Why More Young Families Are Moving to Pasir Ris (Hint: It’s Not Just About the New EC) Pasir Ris has quietly evolved into one of the East’s most family-friendly towns. Here’s how years of steady upgrades have reshaped the estate in 2025. 28 Jun 2025 by Gail 6 min read 1
The First New Condo In Science Park After 40 Years: Is LyndenWoods Worth A Look? (Priced From $2,173 Psf) LyndenWoods is the first condo launch in Science Park in 40+ years—backed by CapitaLand’s vision to turn the area into a liveable, mixed-use precinct. 26 Jun 2025 by Cheryl 8 min read 1
Why Are Dual-Key Condo Units Struggling To Sell In 2025? Trends tend to come and go in the Singapore property market; and one of these is the dual-key unit. First introduced in Caspian in 2009, these units drew interested buyers for close to a decade, before the trend seemed to… 4 Mar 2025 7 min read 3
Why This New Clementi Condo Sold 326 Units At $2,537 PSF: 4 Reasons For Elta’s Demand Perhaps it’s an echo chamber effect; but despite a lot of online grumbling, ELTA defied expectations on the ground to sell 65 per cent of its units at launch. This Clementi-area condo, which drew some negative comments over pricing and… 3 Mar 2025 5 min read 2
Your Home Isn’t Selling In 2025? Here’s When It Is Better To Accept A Lower Price One of the worst feelings in the world is getting no responses to your listing, even if you’re in the mid-range of the latest property transactions. While you may be well-capitalised, there’s a definite opportunity cost when waiting – the… 1 Mar 2025 5 min read 1
Have Condo Layouts In Singapore Gotten Better Or Worse Over Time? The land-sales cycle refers to Government Land Sales (GLS), where residential land is sold to private developers. This creates some loosely defined “cycles” with similar characteristics: that is, “batches” of condos that were built on GLS land released in certain… 27 Feb 2025 7 min read 1
Are Condos Further From MRT Stations Underperforming? The Data Tells a Different Story We’ve come a long way in the past two decades, and so has the Singapore transport system. There are more MRT stations and train lines now; and that in turn would have affected some condos. In the past, it was… 27 Feb 2025 4 min read 3
5 Reasons Why Parktown Residence Sold A Record 1,041 Units During Launch Parktown Residence is set to change Tampines North, and it has two qualities Singaporeans love: it’s a mega-development, and it’s integrated. But while it was always going to be popular, most people wouldn’t have predicted the mad rush during its… 24 Feb 2025 5 min read 0
Is Union Square Residences Worth A Look? A Detailed Pricing Review Comparison With Canninghill Piers And Riviere Although Union Square Residences launched in November 2024, the renewed focus on the Core Central Region (CCR) in 2025 makes this an opportune time to revisit its pricing—even though it’s not technically in the CCR. This was one of the… 24 Feb 2025 18 min read 0
Is Lentor Central Residences Worth A Look With 3 Bedders Priced From $1.813m? Once a quiet forested enclave, the URA has strategically mapped out Lentor for 11 residential plots. Seven plots have been launched so far, and today’s launch in question, Lentor Central Residences is the latest entrant to this much-evolved area. Most… 22 Feb 2025 9 min read 2
The Effect Of Trump’s Policies On Singapore Property: What Could Happen This Time? The US seems to be undergoing a volatile time, and it’s just the start of their current President’s (the Trump administration) four-year term. So it’s not surprising how many questions we’ve had of late, regarding how all of this is… 20 Feb 2025 7 min read 0
This New Executive Condo Is Just 5-Minutes From Tampines North MRT: Is Aurelle Of Tampines Worth A Look? Tampines North is certainly having its moment. Hot on the heels of Parktown Residence, the upcoming launch of Aurelle of Tampines signals yet another wave of interest in this fast-developing estate. But while Parktown Residence enjoys the limelight of being… 20 Feb 2025 6 min read 0
A First Look At Aurea, A Luxury Redevelopment Of Golden Mile Priced From $2,750 Psf For a while now, critics have been all too eager to write off the Core Central Region (CCR)* as yesterday’s news. Yet as we now see in 2025, new upcoming developments suggest that even an “old dog” can bask in… 18 Feb 2025 8 min read 0
How Will Budget 2025 Affect The Singapore Property Market? 8 Key Changes To Note It’s that time of year again—Budget 2025 was just announced, and many are wondering how it will impact the property market. In this SG60 year, key concerns include the high cost of housing, a volatile global economy, and an ageing… 18 Feb 2025 7 min read 3
Struggling To Find A Resale Condo In 2025? Here’s Why Supply Is Drying Up If you’re in the market for a resale condo, you may find that your options feel limited in 2025. Wherever you look, there seem to be few available listings, and in some projects, almost no transactions may have occurred in… 15 Feb 2025 6 min read 0
Are Mega Development Condos In Singapore Really More Profitable? Here’s What The Data Says There used to be a time when home buyers frowned on mega-developments. These 1,000+ unit projects were thought to be noisy, lacking in privacy, overcrowded, etc. But as of the last few years, there’s been a huge shift in opinion:… 14 Feb 2025 5 min read 0
Should You Buy ELTA? A Pricing Review Against Clavon, Clement Canopy And Other New Launches Welcome to our pricing review of ELTA, the newest (and final) Government Land Sales (GLS) site along Clementi Avenue 1. If you’ve been watching this neighbourhood, you’ll know it’s been four years since the last condominium launch here – so… 13 Feb 2025 17 min read 0
Is Parktown Residence A Good Buy? A Detailed Pricing Review Against Other Integrated Developments As we’ve said in our full review, Parktown Residence will be the first integrated development in Tampines, featuring a retail mall, direct MRT access, a new bus interchange, and a community hub. This marks a milestone for the area, which… 12 Feb 2025 19 min read 0
Upgrading To A Condo By 35: Is That Still Possible For The Average Singaporean In 2025? The idea of upgrading from an HDB flat to a condo is a familiar one for Singaporeans. But given how private property prices rose in the aftermath of Covid, is it still viable? And just as importantly, when does it… 11 Feb 2025 6 min read 0
Resale HDB Or BTO In 2025: Why The Long Wait May Still Be Worth It Despite high resale flat prices, many of the homebuyers we meet still want to start their property journey with a resale flat. The reasons are varied: from faster upgrading potential, to neighbourhoods they must live in, to simple frustration at… 7 Feb 2025 6 min read 0