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This New Tampines Condo Owner Made Nearly $1 Million In Profit: Insights From Treasure At Tampines Sales So Far

When Treasure at Tampines first launched, it was one of those projects that captured the attention of many and divided the opinion of many too. Launched about a year before the onset of the pandemic in March 2019, it sold…

• 11 Mar 2024
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The Hidden Factor Most Buyers Are Ignoring When Buying A Home: Here’s Why Layouts Are So Important

For anyone looking to buy a home, the focus often gravitates towards location, price, and size—key factors that undoubtedly influence the decision-making process. However, there’s another crucial aspect that deserves equal, if not more, attention but is frequently overlooked: the…

• 9 Mar 2024
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How To Avoid ABSD When Buying A Second Property: Understanding Decoupling And How 99-1 Works

Decoupling is a way to have a second property in the family (albeit under individual names), without having to pay the Additional Buyers Stamp Duty (ABSD). That’s especially tempting in the current property market, where ABSD rates are at 20…

• 7 Mar 2024
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Where To Find High Rental Yield Condos From 5.3% (In Actual Condos And Not Apartments)

When looking for high rental yields, a common issue that crops up is finding apartments – that is, developments like People’s Park Complex, or walk-up apartments, that are not actual condos. These tend to rise to the top due to…

• 5 Mar 2024
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How To Decide Between A New Launch Or Resale Condo (From A Floor Plan Perspective)

Trends change, and the condo market is nothing if not subject to trends. From squash courts to bay windows, many things have come and gone since the first condo was built in the 1970s. And whilst it’s common knowledge that…

• 29 Feb 2024
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Is 2024 The Right Time To Refinance Your Home Loan? Here’s What Homeowners Need To Consider

Home loan interest rates average around three per cent as of 2024, with many loan packages inching toward four per cent in later years (usually in the fourth year or thereafter). Along with the recent switch to SORA-based loans, many…

• 27 Feb 2024
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This Up-And-Coming Area Has 5 New Condos In Just 2 Years: Is Lentor Mansion Still Worth A Look?

Lentor has been a hotspot since 2022, with the launch of projects like Lentor Modern and Lentoria. The next project in this area, however, will be the largest in terms of land area to date (around 21,887 sqm.) Given the…

• 23 Feb 2024
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Can You Afford To Upgrade To A Condo In 2024?

With Chinese New Year over, it’s house-hunting season again; but it’s no surprise that buyers are a little bewildered. If you’ve been away from the property scene for a few years, the prices today are nothing short of stunning –…

• 20 Feb 2024
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How Budget 2024 Will Affect Singapore Homeowners: New Property Tax Changes And ABSD Remissions

Budget 2024 was announced today, with an emphasis on “enhancing education and training”, and on financial aid to target groups. Some of the handouts include $1.9 billion in household support (in assorted forms), changes to CPF; and assistance for Singaporean…

• 16 Feb 2024
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Where Did Home Prices In Singapore Grow The Most (And The Least) In 2023?

2023 was still a disappointing year for many home buyers, when $2,000+ psf became a norm for new launches, and HDB upgraders saw themselves increasingly priced out of the private segment. In hindsight, we can see that even the meteoric…

• 8 Feb 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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