50 Affordable Freehold Landed Homes From $3m In Singapore: Where To Find Them Ask most property agents in 2023, and they’ll tell you any landed home under $4 million is likely a leasehold (or cluster housing, or a strata-titled unit in a condo.) But our recent checks show that isn’t true. There are… 21 Sep 2023 by Ryan J 2 min read 0
10 New Launch Dual Key Units Still Available In 2023 (To “Avoid” ABSD) With ABSD rates as high as it is (recently increased to 20 per cent from 17), some Singaporeans have started to look for various other options. While going overseas is one possible route, not everyone wants to deal with learning… 23 Aug 2023 by Ryan J 3 min read 0
8 Old Freehold Shopping Centres You Can Surprisingly Buy A Home In (With PSF Prices You Can’t Find Today) Before the popularity of online shopping, many Singaporeans would have been to Queensway Shopping Centre to browse all the sporting shoes on offer. While the shopping centre has seen better days, it still remains relatively well populated on the weekends. … 30 Aug 2022 8 min read 1
10 Stunning Rooftop Infinity Pools That You Can Find In A Condo Did you know that the infinity pool was invented as early as the 1960s by American architect John Lautner? It may be surprising to hear as it does seem like a recent invention, given how modern it looks. But thanks… 17 Aug 2022 11 min read 0
121 Dual Key Condos To Consider For Rental/Multi-Gen Living (2022 Edition) On a hunt for Dual-Key options? Look no further! 12 Aug 2022 24 min read 2
8 Freehold Condos Below 250 Units But Still Have A Tennis Court & Swimming Pool Small condos may grant a lot more privacy; but a lot of them also come with tiny pools, no tennis court, or a gym that’s got maybe three treadmills. If you’re looking for a condo that’s private yet can still… 5 Aug 2022 8 min read 2
10 Small Freehold Condos With Less Than 150 Units But Still Offer A Tennis Court & Swimming Pool Besides a freehold lease, most people justify the premium for a condo because of the facilities on offer. 50m lap pools (or just multiple swimming pools), tennis courts, and gyms are just some of the typical facilities that developers have… 28 Jul 2022 9 min read 2
10 Recently Completed New Launch Condos That Are Ready-To-Move In 2022 With travel opening up to most countries, and restrictions being lifted (we can finally walk around outside without masks), it does seem that we are over the worst of Covid-19. But as compared to 2021, it’s been a quieter time… 21 Jul 2022 10 min read 0
Record $1.418 Million Dollar Dawson Flat: Was There Really Any Better Alternative? SkyTerrace @ Dawson just set a new record for the most expensive resale flat, at $1.418 million. That begs the question: is the price unreasonable? As some readers are bound to point out, $1.418 million could fetch the buyer a… 13 Jul 2022 7 min read 4
Is It Really Mad To Pay $1 Million For A Woodlands HDB? We Find Out If There Are Better Condo Alternatives I can’t help but notice that Singapore’s resale HDB prices have been performing inversely to the stock market (for the last few weeks at least). It was just earlier in May that a 5-room flat at City Vue @ Henderson… 10 Jun 2022 8 min read 1
7 Condos That May Benefit From The Upcoming Tavistock & Serangoon North MRT Stations Two MRT stations on the upcoming Cross Island Line (CRL) will start operations in Q2 this year (both contracts worth a combined $861 million). The Tavistock and Serangoon North MRT stations will solve longstanding accessibility issues, and property buyers are… 31 May 2022 6 min read 3
5 DBSS Projects With The Most Affordable 5-Room Flats (Under $700,000) Ever since the last record-breaking $1.4 million resale HDB sale in Henderson, the conversation on whether HDB prices are getting out of hand has been all homebuyers can talk about. For some, it’s hard to accept that HDB prices can… 28 May 2022 10 min read 0
6 Interesting Freehold Apartments Under $1,400 PSF You Might Be Able To Buy Singaporeans have always had a long-drawn obsession with freehold properties. So much so that for some people, there can be no reasoning with them on the freehold vs leasehold debate – even if the argument is backed with reasonable numbers!… 25 May 2022 7 min read 2
Record Breaking $1.4 Million HDB Costs Too Much? The Alternatives May Not Be Any Better If you haven’t heard by now, a 5-room HDB flat at Henderson just broke the record for the most expensive HDB ever transacted – at a stunning price of $1.4 million. The unit is located in City Vue @ Henderson,… 21 May 2022 8 min read 8
10 Most Profitable Condos Based On Their Average Performance Since 2012 The last time we did an article on profitable condos, this was by a ratio of the highest profitable-to-unprofitable transactions since 1995. But with the various cooling measures and different policies throughout the years, sometimes looking at transactions dating so… 18 May 2022 13 min read 2
6 Condos With Better Locations Than The Internet Suggests Thanks to Google maps and street view, it’s quite easy to scout out a condo location these days…or is it? Over time, we’ve found that this is quite unfair to some condos (we’ve made that mistake before) – there are… 27 Apr 2022 5 min read 8
7 Condos That Averaged Over $300k In Profit You Might Not Know About Whether it’s a legacy or a retirement plan, the motive to buy private housing can often be the return on investment. We know that, for some owner-investors, it’s less about a nice view and a pool; and more about having… 23 Apr 2022 7 min read 0
6 Spacious Townhouses In Central Singapore That Are Ideal For Families For many people in Singapore, living in central Singapore is a dream. But as if Singapore isn’t already small enough, its central areas, are even smaller and the housing prices in this area, unfortunately, reflect that. Out of all the… 10 Apr 2022 13 min read 0
15 Most Profitable Condos By Transactions (Divided By Region) We last wrote about the 13 condos with the most unprofitable transactions (sorted by region) in Singapore. And with condo prices going up everywhere, it can seem like there’s “no wrong choice” right now. But remember that things can change… 2 Apr 2022 12 min read 0
6 Lesser-Known Townhouses In North Singapore For More Space Townhouses are a rare breed of having a landed home feel (and space), without having to compromise on facilities and security. If you’ve been following this series, I’ve recently covered townhouses in the West and East of Singapore. As such,… 27 Mar 2022 12 min read 2