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Hello,

I have an existing resale EA in Choa Chu Kang (opp MRT) with an outstanding loan of $228k. I have also recently bought a private property at a prime district, which will TOP next year. Should I sell my resale flat or rent it out ?

Note that I still have an existing loan for my flat as well as the private property, and if I sell my flat , I will have to return the CPF accrued interest as well, which means I may have to top up 20-50k in cash back to my CPF OA account as the selling price of CCK flat is at most 630k for that location.

If I rent it out, I am still having to pay loan and interest to the bank for the flat.

Any advise if I should rent or sell ? If I sell, I can get back 400k into my cpf and use that to redeem the other private property's loan or let it sit to earn interest in CPF. Both interest rates for the flat and private property are about the same.
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Evening Bac,

The answer for your question would boils down to your liquidity and holding power.
If you were to hold onto both properties, will the rental from your EA be enough to service both your mortgages? Do you have enough to top-up, if the rental amount is not enough to cover both? If you were to have gaps where your EA is not rented out, do you have enough to sustain the mortgage installments and for how long?
On the other hand, if you were to sell your EA, what you will suffer is CPF loses. For CPF loses, you are not required to top-it up, according to my knowledge. Will the proceed and CPF refund make your lifestyle in your new resident more comfortable?
In my humble opinion, living in comfortable pace, without over-stretching require prudency in monies management. Cutting loses may help you go a longer way.

FYI.
Mike Lim
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