How Hot Is the Singapore Property Market In 2021? Here’s My Experience From 3 Cases On The Ground You might have seen the various headlines of how hot the Singapore property market is. The weird confluence of factors like a pandemic, construction delays, and the realisation that a bigger home is necessary in the new normal of WFH… 5 Jun 2021 5 min read 2
6 Terribly Bad Property “Advice” To Avoid In Singapore Bad property advice can come from the best of intentions, but that doesn’t change the financial damage it can cause. Most forms of “bad” property advice aren’t malign. It’s just that they’re oversimplified, or just plain outdated. From obsessing over… 3 Jun 2021 8 min read 11
4 Government Land Sales Sites Worth Paying Attention To In 2021 Tampines and Tanjong Katong rank high on the list of desirable residential areas; so we’re not surprised these two recent Government Land Sales (GLS) sites are drawing investors. This is on the back of two other GLS sites the week… 1 Jun 2021 6 min read 2
3 Easy Methods To Conduct Your Own Property Valuation In Singapore Is valuation an art or a science? It’s an age-old question that has been asked many times, and while you’d get a mix of different responses depending on who you ask, I think most would agree that it is definitely… 30 May 2021 7 min read 0
Will Landed Homes Continue Their Momentum In The Singapore Market For 2021? The landed property market saw a strong pick up in Q4 2020. Back then, we heard plenty of market watchers speculate that landed prices had to come down soon; it just took time for Covid-19’s effects to bite. Well, it… 23 May 2021 6 min read 0
How Much Would It Take To Pay Off Your Flat By 30, 40, 50 or 55? For many Singaporeans – heck, for many people across the world – paying off the mortgage early is a common aspiration. We get it too: most of us don’t like the thought of owing money, especially on something as major… 18 May 2021 5 min read 0
How Are Singapore Property Rental Rates Rising Despite Covid-19? Since 2020, property prices have been rising across the board. It’s not entirely surprising given the Covid-19 situation that many investors see the Singapore private property market as a safe haven, particularly in such times. What is unexpected has been… 17 May 2021 7 min read 0
4 Major Chinese Developers in Singapore: An Overview Of Their Performance So Far Make no mistake, China is big in many ways. It has a population of 1.412 billion people, and it has the 4th largest geographical area in the world. Comparatively, Singapore is ranked the 20th smallest country in the world (by… 15 May 2021 8 min read 2
6 Less Known Negative Factors That Can Affect A Property’s Value Ask anyone what are the biggest factors that affect a property’s value and you’ll probably hear these three words. Location location location. Sure, but that’s probably as obvious an answer as to who the best football player on the planet… 13 May 2021 8 min read 0
Buying A Property With A Foreign Spouse In Singapore? Here’s All You Need To Know One of the most overlooked groups of buyers is Singaporeans with foreign spouses. From stamp duty rates to housing type restrictions, this group faces more headaches than the typical home buyer. Did you know that as of 2019, nearly 1… 7 May 2021 7 min read 6
Can Young Singaporean Home Buyers Survive The 2021 Property Market? Singapore’s property market is booming, with resale flat prices at eight-year-highs, and private home prices rising for four straight quarters. Coupled with job worries over Covid-19, and construction delays, all of this poses a problem for young, first-time home buyers…. 4 May 2021 6 min read 0
An Inside Look To Why Having An Exclusive Agent To Sell Your Property Is Wise For some homeowners, there is this strong belief that engaging multiple agents to market their home will be a great idea. “Since there are so many agents available and willing to take up my listing – why not I cast… 3 May 2021 8 min read 1
6 Ways Covid-19 Construction Delays Can Impact Property Buying Decisions Covid-19 has resulted in further delays to housing projects in Singapore. To date, about 43,000 homes will face delays of six to nine months, and that’s only for the HDB housing segment. In the private sector, construction firms are already… 2 May 2021 6 min read 0
23 New Launch Condos That Will Reach TOP In 2021/22 (For Those In A Hurry To Move) There are just some people that don’t like buying just from a showflat model – they need to see the actual product. Some others may have time constraints and need to move in by a certain date – this could… 30 Apr 2021 7 min read 0
Why The Lentor And Tampines GLS Sites Are The Ones To Watch This Year Two of the hottest Government Land Sales (GLS) sites have been put up for grabs – and for property buyers looking ahead, they’re definitely worth monitoring. Whichever projects come up here are likely to be headline developments, and developers are… 28 Apr 2021 6 min read 0
Q1 2021 Property Market Update: New Launch Condos And HDB Prices Spike Again The Circuit Breaker seems to have had the strange effect of slowing Covid-19, and accelerating property sales. We like to think the trauma of being stuck at home for so long has made everyone realise they really need their own… 27 Apr 2021 7 min read 0
7 Mythbusters Of Buying Overseas Property: Clarifying The Basic Risks Buying property abroad can be riskier, not least because you’re entering a real estate market – and legal jurisdiction – you may not understand as well. But at the same time, there sometimes is a tendency to exaggerate or misunderstand… 25 Apr 2021 8 min read 2
2021 Ultimate New Launch Cheat Sheet (116 Condos Take Up Rate + Breakeven) When we did our last ultimate new launch cheat sheet in February 2020 (view here), I don’t think many people would have predicted then how the property market would have moved as much as it had in the past year…. 24 Apr 2021 43 min read 0