Advice 7 Useful Questions To Ask Your Property Agent Before You Buy Or Sell Your Property 7 key questions to ask a real estate agent when buying or selling, covering ABSD timelines, marketing spend, stack premiums and resale renovations. Ryan J. Ong · 7 Dec 2022 · 8 min read 813
Advice 6 Things Foreign Investors Are Seldom Told About The Singapore Property Market Foreign investors: learn how ABSD, CCR rental quirks, freehold pricing and car costs shape real returns in Singapore real estate before you buy. Ryan J. Ong · 5 Dec 2022 · 7 min read 492
Advice We Have $500k In Cash And Looking To Buy Our First Home. Should We Buy A Resale HDB And Upgrade Later Or Buy A Condo First? With $500k cash, should you buy resale HDB then upgrade, or go straight for a condo? Stacked · 2 Dec 2022 · 18 min read 785
Advice 6 Reasons Why You May Want To Avoid A Friend/Family As An Agent Considering a friend or family member as your property agent? Ryan J. Ong · 30 Nov 2022 · 7 min read 375
Advice We Spoke To BCA To Clear Common Property Misconceptions In Singapore: Here Are 9 You Need To Know BCA clears up MCST myths: who elects the first council, why it can't remove bad members, and why it won't rescue a condo's sinking funds. Ryan J. Ong · 29 Nov 2022 · 8 min read 450
Advice We Are In Our Early 30s & Making $300k Per Year. Should We Buy Another HDB Or Upgrade To A Condo? Couple earning $300k weigh Clover By The Park against Bishan HDB EAs and freehold options like Tresalveo, given a planned 17-18 year stay. Stacked · 25 Nov 2022 · 18 min read 548
Advice “I Paid Down My Home Loan Early” 4 Homeowners Share How They Are Working Around Rising Interest Rates Four Singapore homeowners explain how they update their home loan near rising rates: fixed-rate hopping, cash repayments, early paydowns and shorter tenures. Ryan J. Ong · 24 Nov 2022 · 6 min read 352
Advice A Fight Over The Sale Of An HDB Flat: 3 Interesting Takeaways From A Co-ownership Tussle A widow and brother-in-law clash over an HDB flat sale: how courts ruled on first refusal, partition limits, and what it means for co-owners. Ryan J. Ong · 22 Nov 2022 · 5 min read 493
Advice Not Every Property Agent Wants To Sell/Rent Your Home: We Reveal 5 Reasons Why Property agents don't always chase every listing. We reveal five reasons why realtors turn down rentals, urgent sales or unrealistic asking prices. Ryan J. Ong · 19 Nov 2022 · 7 min read 528