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7 Cheapest New Launch Condos With 3 Bedrooms Under $2 Million In 2022

With even OCR new launches priced at $2,000+ psf, it’s an unofficial truth that HDB upgraders are mostly priced out. The chances of getting a family-sized condo unit, with a quantum of $2 million or under, seem to dwindle with…

• 14 Oct 2022
• 9 min read
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6 Most Interesting Homes In Singapore And Where To Find Them

A common criticism is that Singaporean homes are all “cookie-cutter”, with developers seldom daring to take risks. But some developers have managed to be bold despite the risk of five-year deadlines and ABSD rates; or built interesting homes in the…

• 3 Oct 2022
• 6 min read
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6 Hard To Find New Launch 2-Bedders With Easily Enclosed Kitchens

It’s always the same thing in new launches these days. For the bigger 3, 4, and 5 bedroom units, these will always come with enclosed kitchens. But for 2 bedroom units? Finding one that has an enclosed kitchen is almost…

• 10 Sep 2022
• 7 min read
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$340,000 For An Apartment? Here Are 6 Surprisingly Affordable Homes You Can Find In Old Shopping Malls

While we’ve yet to see the results from Lentor Modern, we’ve seen from the sales figures of integrated projects like Piccadilly Grand and Pasir Ris 8 that Singaporean’s just love their convenience. But given the high prices of these projects…

• 8 Sep 2022
• 7 min read
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8 Old Freehold Shopping Centres You Can Surprisingly Buy A Home In (With PSF Prices You Can’t Find Today)

Before the popularity of online shopping, many Singaporeans would have been to Queensway Shopping Centre to browse all the sporting shoes on offer. While the shopping centre has seen better days, it still remains relatively well populated on the weekends. …

• 30 Aug 2022
• 8 min read
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10 Stunning Rooftop Infinity Pools That You Can Find In A Condo

Did you know that the infinity pool was invented as early as the 1960s by American architect John Lautner? It may be surprising to hear as it does seem like a recent invention, given how modern it looks. But thanks…

• 17 Aug 2022
• 11 min read
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121 Dual Key Condos To Consider For Rental/Multi-Gen Living (2022 Edition)

On a hunt for Dual-Key options? Look no further!

• 12 Aug 2022
• 24 min read
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8 Freehold Condos Below 250 Units But Still Have A Tennis Court & Swimming Pool

Small condos may grant a lot more privacy; but a lot of them also come with tiny pools, no tennis court, or a gym that’s got maybe three treadmills. If you’re looking for a condo that’s private yet can still…

• 5 Aug 2022
• 8 min read
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10 Small Freehold Condos With Less Than 150 Units But Still Offer A Tennis Court & Swimming Pool

Besides a freehold lease, most people justify the premium for a condo because of the facilities on offer. 50m lap pools (or just multiple swimming pools), tennis courts, and gyms are just some of the typical facilities that developers have…

• 28 Jul 2022
• 9 min read
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10 Recently Completed New Launch Condos That Are Ready-To-Move In 2022

With travel opening up to most countries, and restrictions being lifted (we can finally walk around outside without masks), it does seem that we are over the worst of Covid-19. But as compared to 2021, it’s been a quieter time…

• 21 Jul 2022
• 10 min read
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Record $1.418 Million Dollar Dawson Flat: Was There Really Any Better Alternative?

SkyTerrace @ Dawson just set a new record for the most expensive resale flat, at $1.418 million. That begs the question: is the price unreasonable? As some readers are bound to point out, $1.418 million could fetch the buyer a…

• 13 Jul 2022
• 7 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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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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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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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
• 7 min read
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Record Breaking $1.4 Million HDB Costs Too Much? The Alternatives May Not Be Any Better

If you haven’t heard by now, a 5-room HDB flat at Henderson just broke the record for the most expensive HDB ever transacted – at a stunning price of $1.4 million. The unit is located in City Vue @ Henderson,…

• 21 May 2022
• 8 min read
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10 Most Profitable Condos Based On Their Average Performance Since 2012

The last time we did an article on profitable condos, this was by a ratio of the highest profitable-to-unprofitable transactions since 1995. But with the various cooling measures and different policies throughout the years, sometimes looking at transactions dating so…

• 18 May 2022
• 13 min read
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6 Condos With Better Locations Than The Internet Suggests

Thanks to Google maps and street view, it’s quite easy to scout out a condo location these days…or is it? Over time, we’ve found that this is quite unfair to some condos (we’ve made that mistake before) – there are…

• 27 Apr 2022
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