AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT challenged.

I have said before that AA REIT is not unique in the industrial REIT space. All industrial landlords in Singapore are facing difficulties presented by over supply and weaker demand. 

From the latest results presented by AA REIT, it is obvious that the difficult environment is not letting up anytime soon.

1. New and renewed leases are at a weighted average rental decrease of 4.3%.

2. Portfolio occupancy has declined from 94.6% to 91.0%.

Things are admittedly difficult but they are far from grim.



103 Defu Lane 10.





A competent management has kept gearing manageable at 36.3% and also managed to reduce overall blended funding cost to 3.6%.

Interest cover ratio is healthy at 4.9x and NAV per unit stands at $1.39.

We tend to be a bit less cautious when the stock market is doing better but it pays to go back to the fundamentals. Just two days ago:

http://singaporeanstocksinvestor.blogspot.sg/2017/03/aims-amp-capital-industrial-reit-is.html

Remember, price is what we pay and value is what we get.

Also, try to put things in perspective. This is hardly a crisis.

http://singaporeanstocksinvestor.blogspot.sg/2017/03/aims-amp-capital-industrial-reit-levels.html

Things would probably look up when 2 development projects (51 Marsiling Road and 8 Tuas Ave 20) are completed in 2H 2017.

30 Tuas West Road. Published on 20 July 2017.
Slides presentation: HERE

HDB Lease Buyback Scheme and you.

Reader:

Parents in late 60s considering whether to go for lease buy back on their HDB flat (42 yr old flat) or leave it to children. 

Lease buy back so that parents can increase current monthly pocket money and thus lessen burden. 

Parents are more inclined to stay in flat.

Though selling entire flat can fully monetise the value of the flat, but given that it is already 42 yr old flat, waiting another 10 to 15 year likely will see a drop in property price in the current peak market condition. 

Plus Singapore is a developed n aging economy, gone are the days of more 200% price increase in property prices. 

Lease buy back or wait later to sell? 

Your very honest self talk would be much appreciated here, please. 

Watch this video on Lease Buyback Scheme.

AK:
Most old folks don't like moving house. It is quite normal.

If they need some extra pocket money, selling the tail end of their lease (30 years, perhaps) to HDB is a good idea instead of selling the flat outright and moving out.






Don't do this and keep the flat as a legacy for their children? 

Well, it would mean tightening their belts and burdening their children in the meantime. 

All for leaving behind a property with a very much shorter remaining lease?





If we are cash rich, no issues. 

If we are cash poor, cash comes first. 

Asset? That takes a back seat, especially when it is one that is suffering from accelerated lease decay.





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My HDB flat is 37 years old.