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
Units Of The Week Issue #8 Monday has arrived again, which means it’s time for some of the most interesting units that we’ve come across this week. Our picks include a massive “dual-key” unit close to Orchard and a couple of nicely renovated ones in the… 27 Apr 2020 3 min read 0
Are Dual Key Condos Profitable? Here Are The Results From All 193 Transactions So Far It’s easy to see why Singaporeans like dual key condo units. They are functional, offer flexibility, and are good options for having a little rental income without having to fork out additional cash for the ABSD. So it is of… 25 Apr 2020 7 min read 5
Units Of The Week Issue #7 It’s that time of the week again, and this week we have another roundup of cool properties to show off. A special one is located at Somerset – where each level features only one unit – but it’s actually two… 20 Apr 2020 4 min read 0
Why Property Agents Are Necessary For Your Property Transactions – Here Are 4 Good Reasons At Stacked – we monitor the real estate market very closely. This means we are very aware of the business models of developers, real estate agencies and property agents themselves. Our main concern today is that of the property agent. … 19 Apr 2020 5 min read 1
Singapore’s Best Condos for Spacious Living Open up YouTube or Instagram, and check out the complaints from Europe or the US about staying home. It’s boring, it’s driving me crazy, it’s cramped. Then they swivel the camera around and you’re struck by a painful revelation: your… 18 Apr 2020 9 min read 0
5 Best Condos For Stay-at-home Introverts It’s eight o’clock: your day has been hell, your eyes are watering from nine hours in front of the screen, and you’re not dead but you kind of wish you were. And then somebody – probably the colleague who tells… 16 Apr 2020 7 min read 4
Units Of The Week Issue #6 As everyone starts the second week of #WFH, we have been particularly inspired to work on finding interesting units. And results have been fruitful! It is penthouse galore, mainly because our editors have been dreaming about working from homes with… 13 Apr 2020 3 min read 0
$5M Loss?! – The Biggest Losers of the 08/09 Property Market Crash It’s not a surprise that we’re often drawn to stories of the biggest winners… 10 Apr 2020 8 min read 2
Units Of The Week Issue #5 It’s not been a great week in Singapore – with a partial lock down announced for a month and a record new cases in a day yesterday. Nevertheless, UOTW will still continue! This week, we’ve found a rare strata semi-d… 6 Apr 2020 3 min read 0
Taking a Look at 123 New Sale Condos From 2010 And How They Have Done Today Who will top this star-studded list? 31 Mar 2020 9 min read 6
Units Of The Week Issue #4 It’s quite crazy how fast time flies – this is our Units Of The Week Issue #4 already (which marks the first month since we started). There isn’t a particular theme this week, but we’ve found some great properties. One… 30 Mar 2020 4 min read 0
How The Coronavirus Is Affecting Real Estate In Singapore It has been a wild ride since we last wrote about the Coronavirus in February – so much has happened since then. As of now, the spread of COVID-19 has worsened to a state that the World Health Organisation (WHO)… 28 Mar 2020 6 min read 2
Mind The Gap: Analysing The Price Gap Between New Launch And Resale For 22 Districts I’m sure many of you would have seen the latest article from the Business Times stating that the price gap between resale and new launch condos has widened to 40% in 2019. In other words, new condo prices have risen… 26 Mar 2020 11 min read 2
Units Of The Week Issue #3 Time seems to pass slower and slower each week – there’s just something about working from home eh? Well, in light of the current COVID situation we’ve decided to showcase some cooler units this week – property eye candy if… 23 Mar 2020 4 min read 0
Freehold vs Leasehold: 3 Tests To Determine Which Is Better (Part 2) Let’s try something different for Part 2 of our Freehold vs Leasehold debate. I’ll start by asking you directly – Freehold vs Leasehold: Which do you think makes more money? Of course I could be wrong, but I’d wager that… 20 Mar 2020 6 min read 6
Units Of The Week Issue #2 Welcome to our second Stacked Units Of The Week issue of some of the eye catching listings that we find each week (see the first issue here). We’ve some interesting ones this week – including an amalgamated 8 bedroom unit… 16 Mar 2020 3 min read 0
Freehold vs Leasehold: Can You Really Prove Which Is Better? (Part 1) In the wake of the Falkland Campaign that waged between Argentina and the United Kingdom 38 years ago, Margaret Thatcher said this. “There is no prouder word in our history than ‘freeholder’”. And that is a notion that has rung… 15 Mar 2020 6 min read 2