Condo

8 St Thomas Review: Freehold New Condo in River Valley

If you are looking for a luxury condominium in River Valley, you will have a tough decision awaiting you, as the area is awash with tall modern condos dotting the landscape.

• 14 Mar 2019
• 12 min read
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Fourth Avenue Residences Review – Rare Bukit Timah New Launch

Fourth Avenue Residences is one of the three sites that developer Allgreen Properties purchased during the en bloc spree. Except that this was the only one that was a Government Land Sale (GLS) site that they won with a bid of $553 million or $1,540 psf ppr.

• 28 Feb 2019
• 9 min read
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Pollen and Bleu Honest Review: Quaint Boutique Condo along Farrer

Pollen and Bleu is a unique boutique development along Farrer Drive. Just from the name alone you can tell that the developers were trying to go for something different.

• 16 Feb 2019
• 12 min read
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Echelon Condo Review: Impressive hotel-like condo in Redhill

The Echelon is located along Alexandra View, which is along Alexandra Road. Alexandra road serves as a connector towards areas like Holland, Orchard and the River Valley and CBD areas.

• 6 Feb 2019
• 9 min read
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Failed En Bloc in 2018

If 2017 and the first half of the year of 2018 was any indication of how things would play out, the en bloc market was prepped for big things further down the road. Every older property in Singapore seemed to…

• 14 Jan 2019
• 2 min read
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En Bloc 2018: 24 NEW launches from old en bloc sites

It has been almost a roller coaster year for en bloc property in 2018. The year had started with much promise with en bloc in 2018 slated to surpass the 26 successful en bloc sales the year before. However, because…

• 31 Dec 2018
• 8 min read
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En Bloc Process Timeline – How long does it take?

It is no secret that en bloc sales in Singapore have almost come to a stop after the property curbs in July. Since then, just two en bloc sales were completed, down from the S$3.8 billion worth of transactions in…

• 7 Dec 2018
• 3 min read
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Wallich Residence Review – S$108 million penthouse anyone?

Wallich Residence is becoming a bit of an icon in Singapore. And for good reason as it is currently the tallest residential development in Singapore, standing at 290m tall.

• 16 Nov 2018
• 11 min read
• 2

Orchard Towers Review – Interesting apartment at the doorstep of Orchard

Orchard Towers is infamous for its nightlife and vice activities for decades. Every now and then, this 43-year old development captures of attention in the news.

• 1 Nov 2018
• 9 min read
• 0

Buy now, en bloc later: 201 freehold homes you don’t want to miss out on (Part 3)

Finally, the third and last part of our en bloc series on freehold homes to stay in now with future en bloc potential. With en bloc sentiment at a new low this year in 2018, and looking likely that it…

• 14 Aug 2018
• 29 min read
• 1

Collective Sale: 6 dead simple ways to spot en bloc potential

Is the collective sale fever dying out in Singapore? After warnings of possible oversupply in early 2018 and rising prices of luxury homes, the Government has finally stepped in with the latest round of cooling measures. And if you have not heard…

• 2 Aug 2018
• 5 min read
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Interlace Condo Review: Spacious Units, Subjective Design But Really Great For Families

The Interlace Condo was one of the most talked about condo launches in Singapore, partly because of its previous history (Gillman Heights) and its design reveal by renowned architect Ole Scheeren, who designed Duo Residences as well.

• 24 May 2018
• 19 min read
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Duo Residences Review – All you need to know

Duo Residences was one of the most highly anticipated launches when it was announced. It is an integrated development by M+S Pte Ltd, which is a joint venture between Temasek Holdings and Malaysian investment firm Khazanah Nasional (M+S Pte Ltd is also the developer behind Marina One Residences).

• 22 Feb 2018
• 10 min read
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Buy now, en bloc later: 201 freehold homes you don’t want to miss out on (Part 2)

It is now 2018, yet the en bloc train does not seem to be slowing to a halt anytime soon with projections of higher demand this year. There have been many other developments trying to kick start the collective sale…

• 5 Feb 2018
• 25 min read
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En Bloc news in Singapore – All your questions answered here

Source Some people treat en bloc news in Singapore almost like an update on a lucky draw, or TOTO if you will. Sometimes when you take the train you can hear people exclaim upon reading the news “wah en bloc…

• 22 Jan 2018
• 5 min read
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Every En Bloc sale in 2017/2018 (Updated)

Since late 2016, en bloc sales in Singapore have been spiking up. In 2017 alone there have been 26 successful en bloc sale projects, with seemingly many more in the pipeline. Source: SBR This chart from RHB research shows that…

• 18 Jan 2018
• 2 min read
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Buy now, en bloc later: 201 freehold homes you don’t want to miss out on (Part 1)

Freehold homes in Singapore to stay in now with future en bloc potential Freehold homes in Singapore will get rarer and rarer as the years go by. Judging from the Government Land Sales (GLS) programme, you can see that all…

• 1 Dec 2017
• 26 min read
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How LTA’s new en bloc ruling will affect future potential en bloc developments

New En Bloc Ruling? It was exactly ten years ago in 2007 that the last en bloc frenzy happened, with a total of $11.7 billion in deals. 2017 is proving to be the next bumper crop of en bloc deals,…

• 18 Nov 2017
• 3 min read
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