Opinion

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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13 Condos With The Most Unprofitable Transactions (By Region)

You’ve read dozens of stories about property tycoons and how housing is the best asset – but at the same time, you’ve heard whispered stories about properties sold at a loss. In Singapore, the former is louder than the latter;…

• 15 Mar 2021
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5 Spacious 3-bedder Condo Units For Families That Need Space (Under $1.5 million)

Prices per square foot are climbing, but the overall quantum isn’t increasing much. What does that mean for the Singapore private property market? It’s simple: homes are getting smaller.  Many of us long for the homes of the previous decades,…

• 13 Mar 2021
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Units Of The Week Issue #53

This week, it’s back to Bishan, a place that is home to one of the more iconic developments in Singapore. It’s also the home of a number of million dollar HDB’s, no doubt thanks to the very central location that…

• 10 Mar 2021
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The Previous Agent Declined The Challenge of Selling This Freehold Landed Home. Here’s How I Sold It In 4 Months.

I got to know the owner of this landed home back in 2019 when I was marketing an inter-terrace landed home within the vicinity. But the owner already had another exclusive agent marketing it at that time. During that period,…

• 8 Mar 2021
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6 ECs With Units Less Than $1 Million And More Than 1,000 Sqft + Big Price Gap

To some Singaporeans, resale ECs are guaranteed money-makers: they’re halfway to full privatisation, there’s no Minimum Occupation Period (MOP), and no upfront Additional Buyers Stamp Duty (ABSD) if you’re upgrading.  What buyers should also consider, however, are the prices of…

• 4 Mar 2021
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