3 Exciting Upcoming Residential Sites To Look For In The Near Future From old schools to former SERS sites, Singapore is constantly renewing its residential landscape (and increasing the supply) – and the latest upcoming batch is one to watch. It includes some hotspots like Clementi, as well as land parcels that… 6 Feb 2024 4 min read 0
The Impact Of High Land Prices On Singapore’s Property Prices: How Land Prices Have Moved Since 1992 One of the main reasons cited by developers, as to why new launch prices are so high, is the price of land. We have an article that covers some of the details here. However, a common criticism we’ve heard from… 6 Feb 2024 4 min read 0
Can You Still Afford To Upgrade To A Condo In 2024? Here’s A Reality Check For HDB Upgraders The tried and true way of getting a condo is to start with an HDB BTO flat, save every penny you can, and eventually sell it for a tidy profit and move up to a private condo; or at the… 2 Feb 2024 6 min read 4
Singapore’s Best And Worst Performing Property Districts Since The Pandemic: Here’s What We’ve Found The times are changing, and it’s not just the pandemic that caused it (although it sped things up a bit). Amidst big moves like decentralisation, and Work From Home, the very idea of what constitutes “central” – and hence a… 30 Jan 2024 5 min read 0
A Penrose Condo Case Study: How to Price Your New Launch Sub Sale Unit Smartly Have you ever heard of “sub sales” in real estate? These are transactions where a property is sold before it’s even completed, and they make up a surprisingly small portion of the market. This rarity often leads to many questions… 29 Jan 2024 7 min read 0
The Changing Attitudes Toward Chinese Property Developers In Singapore When Chinese developers first entered the Singapore market, there was some skepticism involved. It didn’t help that, during the en-bloc fever of 2017, Chinese developers copped a lot of the blame for pushing up home prices (even though if you… 25 Jan 2024 6 min read 3
Are These Old Condo Facilities Still A Benefit Or A Burden? When it comes to condo facilities, some trends come and go. You can even identify the age of a condo based on the sort of facilities it has (squash courts, anyone?) But while trendy facilities help at launch (and perhaps… 24 Jan 2024 5 min read 2
The Rise Of Million-Dollar HDB Flats In Singapore: Is This Going To Be The New Norm? Million-dollar HDB flats are still outliers, making up some one per cent of HDB transactions; and even those that are close to a million (e.g., $800,000 or $900,000) are hardly the majority. However, there’s no denying that these outliers are… 22 Jan 2024 5 min read 0
3 Interesting Upcoming Residential Sites You May Likely See In 2024 The past few days, there’s been news of three upcoming residential sites being cleared for future residential use; and one of them is even next to an MRT station. Now that we’ve seen the consequences of a tight housing supply,… 22 Jan 2024 4 min read 0
44 Upcoming New Launch Condos In 2024 (Starting From $1,402) 2024 won’t be seeing the same scarcity issues in the aftermath of COVID-19 – predictions range as high as over 11,600 new units, spread across some 38 new launches. These are just the larger projects too, and may not include… 13 Jan 2024 7 min read 1
5 Surprising Reasons Why Some New Launch Condos Sell Better Than Others In a real estate market where HDB upgraders and first-time buyers are grappling with affordability issues, it’s interesting to witness certain new launch condos defy the odds and still achieve good sales figures. While factors like price point and buyer… 12 Jan 2024 6 min read 0
Will We Finally Have “Affordable” Homes In Singapore In 2024? News reports, HDB block notice boards, and every other outlet seem to be putting out the message that prices are coming back down, supply is back up, etc. It’s almost like some big upcoming event is driving the need to… 10 Jan 2024 5 min read 0
6 Key Trends Of The Singapore Property Market In 2024: Here’s What Buyers Can Expect New year, new market – at least that seems to be the case with real estate in Singapore. Property here is dynamic and ever-changing, and not just because of our overnight cooling measures; everything from layout preferences to rental prospects… 3 Jan 2024 5 min read 2
So When Was The Actual Best Time To Buy A Property In Singapore? Here’s A Look At What History Tells Us “When is the best time to buy a property?” echoes as one of the most perennial questions in the world of real estate, often shadowed by the equally common “when is the best time to sell your property?” This week,… 2 Jan 2024 5 min read 0
2023 Year-End Review Of The Singapore Property Market: Key Numbers And Trends You Need To Know Things are finally starting to calm down in Singapore’s private property market, with 2023 seeing the tail-end of the post-pandemic supply crunch. But for many buyers, complaints of high prices are still prevalent: private home prices may be flattening out,… 30 Dec 2023 7 min read 0
The Hidden Costs Of Property Selling: Unveiling The Real Cost Behind Agent Commissions In Singapore Hang around on forums or in coffee shops (or anywhere in Singapore really), and you’re bound to hear complaints about property agent commissions. A common impression is that realtors hike up their commissions for even “simple” jobs, like listing your… 28 Dec 2023 5 min read 0
When Is The Best Time To Sell Your House In Singapore? This is one of the most common questions we get asked; and often one of the most impossible to answer accurately. That’s because everyone’s home ownership or investment situation is unique, outside market conditions. But since everyone asks all the… 27 Dec 2023 7 min read 0
Should You Buy A Small Landed Home Or A Bigger Condo? Here’s What Singaporeans Have To Say Recently, we saw a conversation on Reddit about living in a smaller landed property, versus a bigger condo unit. This isn’t the first time we’ve come across the question – with some larger condo units (premium or penthouses) now reaching… 23 Dec 2023 6 min read 0