraris pay a lot of money in ARF!
Even riches like our uncle wobbles won't plonk such amounts of cold hard sweaty cash on a car. What makes you think a lot of other rich people will?
Now, let's shift our attention back to the property market...
sandman369;960924 said:U have our own opinion, and I have mine. And I am not interested if u would agree.
For the record, I like the 5 year 50% loan rule and find the tiered ARF senseless.
sandman369;960924 said:U have our own opinion, and I have mine. And I am not interested if u would agree.
For the record, I like the 5 year 50% loan rule and find the tiered ARF senseless.
sandman369;960915 said:My FT friend called Singapore a dictatorship