Potential risks of buying undeveloped land

THE gains from investing in undeveloped or raw land might sound attractive, but experts say retail investors need to take care.
Mr Ku Swee Yong, the director of marketing and business development at property consultant Savills Singapore, said such investments can be ‘a good tool’ because of the potential for capital gains and because they require [...]

More Singaporeans bank on land

Numbers rising despite lack of regulation for such offers of investments and other downside risks, reports GENEVIEVE CUA
SINGAPOREANS’ love affair with property is well known, and that usually refers to condominiums in cities. But now more are latching onto the profit potential of raw land.
Landbanking - the process of buying raw land in the hope [...]

A survey of landbanking

Investing in land is nothing new; tycoons like Warren Buffett and Li Ka-shing have profited from it. Yet such investment was traditionally the preserve of the very wealthy because of the large size - and hence high cost - of the land areas involved.
But now, with the rise of landbanking companies, even small investors can [...]