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Determine your budget

If you are planning to go for bank financing (not relevant for leasing purposes thus), you could determine your budget by filling out and/or altering all light blue cells in the Investing Idea tab indicated above. After doing so, we calculate the maximum sale price, which we then automatically add to the “Max Sale Price” filter in the Primary Residence and Investment tabs. Whatever was filled in there before adding, updating and/or altering any value in the light blue cells in the Investing Idea tab indicated above will be overwritten.

The maximum sale price (i.e. your budget) depends on:

Your monthly income;
Your equity; and
The loan conditions, such as:
1. The maximum loan versus the appraised value of the property;
2. The interest rate; and
3. The loan term.

Please note that the loan conditions have been pre-filled, but can be altered so that they will match your personal situation. Your monthly income and equity still need to be filled in though.

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If you do not want the automatic addition to happen, then do not add any values to the “Income” and/or “Equity” filters in the Investing Idea tab or simply delete the values in the “Max Sale Price” filters in the Primary Residence and Investment tabs after adding, updating and/or altering any value in the light blue cells in the Investing Idea tab indicated above. If you do not want the overwriting to happen, then do not add, update and/or alter any value in the light blue cells in the Investing Idea tab indicated above or simply re-add the value that was in the “Max Sale Price” filters before it got overwritten.

After filling in your monthly income and/or equity and/or altering the loan conditions, all projects that you cannot afford will be filtered out. What remains are the projects that you can afford. For this to be the case, two conditions have to be satisfied:

Your equity is sufficient for the down payment; and
The loan amount is sufficient for the remaining amount of the project’s lowest sale price.

Please note that not all units at the project can possibly be afforded. Which units can be afforded really depends on the sale price versus the above two conditions, which will be harder to satisfy for higher sale prices all other things being equal. However, for all remaining projects at least one unit (i.e. the cheapest unit) can be afforded.

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Please note that to filter out all projects that you cannot afford, you would need to fill out at least your monthly income or equity and all loan conditions. If you do not fill in your equity, we filter out all projects that you cannot afford based on your amortization versus the amortization of the project’s cheapest unit. There may still be projects displayed for which your equity is insufficient for the down payment. You will thus get better results if you also fill in your equity.

If you do not fill in your monthly income, we set your income at the minimum monthly income . This is necessary for us to be able to calculate your budget, as we require an income value for this. Your actual budget will therefore likely be higher (actual income > minimum income) or lower (actual income < minimum income) than the budget calculated by us. Please fill in your monthly income in the light blue cell to the right of “Income” if you want us to calculate your actual budget. If you do not fill in your monthly income, there may still be projects displayed for which your income is insufficient for a loan amount that is sufficient for the remaining amount of the project’s lowest sale price. Or there may be projects filtered out for which your income was actually sufficient for a loan amount that is sufficient for the remaining amount of the project’s lowest sale price. You will thus get better results if you also fill in your monthly income.

However, do not fill out anything in the light blue cells behind “Income” and “Equity” if your monthly income is below the minimum monthly income (see the note to the Income cell). In that case, your budget will solely be determined by your equity. No need to calculate anything. Instead of filling out something in the light blue cells behind “Income” and “Equity”, just fill in your equity in the light blue cell behind “Max Sale Price” in the Primary Residence and Investment tabs as your budget.

Step 1

Fill in your budget

Fill in your budget in the light blue cell to the right of “Max Sale Price” (Primary Residence and Investment tabs) or “Max Rent Price” (Leasing tab). After doing so, all projects with a lowest sale or rent price that are above your budget will be filtered out. Of the remaining projects, only the average sale and rent prices of unit types that are within your budget will be displayed. What remains are the unit types at the projects that fall within your budget.

