Should You Buy An Old Tiong Bahru HDB In 2024? Here’s A Breakdown Of The Performance Tiong Bahru is unusual as far as HDB enclaves go. Some of the flats here are among the oldest in Singapore, and predate the HDB era; the housing board’s predecessor, SIT, is known for having built larger and less standardised… 19 Sep 2024 by Ryan J 4 min read 0
5 Cheapest 5-Room HDB Flats That Are Spacious From $595k This week, we look at five spacious HDB flats sized above 1,100 square feet at an affordable price point. These flats are either within walking distance to the nearest MRT Station or have convenient access to several dining or grocery… 19 Sep 2024 by Stacked 7 min read 0
10 Cheapest New Launch Condos In 2021 For Families (3 Bedroom Units) Singapore’s property market is on fire right now, despite the Covid-19 situation. Every day we hear more whispers about impending cooling measures, which in turn drives higher sale volumes. It’s hard for a bargain hunter to catch a break right… 1 May 2021 9 min read 4
Units Of The Week Issue #60 While it may still be too early to claim that the high end market is back, we are seeing a range of luxury new launches that will be launching soon in the market. And so in that vein, we are… 28 Apr 2021 7 min read 0
Are 1 Bedroom Units A Good Investment? Analysing 3,834 Transactions From 2011 It’s probably no surprise to hear that 1 and 2 bedroom units in a new launch are always the first to sell out. You don’t even have to look too far for evidence on this either. To give you an… 26 Apr 2021 7 min read 0
Analysing Unprofitable Condos: 6 Reasons Why The Tennery Has Performed Poorly As a continuation from our piece on 13 condos with the most unprofitable transactions, here’s where I (try to) dig deeper into why each particular condo has not done well. Some may say that these reasons may only be obvious… 22 Apr 2021 8 min read 3
Units Of The Week Issue #59 This week’s issue is a continuation of the “bigger-is-better” theme given the increased awareness of just how precious it is to have more space at home. But bigger spaces do come a price that may not be within one’s reach…. 21 Apr 2021 7 min read 0
We Bought Our First Home On Carousell: Here’s What We Learnt The digital aspects of Singapore’s private property market have grown to new proportions – from a time when people didn’t trust online listings, to today when you can buy a house by tapping on your phone. In this week’s property… 16 Apr 2021 6 min read 0
Units Of The Week Issue #58 While we’ve been highlighting different districts in the past few issues, this week we’ve decided to do something different in light of the trend of homeowners looking for bigger spaces to live in. Although many people will be moving back… 14 Apr 2021 6 min read 0
Units Of The Week Issue #57 In light of the latest launch in District 5, One-North Eden (the first launch in 14 years to the area), we’ve decided to look at some of the resale options that you could possibly look at in the vicinity. We… 7 Apr 2021 6 min read 0
5 Highest-Yielding Paya Lebar Condos (For Under $1.4 Million) Paya Lebar Quarter (PLQ) has turned the area into a new commercial hub, and a major property hot spot. Unfortunately, it may be tough for a new investor to get a piece of the action now; prices in Paya Lebar… 2 Apr 2021 6 min read 2
Units Of The Week Issue #56 It’s Wednesday – time for another issue of Units Of The Week. This week, our focus is on properties in District 9 (which has recently seemingly lost its shine towards the new and improved District 7). Still, let’s not forget… 31 Mar 2021 6 min read 0
A Buyer’s Case Study with Stacked: Principal Garden Project Case Study: Principal Garden Client Details Single, early 30s Working in advertising Buyer’s Brief Looking for first home/investment 2 bedroom minimum in Bukit Timah/Holland/CBD Liveability was a focus Challenges They Faced Afraid of pushy agents Needed more hand holding… 29 Mar 2021 10 min read 4
4 New Launch Condos Near An MRT Station With 3 Bedroom Units Below $1.5 Million There’s a terrible assumption that, if you can afford a condo, you can afford to own a car. But sometimes it isn’t really just a question of affordability but of convenience. For example, you may have the luxury of a… 28 Mar 2021 6 min read 0
First Time Home Buyer Story: Buying A Condo After The 2007 Financial Crisis And Lessons Learned It’s certainly been some time since our last buyer story, but nonetheless we have quite an interesting feature this week. This time, we look at the first-home purchase of Andy (not his real name). What’s unusual about this case is… 27 Mar 2021 7 min read 2
Analysing The Gap Between New Condos And Household Income (All 28 Districts): Which Are Still Affordable To Singaporeans? There’s a list of “coffee shop complaints” that we hear all the time, from the rising cost of food, to whether PSLE is a terrible idea. A perennial favourite on the list is the issue of housing affordability, especially in… 26 Mar 2021 5 min read 0
Units Of The Week Issue #55 In this week’s issue of Units Of The Week, we’ve landed on District 28 is the location of choice. For the uninitiated, District 28 is one of the districts in the OCR (Outside Central Region). And if you couldn’t tell… 24 Mar 2021 7 min read 0
Analysing Unprofitable Condos: 3 Reasons Why Stellar RV Has Performed Poorly You might have read our recent article on the 13 condos with the most unprofitable transactions. In the first 2 days it racked up nearly 50,000 page views – a sure sign if ever that there needs to be more… 22 Mar 2021 7 min read 0
5 Special Old Features Of HDB’s In Singapore That Are Hard To Imagine Today It is frankly quite amazing to see the progress Singapore has made over the last few decades. Today, we have structures like the now iconic Marina Bay Sands, the glittering lights from Gardens By The Bay, and the current tallest… 20 Mar 2021 8 min read 0
Units Of The Week Issue #54 Given how popular Midtown Modern seems to be (the crowds on weekdays are quite something), it was obvious what our focus would be on this week as more people are looking at this new entrant to District 7 – and… 17 Mar 2021 7 min read 0