Property Picks

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
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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
• 6 min read
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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
• 6 min read
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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
• 9 min read
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5 New Launch RCR Condos With Units Below $1.5 Million (2021)

Covid-19 or not, the Singapore private property market has been on a roll. And with the eye-popping prices of new prime region condos, most of us will have to settle for the next best alternative: city fringe or Rest of…

• 28 Feb 2021
• 9 min read
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5 Cash-flow Positive Properties In The Outside Central Region (OCR)

In this next part of our series on cash-flow properties, we look at the fringe region condos of Singapore. Investors often have a binary view of these properties – we find many who swear by OCR properties and won’t consider…

• 20 Jan 2021
• 8 min read
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5 Cash-flow Positive Properties In The Core Central Region (CCR)

In these Covid-19 days, buying a prime region property attracts a lot of finger-wagging and warnings. We’re entering a weak rental market, you’ll be told, and such expensive (in terms of quantum) properties could well become liabilities.  As always –…

• 18 Jan 2021
• 8 min read
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5 Cluster Housing Projects With Units At $2 million Or Under

That landed property sure looks great…until you start thinking about how hard it is to keep the façade clean. And how much it will cost to repaint the gigantic house. And how you’ll still have to drive to the club…

• 14 Jan 2021
• 8 min read
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5 Singapore Condos With Positive Cash-flow

Investing in a rental property could be a tough call right now, due to Covid-19; but what if the condo generates enough rent to cover its loan repayments, plus more?  These days, it’s true that most condos generate just enough…

• 11 Jan 2021
• 8 min read
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5 Pet-friendly Condos In Singapore For Under $1.5 Million (Q3 2020)

Now that you’re upgrading from your HDB, your fur kid finally has some room to run around; or you can finally adopt a massive doggo that’s twice the size of your spouse.  But while there are no HDB-like restrictions on…

• 19 Dec 2020
• 7 min read
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5 Seaview Condo Properties You Can Own For Under $1.5 Million (Q2 2022)

Multiple viewings later, none of the condos you’ve seen excite you. There’s just something…drab about them. It’s a common phenomenon, and we know a possible cure: try viewing a condo with a sea view instead. This is one of the…

• 17 Dec 2020
• 10 min read
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5 Fringe Region (OCR) Condos You Can Own For Under $1 Million

It wasn’t all too long ago that some of these OCR condos would have been described as “far-flung”. But for some, with the ever-reaching networks of the MRT or the “positive” effects from Covid-19 (the ability to work from home,…

• 10 Dec 2020
• 8 min read
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5 City Fringe (RCR) Condos For Under $1.2 Million Near An MRT

Singapore may be decentralising, but your office is in the CBD or in town right now. And after years of getting up at 6am just to make it to morning meetings, you’re probably hoping your first condo can bring you…

• 4 Dec 2020
• 8 min read
• 3

14 Condos Within 1 KM Of Popular Primary Schools In The North East ($1.5 million Budget)

There’s no two ways about it – education is a big part of Singapore. As much as other cultures like to joke about Asian parents and their fascination with their kids becoming lawyers and doctors, there is a reason why…

• 6 Nov 2020
• 20 min read
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7 Condos In District 9 You Could Possibly Own For $1.6 Million Or Less

While District 7 may have taken the headlines in recent months, you can’t deny that District 9 is still a top area on most Singaporean’s wish list of places to live at. So despite online shopping ruling the roost when…

• 4 Nov 2020
• 7 min read
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These Are The Top 5 Best-selling New Launches Of Q3 2020

Q3 has been an interesting time for the Singapore private property market. It’s gotten extra attention for two reasons: First, it’s following the Circuit Breaker in Q2, so market watchers are trying to pick up on the general direction of…

• 27 Oct 2020
• 7 min read
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10 Biggest Property Losses Besides James Dyson’s $11.8m Penthouse Loss

You must have heard the news by now. British Billionaire James Dyson has sold his Wallich Residence penthouse at an eye-watering loss of $11.8 million. While we can’t determine the actual selling date, and hence, the Seller’s Stamp Duty (SSD)…

• 21 Oct 2020
• 9 min read
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Top 10 Old Condos That Have Seen The Highest Gains Since 2010

Sometimes you really just have to look past the dated exterior, peeling paintwork at places, and a facility list shorter than the list of countries we are currently allowed to travel to.  The truth is that old condos still have…

• 17 Oct 2020
• 10 min read
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