Mapletree Industrial Trust has been my favourite REIT of 2024. Here are 4 reasons Mapletree Industrial Trust is my favourite REIT of 2024.  1. Reliable stable dividend payouts  Mapletree Industrial Trust has been reliably paying out quarterly dividends since 2011 without fail. They have not missed a single dividend payout for almost 14 years. Furthermore, the dividend per share has been increasing almost yearly. You can rest assured of a reliable long-term quarterly dividend payout. This is particularly important as a long-term passive income investor where there's no need ..read more

2024 Q4 Portfolio Update It's my favorite part of the year, and with Christmas and CNY coming up, here are some updates regarding my parents' latest passive income investment portfolio. Portfolio:  Total value of investments as of December 2024: $749,377.57 Estimated total value of passive income for 2025: $44,554.44 Estimated monthly passive income for 2025: $3712.87 Estimated dividend yield for 2025: 5.94% Portfolio breakdown: REITS (77.7%)  1. Mapletree Industrial Trust  - Total cost: $298,807.71  - 128,400 shares with an average purchase price of $2.33  2. Ma ..read more

Changes to Portfolio  Recently, I have just divested my shares of CapitaLand in my portfolio. I purchased $2600 worth of CapitaLand shares at $2.9 per share before their ex-dividend date in July and sold them in December at $3.25 per share. I gained about 15% ($400), including both capital gains and dividends, from this trade which I am extremely satisfied with. This has been quite a disappointing year for Singapore REITs but 2020 Q3/Q4 has already to begun to show signs of improvement and here's hoping 2021 would be a much smoother year for everyone.  Future Plans  I have arou ..read more

Singapore's stock market for blue-chip stocks such as banks and REITs have almost returned to all-time lows in March recently. This fall in share price can be attributed to two things mainly: the poor performance of the US market recently due to the presidential election creating uncertainty among investors and the increase in COVID-19 (Secon/Third-wave) cases in Europe and the United States. As a result, many blue-chip REITs and banks in Singapore's stock market share prices have plummeted as well due to the general negative market sentiment. However, nothing fundamentally significant has c ..read more

Lendlease REIT is Singapore's newest commercial REIT that was listed on 2nd October 2019. Its initial portfolio comprises a leasehold interest in 313 @ somerset and a freehold interest in Sky Complex, which comprises three office buildings located in Milan. Lendlease REIT is strongly sponsored by the Lendlease Group which is a leading international property and infrastructure group with operations in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Americas and is also listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Lendlease REIT quickly gained popularity among Singapore investors with a current market capita ..read more

ESR-REIT is Singapore's 4th largest industrial REIT with a market capitalization of $1.3 billion and total assets worth $3.1 billion. It focuses on income-producing industrial properties islandwide in Singapore.  The properties are in the following business sectors: Business Park, High-Specs Industrial, Logistics/Warehouse, and General Industrial, and are located close to major transportation hubs and key industrial zones island-wide. ESR-REIT is one of Singapore's lesser-known industrial REITs compared to the top 3 Singapore industrial REITs (Ascendas, Mapletree Industrial Trust, Maplet ..read more

SGX (S68) is one of Singapore's oldest blue-chip dividend stocks in the Singapore market. SGX is Asia's most international and connected exchange with about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside Singapore. Singapore has always had a reputation for being one of Asia's most popular and successful financial hubs with an international stock market. Naturally, SGX has performed fairly well for itself over the past years. Their share price increased from $7.5 to a high of $10 over the past 5 years before decreasing to $9.1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There ha ..read more

Keppel REIT is one of Asia's leading commercial REITs with properties in prime locations in pan-Asia and it is Singapore's 2nd largest commercial REIT, just behind Capitaland Commercial Trust. Keppel REIT was first listed in 2006 with only $600 million worth of assets and has slowly increased its portfolio size over the years through various acquisitions and divestments to a current worth of $7.9 billion. Keppel REIT is extremely popular among dividend investors in Singapore and it is known for being a high-quality REIT with sustainable dividends. Also, Keppel REIT is strongly sponsored by ..read more

Mapletree Commercial Trust (MCT) is Singapore's largest mixed REIT with a market capitalization of $6.5 billion at its current share price of $1.95. MCT has a diversified portfolio of properties in Singapore that are used for both retail and commercial purposes. MCT is sponsored by Mapletree which is a leading real estate development, investment, capital, and property management company in Singapore. MCT's popularity has increased among investors over the recent years with its share price soaring from around $1.40 in 2016 to a high of $2.45 in Jan 2020. Its share price has since decreased by ..read more

Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) is Singapore's second-largest retail REIT with a market capitalization of $2.9 billion at its current share price of $2.59. FCT is also one of Singapore's most popular retail REITs among investors and its share price has almost returned to its pre-COVID levels of $2.90. This shows investors' confidence in FCT's performance even in the COVID-19 pandemic where there has been a large sell-off for most retail REITs. FCT is famous for its high-quality suburban retail properties that are strategically located near MRT stations. If you are ever in Singapore, you woul ..read more