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The Key To Get Your Resale Home Renovated Right, As Told By Interior Designers

Of all the reasons there are to buy a resale home over a new launch condo (and there are many), we can’t imagine that being able to renovate it as you freely desire would be very high up the list….

• 25 Feb 2020
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Coronavirus and SARS: How It Might Affect The Singapore Property Market

Wuhan Virus, Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, COVID-19, Coronavirus 2019. Call it whatever we want, but there’s no denying that it’s already wreaked havoc across our tiny island.  Empty grocery shelves and over-priced masks have been lining the news bulletins these past weeks,…

• 24 Feb 2020
• 8 min read
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Why Knowing The Singapore Property Cycle Can Make You A Better Investor

I do believe most people are aware that the value of property will grow over time. It may not grow consistently, or uniformly, but it will trend upwards.  On the flip side, there is such a thing as being on…

• 23 Feb 2020
• 8 min read
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Ultimate New Launch Cheat Sheet 2020 (Land Price, PSF PPR, Take Up Rate)

Talk about an Oversupply!

• 2 Feb 2020
• 25 min read
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Future Of Real Estate: What We Hope To See In 2020 In Singapore

2020 is here, as crazy as that sounds. The year 2020 sounds and looks like a year from some dystopian film, yet here we are.  Over the years the real estate scene in Singapore has evolved so much, no thanks…

• 5 Jan 2020
• 5 min read
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Year-end Review: Top 10 Most Shared Stacked Homes Posts in 2019

As part of our year-end review at Stacked Homes (the first being our top 10 transactions post), we have decided to look back on the year to review the work we’ve done. 2019 has been an incredible year for Stacked…

• 1 Jan 2020
• 5 min read
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Long Commute Vs High Rent: Is It Worth Paying More Rent For Shorter Travelling Times?

You leave work at 6 pm, get home by 610 pm, and you are in and out of the gym by 7 pm. Your friend calls you to ask if you want to grab some dinner. You look at your…

• 19 Nov 2019
• 4 min read
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CPF Accrued Interest: Why You Should Not Pay For Your HDB With CPF

So you’ve reached one of the most important milestones in your life – buying your first home.  Before you get all excited browsing through the various property marketing platforms and going to Pinterest to look for your dream theme, let’s look at…

• 1 Nov 2019
• 4 min read
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7 Tested Ways To Select The Perfect New Launch Condo Unit

“XXX condo has sold 75% of its units on launch day” Ever seen this familiar headline? Or better yet, these photos that are usually plastered over all the new launch condo articles in the newspaper. Can you imagine the mayhem…

• 25 Oct 2019
• 8 min read
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9 Showflat Tricks You Don’t Want To Fall For

Have you ever bought a new condo, only to collect the keys and open the doors for the first time to feel sorely disappointed? For some reason, the living room just looks smaller than you remembered. Or the bathroom just looks…

• 17 Oct 2019
• 7 min read
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7 Indoor Plants to Keep Your Apartment Feeling Fresh

The level of haze blanketing Singapore at the moment has hit the unhealthy range of more than 101 PSI. It certainly makes us long for those good old days with clear skies and fresh air. Living in Singapore, having access…

• 19 Sep 2019
• 3 min read
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5 Best (Affordable) Smart Home Devices in Singapore

It seems like nowadays everything can be connected to the Internet, with the word smart being attached to just about anything. Smart TV, smart refrigerator, and even smart washing machine are just some of the many devices that have had…

• 17 Sep 2019
• 5 min read
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Climate Change in Singapore: How to Live Green in a Rental Apartment

After the National Day Rally 2019 speech, it is clear that climate change is one of the most important challenges facing Singapore. In short, as in island nation (not to mention, low lying), Singapore is extremely vulnerable to the effects…

• 20 Aug 2019
• 2 min read
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13 Best Practices When Living with Roommates

With housing prices the way they are in cities across the world (read: expensive and climbing), it’s almost inevitable that most of us will live with roommates at some point. Roommates have their benefits: someone to come home to at…

• 12 Jun 2019
• 6 min read
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Downpayment for condo in 2020: How much do you have to save exactly?

Buying your first home in Singapore is always going to be an overwhelming experience. Especially when Singapore is one of the most expensive places in the world for real estate. Plus the thought of committing yourself to a very long…

• 26 May 2019
• 3 min read
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4 Handy Tips to Decorate a Tiny Apartment

As the cost of housing continues to rise in cities, as well as the trend of reducing our carbon footprint, more and more people are making the move to tiny apartments. Dense living has its upsides: it requires less maintenance,…

• 16 May 2019
• 3 min read
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5 Condo facilities we wished condos in Singapore would have!

Condo facilities in Singapore are just so cookie-cutter. Admittedly there are some really luxurious standouts, like the Scotts Square swimming pool, or the resort-like one at the Leedon Residence. But in general, the condo facilities department in Singapore needs some…

• 9 May 2019
• 3 min read
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Best House Facing Direction: Here is how you should choose which is the best condo stack

If you are looking at a new condo launch in Singapore, it could get quite overwhelming in your buying journey. After all, not only are there all the cooling measures to contend with, numbers to think about, you still have…

• 26 Apr 2019
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