Publication Type
Blog Post
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
10-2015
Abstract
In 2015, the value of housing assets owned by households in Singapore at the aggregate level was 55% of their net worth.1 Ninety percent of Singapore households owned their homes, meaning that almost all households had wealth saved in housing, and households’ housing wealth was 2.1 times that of the country’s gross domestic product. In addition, Singapore is facing an aging population. The resident old age support ratio, defined as the number of persons aged 20–64 per person aged 65 years and over, decreased from 9.0 in 2000 to 5.7 in 2015.2 Against this backdrop of asset-rich and aging households, an increasingly common trend in East Asia, Singapore is exploring ways to enable homeowners to unlock equity from their homes and improve living standards for elderly households.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Public Economics
Research Areas
Economic Theory
Publisher
Blackwell
Citation
PHANG, Sock Yong.
Monetizing housing for retirement in Singapore. (2015).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2128
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
http://www.asiapathways-adbi.org/2015/10/monetizing-housing-for-retirement-in-singapore/