Singapore Property News

HDB Just Made It Easier For Young Couples To Buy Flats: But Not Everyone Is Happy

You would think that HDB easing income assessment to buy flats, for younger couples, wouldn’t be too controversial a change. However, there’s been a flurry of negative comments online, and questions about whether we’re making young Singaporeans commit too soon,…

• 28 Mar 2025
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Why One-North Is A Property Mystery To Me

The strangest neighbourhood in Singapore is One-North, not Yishun. I’m serious. Whenever someone asks about One-North properties, their prospects, their performance, etc. I’m at a total loss. Yishun “mysteries” are just odd crimes that eventually get explained on Mothership or…

• 23 Mar 2025
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This Bidadari Flat Just Made Nearly $800k In Profits..

Bidadari, the home of million dollar HDB flats As I write this, a 4-room flat in Bidadari just sold for $1,258,888 after its MOP. This is now the record for the most expensive 4-room flat in Toa Payoh. This comes…

• 16 Mar 2025
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Will We See An En-Bloc Revival In 2025 Because Of This New Rule?

There’s hope yet for the en-bloc scene for bigger properties, as of this week. The Government has announced planned revisions to ABSD deadlines for developers. These will be applied to “complex large-scale urban transformation developments,” in which ABSD deadlines can…

• 10 Mar 2025
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New MRT Plans Revealed: How Tengah & Seletar Lines May Boost Northern Homes

In news that will please north-end residents (and possibly annoy those who feel the train lines are already too convoluted), the government has announced feasibility studies into two possible new lines: these are the Tengah and Seletar lines, which appear…

• 8 Mar 2025
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Is $525k For The New Mount Pleasant BTO Site Worth It? Here’s A Quick Review

The first BTO flats in the new Mount Pleasant estate are launching in October 2025. Consisting of around 1,500 new flats, it’s part of six planned BTO projects for this estate. Once all the projects are complete, Mount Pleasant will…

• 7 Mar 2025
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Why Some Homebuyers In Singapore Hate “Efficient” Layouts

“There’s no way it can compete with an older condo” is a sentiment I still hear these days. This is despite moves like GFA harmonisation, and developers implementing dumbbell layouts wherever possible. Among a certain group of Singaporeans, you’ll never…

• 2 Mar 2025
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Why Some Singaporeans Should Hold Off Buying A Home – Even With Grants

“Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” That saying doesn’t have to mean surrendering your plans; it can also be about patience.  I’m reminded of it after Budget 2025 – one of the big changes is enhanced support for…

• 23 Feb 2025
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How Property Data In Singapore Can Trick You

We might be a little over-reliant on visuals, when it comes to property info. Recently, I came across a comment about some HDB-provided updates. This was on the topic of flat availability; a topic that, as most Singaporeans know, is…

• 16 Feb 2025
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Why Singapore Landlords Hold All The Power

For the most part, landlords have a strong advantage over tenants in Singapore. We have no formal rent control measures (at least not since 2001*), there is no specific tenancy resolution body (everything goes to the Small Claims Tribunal or…

• 9 Feb 2025
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Is Your Condo Management A “Hidden Dictatorship” In Singapore?

Don’t live in a dictatorship seems like common-sense advice, but sometimes that’s what local condo buyers get themselves into.  This week, I heard a story about a certain condo and dogs. I won’t name it, but it sounds a bit…

• 2 Feb 2025
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What Happens To Your Home Loan In Singapore If Your Spouse Passes Away?

There are some pretty hair-raising ideas out there, about what happens when one co-borrower passes on.  This was a source of panic for an acquaintance last week, when that exact thing happened. He’d been under the impression that, when the…

• 26 Jan 2025
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Property Cooling Measures In 2025: Here We Go Again

Much like the backside of a Secondary School delinquent, we’ve thickened our skin against the rotan of cooling measures. We just got a statement that the government is “not averse” to more cooling measures. But when I mentioned it to…

• 19 Jan 2025
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Is The $16,000 Executive Condo Income Ceiling Still Relevant In 2025?

“False ceiling” is now a term we can apply to an interior design feature, and the cash minimums for Executive Condos (ECs). Right now the income ceiling to buy one is $16,000 per month, up from $14,000 (the previous ceiling…

• 13 Jan 2025
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Would You Pay $900k For A 3-Room HDB? Let’s Break It Down

How much more would you pay for a very new (i.e., around five years old) resale flat?  You might figure it’s at a premium, since (a) you can move in immediately and skip the construction time, and (b) the lease…

• 5 Jan 2025
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$900k Sale Of 3-Room HDB Flat In Bidadari Sets A New Record In 2024: Here’s Why

Usually, when a resale flat comes close to $1 million, the expectation is that it’s a big older flat; hence the higher square footage and quantum. Or perhaps we’d expect a rare DBSS unit, or other such “special” flats. But…

• 2 Jan 2025
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Are More Property Cooling Measures Coming to Singapore In 2025?

Thanks to a recent newspaper article, many people are asking if new cooling measures have already kicked in.  Which is disappointing for so many reasons, not least being that so few read beyond the headline these days. Some of you…

• 29 Dec 2024
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Why This Potential New Singapore Property Rule Could Be A Good Thing For You In 2025

“I’m not sure I want the ‘old bird’ agent,” was the phrase that surprised me this week. In most situations, people would want a veteran on their side. Most of us prefer the older and more experienced doctor, the 20-year…

• 22 Dec 2024
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