Why July 2025 Could Be the Best Time Yet for Singles and Second-Timers to Apply for a BTO New HDB policies in July 2025 give singles and second-timers better BTO chances, new schemes, and higher grants—finally easing the pressure. 21 Jul 2025 by Ryan J 4 min read 0 742
SERS: Singapore’s $94,000 Housing Lottery Or A Bad Bet? Is SERS a property jackpot or just another gamble? We unpack the wins, losses, and what it really means for ageing flats and resale values in Singapore. 20 Jul 2025 by Ryan J 4 min read 0 166
16 Dec 2021 New Property Cooling Measures Kick In: Here’s How It May Affect You As of 16th December 2021, new property cooling measures finally happened. The shock isn’t too great this time, as most of the market saw it coming (perhaps most expected it would have been earlier than right now). Earlier we’d speculated,… 16 Dec 2021 7 min read 0 1.3k
10-Year MOP For Prime Region HDB Flats: All You Need To Know About The New PLH Model The November 2021 BTO launch will be a big deal, introducing the new Prime Location Housing (PLH) model. This is a topic we covered in an earlier article; and it seems we now have a response. In this upcoming pilot… 27 Oct 2021 7 min read 0 768
Property Market Update: Private Home Sales Dip, While Prices Keep Climbing (August 2021) 2021 continues to be an interesting year. First-time homeowners continue to keep their fingers crossed, hoping for a break; while at the same time sellers wonder if now’s the time to sell (if you sell high, you might buy high… 25 Sep 2021 6 min read 0 162
New Private Home Sales Surged In July, Despite Viewing Restrictions: Here’s Why You’d think that, with the return to Phase II restrictions, the number of property sales in July would be lower. As proof that nothing is truly predictable in real estate, we’ve seen the opposite. The number of private home sales… 20 Aug 2021 5 min read 0 153
6 Possible Cross Island Line MRT Stations (Phase 2) + Condos That Might Benefit The Cross Island Line (CRL), once completed, will span a whopping 58 kilometres. It’s a huge boon to the Singapore private property market, as some condos that are currently inaccessible will now have MRT access. This includes some older resale… 7 Jul 2021 5 min read 0 4k
2,000 New Units For GLS Sites In 2021: We Review The 4 New Additions Some eyebrows were raised last week, when the supply of Government Land Sales (GLS) sites was hiked. In the first half of the year, the government had been quite conservative with supply, on the back of Covid-19. Yet for 2H… 14 Jun 2021 6 min read 2 281
4 Government Land Sales Sites Worth Paying Attention To In 2021 Tampines and Tanjong Katong rank high on the list of desirable residential areas; so we’re not surprised these two recent Government Land Sales (GLS) sites are drawing investors. This is on the back of two other GLS sites the week… 1 Jun 2021 6 min read 2 436
Why The Lentor And Tampines GLS Sites Are The Ones To Watch This Year Two of the hottest Government Land Sales (GLS) sites have been put up for grabs – and for property buyers looking ahead, they’re definitely worth monitoring. Whichever projects come up here are likely to be headline developments, and developers are… 28 Apr 2021 6 min read 0 623
Q1 2021 Property Market Update: New Launch Condos And HDB Prices Spike Again The Circuit Breaker seems to have had the strange effect of slowing Covid-19, and accelerating property sales. We like to think the trauma of being stuck at home for so long has made everyone realise they really need their own… 27 Apr 2021 7 min read 0 538
4 Potential New Housing Sites Cleared (Balestier, Bedok, Jurong, Toa Payoh): Which Will Be Best? Just this week, HDB has put out tender documents regarding four sites for housing. As these sites are in mature areas, there’s already a buzz about which of them hold the most promise. The sites are in Balestier, Bedok, Jurong… 31 Mar 2021 6 min read 0 309
Top 5 Hottest HDB Towns By Resale Volume (Q1 2021) Resale flat prices are at an eight-year high; but market watchers saw it coming as early as October 2020. At the time, the volume of resale transactions were at the highest point since 2010; and the momentum doesn’t seem to… 17 Mar 2021 7 min read 0 1.5k
URA Changes Development Charges: What Does It Mean To Property Buyers? For most home buyers, Development Charges (DC) are not something we’d consider important. This is something the property developers pay for, right? But long-time investors and market watchers know better – not only are developer costs ultimately passed down in… 1 Mar 2021 6 min read 0 837
CCR Condos Are Showing Signs Of An Improvement; Here’s Why Following the results of Q4 2020, Core Central Region (CCR) condo sales and prices have been raising eyebrows. Prices appear to be up, despite expectations to the contrary: the rental market is still soft, and overall CCR condo prices had… 29 Jan 2021 7 min read 0 490
What’s Driving The Aggressive Bids For The Tanah Merah And Yishun GLS Sites? Given the current Covid-19 crisis, you’d think developers would want to play it safe. After all, who would dare to make aggressive bids for Government Land Sales (GLS) sites, when we don’t know how the market will look a year… 10 Nov 2020 7 min read 2 752
Covid-19 and the Singapore Property Market Outlook: What The Experts Say Just like predicting a stock market bottom, any attempt to pinpoint an end to the current Covid-19 catastrophe might come across as…futile at best. That said, it never hurts to have an idea of the possibilities that might await us. … 21 Apr 2020 7 min read 0 995
The Avenir Review: Upscale Condo At River Valley Close GuocoLand’s latest luxury project in River Valley may very well be the family home you’re looking for. 27 Feb 2020 22 min read 1 2.3k
What next for Singapore housing market after July 6 cooling measures? Residential property investment sales have collapsed in Singapore after another series of housing curbs halted ‘en-bloc’ redevelopment deals. The last round of cooling measures for the Singapore housing market took place just more than 3 months ago on July 6 and… 24 Oct 2018 3 min read 0 4
Here is how many new homes you can expect in 2018 12,681 private homes in the pipeline for Singapore in 2018 According the graph above, 12,681 private homes are expected to be in the pipeline in 2018. Out of all these homes, around 4,500 will be executive condominiums. In the second… 2 Aug 2017 < 1 min read 0 3