Step 2

Select your preferred location

You can further filter on province, city and/or area (in the country sheets) or city and/or area (in the province sheets). In the left light blue drop down list under “Location” you can select the province (country sheets) or city (province sheets) and in the right light blue drop down list under “Location” you can select the area. In the country sheets you can select the city in the middle light blue drop down list under “Location”. The right drop down list only lists the areas in the province and/or city selected in the left and/or middle drop down list and the middle drop down list only lists the cities in the province selected in the left drop down list, which makes finding and selecting your desired city and/or area a lot easier! The smart location filter makes sure that only the projects in your preferred location will be displayed.

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Please note that filtering on province, city and/or area is only possible in the Primary Residence and Leasing tabs.

Step 3

Fill in your preferred unit size

Your preferred unit size determines your desired value for money. This is being calculated by dividing your budget (i.c. the value you have filled in under step 1) by your (minimum) preferred unit size, which you fill in the light blue cell to the right of “Min. Sqm”. The result is the maximum sale price/sqm or rent price/sqm you are willing to pay and serves as the criterion to determine which projects are bad value for money (for you) and which are not. Only the projects which are good value for money (for you) will remain.

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Please note that filtering on desired value for money is only possible in the Primary Residence and Leasing tabs.

Step 4

Sort the results

Sort the results – depending on your purpose (i.e. primary residence, leasing or investment) – on capital gains, ROI or median rent price/sqm to find the top projects matching all your requirements and preferences. It is possible to sort the following tabs on:

Primary Residence: project, average sale price (studio), average sale price (1BR), average sale price (2BR), average sale price (3BR), average sale price (4BR), latest median sale price/sqm and capital gains
Leasing: project, lowest rent price, lowest rent price/sqm, average rent price (studio), average rent price (1BR), average rent price (2BR), average rent price (3BR), average rent price (4BR) and latest median rent price/sqm
Investment: project, ROI, rental yield (studio), rental yield (1BR), rental yield (2BR), rental yield (3BR), rental yield (4BR) and versus average enquiry rent price/sqm
Investing Idea: project, versus average enquiry rent price (corrected rent price), versus average enquiry rent price (matching rent price), amortization, ROI (corrected rent price) and ROI (matching rent price)

Please note that the above tabs can be sorted by selecting a value in the dark blue drop down list to the left of “(sort by)”. The tabs are being sorted by default on project (indicated in light blue to the left of “(sort by)”.)

Step 5

Select the top projects offering your required unit type

Under “Average Sale Price” (Primary Residence tab) or “Average Rent Price” (Leasing tab) you can see which projects offer your required unit type. Sort on average sale price (Primary Residence tab) or average rent price (Leasing tab) if you want to display all projects offering your required unit type conveniently at the top (ordered from low to high). Select the top projects offering your required unit type and have a look into which of those unit types are currently for sale or rent at those projects by visiting their project pages (click on the links).

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Please note that a blank cell under “Average Sale Price” (Primary Residence tab) or “Average Rent Price” (Leasing tab) does not necessarily mean that a project does not offer your required unit type or that your required unit type is not available within your budget at the project. A project may offer your required unit type, but there may currently not be a unit listed for sale or rent on one of the property portals from which we source our data. Your required unit type may also be available within your budget at the project if there is a unit of your required type listed within your budget despite the average price of listed units of you required type being above your budget. We recommend you to double check this by visiting the project pages.

Step 6

Property selection made easy

We have helped you filter out the projects that are above your budget, that are located outside your preferred location and that do not offer good value for money (for you). We have shown you the top projects that match all your requirements and preferences, including your required unit type. We have made the knowledge to maximize the returns on your life’s most important investment available to you. Now it is time for you to take action. Action is what produces the results.

On the property portals from which we source our data you can select the units of your required type that fall within your budget and that offer your desired value for money. Buy the one you like the most at one of the top projects we have shown you and your returns will be $X0,000s higher than what they likely would have been if you would not have used our knowledge to maximize the returns on your life’s most important investment. You may thank us later 😊

Filter & Sort

Determine your budget

Fill in your budget

Select your preferred location

Fill in your preferred unit size

Sort the results

Select the top projects offering your required unit type

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