Should You Buy An Old Tiong Bahru HDB In 2024? Here’s A Breakdown Of The Performance Tiong Bahru is unusual as far as HDB enclaves go. Some of the flats here are among the oldest in Singapore, and predate the HDB era; the housing board’s predecessor, SIT, is known for having built larger and less standardised… 19 Sep 2024 by Ryan J 4 min read 0
5 Cheapest 5-Room HDB Flats That Are Spacious From $595k This week, we look at five spacious HDB flats sized above 1,100 square feet at an affordable price point. These flats are either within walking distance to the nearest MRT Station or have convenient access to several dining or grocery… 19 Sep 2024 by Stacked 7 min read 0
5 Huge Jumbo HDB Units Above 1,700 Sqft For Bigger Families (From $960k) Space in Singapore is always a premium, and so despite the older ages of some of these HDB flats, there seems to still be strong demand for such homes. So this week, we take a look at some of the… 28 Mar 2024 7 min read 0
6 Rare Condos With Circular Balconies In Singapore For Those After Something Unique Homeowners either love balconies or hate them – but there’s a dimension beyond this – and that’s the circular balcony. Depending on who you ask, this is either artsy and unique, or irritating because home fixtures are generally designed to… 25 Mar 2024 7 min read 0
Touring Mei Hwan Landed Homes: Affordable Freehold Landing Living From $4.1m In District 19 Previously, we’d viewed the houses at Tai Hwan and Li Hwan, so I thought we should cross Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and tour Mei Hwan Road/Drive/Crescent, to get a more complete sense of the area. First things first, here’s… 24 Mar 2024 8 min read 0
We Own A Bidadari BTO: Should We Keep It And Buy An Investment Property, Or Sell To Buy A Central Condo Hi team, I’ve always liked the way your team analyzes enquiries. Hope you’re able to provide some insights into our query below. My wife and I are looking to invest our cash/cash equivalent on hand and are wondering what’s the… 23 Mar 2024 8 min read 8 Grady
5 Affordable 3-Bedroom Condos Under $1.2 Million That Are Almost New For those on tighter purse strings but still require 3 bedrooms, options on the market can be rather limited. This week, we look at compact sized 3 bedders that still offer functionality but at a palatable price point of under… 21 Mar 2024 7 min read 0
Why I Bought A 2-Bedder Investment Property At Leedon Green In District 10: A Buyer’s Case Study Leedon Green is a freehold condo that was completed just this year. It’s one of the newer headline developments in the Holland V/Farrer area, and we’ve covered it extensively in our review. With three-storey maisonettes and villas, this is one… 20 Mar 2024 9 min read 3 Kenny
$2.05m For A Freehold Landed Home? Touring Jalan Wangi, One Of The Cheaper Landed Estates In Singapore I have a confession. This column started with my house hunt for a dual-key apartment that can house my Mother and I (you can read about it by clicking the link) before evolving into a series of landed enclave tours…. 17 Mar 2024 13 min read 6
We Make $300k Per Year And Own A Sengkang Grand Residences 4-Bedder: Should We Keep Or Sell It To Buy 2 Properties? I have been following your articles for quite some time. Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us. Currently my wife and I co-own (50%-50%) a 4 bedder in Sengkang Grand Residence which just TOPed. We will be reaching the 3rd… 15 Mar 2024 9 min read 0 Joe Quek
Should You Buy Lentor Mansion? A Pricing Review Comparing It With Lentoria, Lentor Modern, Lentor Hills Residences And Hillock Green As we approach the tail end of the series of new launches in the Lentor estate, this price review of Lentor Mansion supplements what has already been addressed in Lentoria (you can read about the in-depth review here). Lentor Mansion… 15 Mar 2024 14 min read 0
5 HDB Units With Beautiful Unblocked Views (And Above 900 Sqft!) Imagine unwinding to a blanket of lush greenery from the comfort of your home. How about enjoying the peaceful sunrise over the ocean’s horizon every morning when you wake up? The truth of the matter is that having a beautiful… 14 Mar 2024 9 min read 0
Touring Hillview Estate: Affordable Freehold Landed Homes From $3.6 Million Hillview Estate, not to be confused with Hillview Garden Estate, a larger landed area we toured a while back (which, interestingly enough, doesn’t have a single street with “Hillview” in its name) is a small freehold landed estate in Upper… 10 Mar 2024 9 min read 1
We Have $1.2m In Cash/CPF And Own A Queenstown HDB: Should We Keep Our HDB Or Sell To Buy 2 Properties? Hi Stacked homes, I am a regular reader of stacked homes and am reaching out in hope that you can give some good advice on investing in a property. My partner and I currently own a 4 room HDB in… 8 Mar 2024 8 min read 1 Kenny
5 Million-Dollar HDB Flats That Are Nicely Renovated & Close To The MRT While million-dollar HDBs are still considered outliers in the Singapore property scene (as surprising as it may be to some), it is certainly getting more frequent. This week, we take a look at five of these million-dollar HDB flats. These… 7 Mar 2024 9 min read 3
I Chose To Pay The ABSD To Buy A Condo And Keep My HDB: Here’s Why With the ABSD for a second property now at 20 per cent (for Singapore Citizens), the decision to retain one’s HDB flat has become quite rare. However, that’s precisely what our reader YX did. In April last year, he bought… 6 Mar 2024 5 min read 5
Is A 2B2B Or 2B1B New Launch Condo Better For Investment? Here’s What The Latest Data Says For buyers looking at an investment property, a 2-bedroom unit is a typical sweet spot – in terms of rentability and a more achievable quantum. But in recent years, the availability of a smaller 2-bedroom unit in the form of… 6 Mar 2024 4 min read 1
Touring Trevose Place: Freehold Terrace Houses With Unblocked Greenery Views In District 11 I was always under the impression that the landed houses near Kheam Hock Road were all large properties i.e. detached or semi-detached units. Hence, I was intrigued to see some terrace units when driving through the other day, and decided… 3 Mar 2024 8 min read 2
We Make $23k Per Month And Own A 29-Year-Old HDB: Should We Sell To Buy A Resale 3-Bedder Condo Or A Newer HDB Instead? Dear Stacked Homes, Happy new year! We are a couple with combined income of $23k (41yo $16k, 29yo $7k), currently live in a 29yr old 4br hdb resale (mkt value abt $580k) under joint ownership, and has fulfilled the MOP…. 1 Mar 2024 8 min read 0 Ameer
5 Spacious 3-Bedroom Condos Under A $2M Budget (Above 1,600 Sqft) This week, we’re exploring five spacious 3-bedroom condominiums, each boasting a practical layout and exceeding 1,600 square feet in size. Moreover, these units are attractively priced under $2 million, catering to those with a more modest budget. Regarding their location,… 29 Feb 2024 8 min read 0