Easy to rent out, hard to sell: Buyers could be losing interest in one-bedroom condos一房式公寓好租难卖，买家兴趣可能在减退

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The headline says one-bedroom condos in Singapore can be easy to rent and hard to sell, and that buyers may be losing interest. There is no vacancy rate, no psf figure and no project name. The point is the gap between a tenant and a buyer.标题说，新加坡的一房式私人公寓可能好租、难卖，买家的兴趣也许在减退。标题里没有空置率、没有每平方英尺的价钱，也没有项目名称。重点是租客和买家不是同一群人。

A tenant can pay the rent if the location suits a single person or a couple. A buyer of that same unit has to believe someone else will take it later, at a price that covers the loan. When that second buyer is scarce, the owner feels it at the point of sale, not at the point of the tenancy.租客只要地点适合一个人或一对夫妻，就可以付租金。买下同一套单位的人，必须相信以后还有人接手，而且价钱盖得住贷款。当后面那个买家变少，屋主是在卖出的时候才感觉到，不是在出租的时候。

Investors who only checked the rent should also check recent sales of one-bedders in that project. Own-stay buyers who want a bigger home later should ask how easy the exit is. A unit that rents in a week can still sit unsold for months.只查过租金的投资者，还应该看这个项目一房单位的近期成交。以后想换大房子自住的人，要问退出容不容易。一套一个星期就租掉的单位，仍可能挂几个月卖不掉。