Opinion

Why I Chose To Rent Instead Of Buying A Home In Singapore

Growing up, I lived in a HDB flat my parents owned. During all the social studies lessons we had (you can probably tell my age from this!), I was taught that a home you owned was always an asset to…

• 13 Jun 2022
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A Landed Home For Just $750K? It’s Possible, But There’s A Catch. We Tour Fuyong Estate To Find Out.

Today’s landed estate tour is probably going to be our most controversial ever. Fuyong Estate is a collection of terrace houses, semi-Ds, and detached houses that is just a stone’s throw from Rail Mall. But here’s where it gets intriguing….

• 12 Jun 2022
• 14 min read
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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
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Is A 1 Bedroom At Parc Riviera Or Parc Rosewood A Better Choice For A Rental Investment?

Hi Stacked Homes team! Thank you always for the detailed reviews you do on homes. I’m a single looking for a property for rental (and probably own stay in future) I sold my HDB last year but couldn’t really go…

• 10 Jun 2022
• 12 min read
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5 Interesting Freehold Walk-Up Apartments Worth A Second Look

Clearly, differentiated types of housing in Singapore are something that many people are looking at beyond your usual condo and apartment types. And so seeing as how last week’s collection of freehold walk-up apartments was received, we’ve decided to look…

• 9 Jun 2022
• 6 min read
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My Journey As A Single Homebuyer In Singapore At 35: How I Bought Selegie House

For singles to buy a home in Singapore, it is frankly a bit of an arduous process. As a quick summary, you aren’t able to buy a BTO flat unless it’s a 2-bedder, and in a non-mature location. Even if…

• 8 Jun 2022
• 9 min read
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Selling Your Home During Hungry Ghost Festival: Is It Any Less Profitable? A Look At 26 Years Of Data

You may have heard of the excuse used by agents to account for a slow-moving month in August: “Oh yes, it was the Hungry Ghost Festival, that’s why” For those who are unaware, the “Ghost Festival” (“GF”) falls on the…

• 8 Jun 2022
• 7 min read
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Touring Island Country Villas: Spacious Landed Living Next To A Lush Forest (And Monkeys) For About $2.6 Million

Island Country Villas is a landed estate at Old Upper Thomson Road and Casuarina Walk which comprises 58-60 99-year leasehold semi-detached houses, and was developed by UOL Group in 1999 (with leases starting from August 1995). Usually, I’d choose bigger…

• 5 Jun 2022
• 10 min read
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Analysing Unprofitable Condos: 6 Reasons Why The Lanai Has Performed Poorly (District 23)

With the last unprofitable condo analysis being done in the East (Urban Vista, for those wondering), this time I’ve decided to look to the West for another on our list of 13 unprofitable condos.  I know it has taken some…

• 3 Jun 2022
• 10 min read
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We Are A Family Of 3 Looking To Upgrade. Which Of These 5 Condos Are Best If Primary School Is Priority?

Hello, Firstly, thanks for all the articles, enjoy reading them. We are a family of 3, with a 2 year old and would like to upgrade to a condo (big 2 bedder unit or a regular 3 bedder), and having…

• 3 Jun 2022
• 13 min read
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5 Freehold Walk-Up Apartments Close To An MRT Station

While shophouses are always going to be a popular aspirational type of property in Singapore due to their uniqueness, they also can generally be priced too high out of reach for most people. An alternative to look at can be…

• 2 Jun 2022
• 6 min read
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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
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NFTs, Guilds & Coins: We Spoke To A Crypto Enthusiast About His Thoughts On The Metaverse

As someone who has invested $19k of her own money into the metaverse, I am naturally bullish about the space – even if recent events in the crypto space have been anything but convincing! I don’t confess to being an…

• 30 May 2022
• 8 min read
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Touring Villa Verde: Affordable Terrace Houses For About $2 Million In Choa Chu Kang

I’d been meaning to check out Villa Verde for some time because well, for a landed house in Singapore, it’s “cheap” (or shall we say less expensive?) Coincidentally, someone left a comment on my article about the houses at Loyang…

• 29 May 2022
• 10 min read
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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
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Is A 3/4 Bedroom Unit At Skies Miltonia The Best Option For A Family At Yishun?

Hi, Stacked! I am interested in considering a 3 or 4 bedder unit at Skies Miltonia at Miltonia Close. I noticed recently that prices had gone up for this project since late last year and there are many families who…

• 27 May 2022
• 9 min read
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5 Beautifully-Designed Unique Shophouse Units That Are Freehold

With shophouse sales in 2021 reaching a record $1.9 billion in Singapore, it’s clear just how much demand there is for this very niche type of property in Singapore. Shophouse living is definitely not for everyone though. Aside from the…

• 26 May 2022
• 6 min read
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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
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