8/21/2007
No need for annuities and CPF minimum sum scheme
I say it again, there is no need for annuities and CPF minimum sum scheme for the oldies. Not everyone needs them. And I am not referring to the millionaires or those with family support. I am referring to those with a 3 rm or 4 rm HDB flat. They should be independent and and can expect to retire without the need for minimum sum in the CPF. For those with bigger flats, better still.
The alternative and the best solution to this group of people is the newly created HDB leasebuy back scheme. With this scheme the income generated should be able to see them through their golden years. The scheme needs not be restricted to those with only one bite of the cherry. Why should it be if we can unlocked the value of the property for them?
But I read in the Straits Times of some comments that the return will not be enough. How so? One commented that a 3 rm HDB flat worth $160k today will be worth only $50k when the remainder lease is 40 years after the buyback. Another commented that the return will only be $400 a month. Really? The experts said so, so must be true. Bull!
I totally disagree. Depending on the location, a 3 rm HDB flat can be rented out, say in Redhill or Queenstown area, easily for $1200 to $1500. Maybe more, regardless of the lease life as long as they meet the tenant's tenancy. And very likely to be more in the future with inflation and the rising rentals in these areas. And that will be much more than what the minimum sum or annunity can provide. The rental value or power of these flats must be taken into consideration to ascertain the real worth of these flats.
Please do not shortchange the flat owners just because they can't count.
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4 comments:
the best part is that you dun have to do anything if you are afraid of being shortchanged.
but i think unlocking the value thru remainder lease is just an additional choice for the oldies and if he chooses to rent out one of the room at the inconvenience of privacy, it may likely fetch $400 to $600, PROVIDED he can find tenants who dun mind staying with oldies.
he can also do the leaseback deal at the same time to get additional income, which i wont be surprised in current annuity terms that it may add up to just between $400 to $500 per month (with a principal of $99,000).
maybe you have other methods of calculation?
one way to calculate the value of a property is the revenue it can generate. even an unit in the city area with a 10 year lease can still fetch thousands of dollars of monthly rental income.
many shop leases are based on 30 years.
this is like a windfall to the oldies and i can picture hordes of them carrying mandarin oranges going out to thank the PM for giving them the monetisation choice.
of cos it would help alot if their monthly $290 is increased to $390 when the IR opens in boomtown charlie.
not if it is valued at $50k or $500 pm when market rental value can be more than $2k pm.
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