Strax Research
Property decisions often involve more than price and location. Our research examines how housing choices interact with liveability, tenure, holding capacity, life stage, legacy and the future buyer.
These articles are designed to organise the questions and trade-offs that deserve attention. They provide general research and commentary — not a prediction of market outcomes or a substitute for professional financial, legal or tax advice.
StraxPropSG’s research is developed through property-market experience, structured analysis and a wider consideration of household and life-stage decisions.
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How a home fits the stage of life it has to serve — space, suitability and the decision to stay or move.
Property and life stage
A practical framework for deciding whether to stay, move, or release capital from your home — without assuming that smaller is always better.
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Property and life stage
A life-phase approach to buying a home in Singapore — and the question of what you receive in exchange for the space you surrender.
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Freehold, leasehold, lease decay and what tenure does to long-term value and future buyer demand.
Tenure and long-term value
A research-led look at tenure, scarcity and long-term value — across landed and non-landed residential property.
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Tenure and long-term value
A practical look at lease decay, freehold premiums, quantum and why real-world buyer behaviour can diverge from textbook tenure theory.
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Property inside the household balance sheet: equity, financing, holding capacity and what is passed on.
Property, capital and legacy
A practical look at property as part of family wealth — beyond price, prestige and tenure.
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Property, capital and legacy
A property purchase creates more than capital gain. We break down equity, mortgage principal, market value and rental cash flow — and show why equity should never be confused with profit.
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Observations on segments of the Singapore market, including how our thinking applies to specific properties.
Market and property perspectives
The investment case for strata landed housing versus owning your own land.
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Research into practice
The research explains how we frame questions. The case studies show what happens when that framing meets a real family, a real budget and a real decision.
Where our sample is small, our period is short, or our comparison is imperfect, we say so in the piece rather than in a footnote. Articles are commentary and analysis; they are not academically peer-reviewed or independently audited.
Our research begins with the decision that needs to be made — not with a predetermined answer.
