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Touring Haus@Serangoon Gardens: Bustling Landed Living Near A Plethora Of Amenities For About $3 Million

Serangoon Gardens is one of the most popular landed enclaves in Singapore. So when I learned about Haus@Serangoon Gardens, a 99-year leasehold, 97-unit residential enclave on a 28,402 sqm plot of land, where you can get a new landed house…

• 22 May 2022
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Touring Loyang Villas: Shophouse-Styled Terrace Houses In Changi From $1.8 Million In District 17

If you’ve always wanted to live in a landed house, but have a limited budget (and don’t mind living in the East), Loyang Villas is definitely an area that you should pay attention to. It is one of the largest…

• 15 May 2022
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You Can Now Buy A Home Without Selling Any Of Your Bitcoin With Crypto Mortgages. Here Are The Pros & Cons

Take a guess which year this was written: When asked which payment method they used most often, 43% of Singaporeans preferred cash, as compared to 3% who used mobile wallets, and 2% who used contactless payments.  If you’re anything like…

• 11 May 2022
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Why We Upgraded To A 1,593 Sqft Executive Apartment From A 4-Room BTO (Despite Its Age)

There’s been much talk about HDB upgraders in 2021/2022, and while most of the attention seems to be on upgrading to a condo, there are also many who are looking for bigger resale HDB homes as an upgrade to their…

• 10 May 2022
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Touring Victoria Park Villas: A Stylish Leasehold Landed Enclave In District 10 Next To GCBs

A 99-year leasehold development by CapitaLand, Victoria Park Villas is one of the younger leasehold landed enclaves around. It TOP-ed in Dec 2018 with a lease starting from September 2013 (i.e. no lease decay worries for a good while) and…

• 8 May 2022
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We Ask Gen Zs About The Metaverse: Not Everyone Thinks It’s The Next Big Thing

If you’ve been wanting to start investing in the Metaverse or digital real estate, I’d pay attention to what the Gen Zs are doing. Many people like to dismiss the younger generations, but you’d be foolish to discount the first…

• 4 May 2022
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Touring Michaels Residences & Mera Gardens: A Leasehold Landed Enclave Next To GCBs In Dairy Farm

For my next leasehold landed tour, I drove over to the Dairy Farm area, a part of Singapore I’m quite fond of – it’s lush, green and open but still not too far away from central Singapore. Although it’s just…

• 2 May 2022
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Touring Holland Grove: A More Modestly Priced Landed Estate In D10 Walkable To A MRT Station

Today we’re taking a tour of Holland Grove, a 99-year leasehold landed estate that I first mentioned in my second article for Stacked (on how to avoid ghosts, pests, and floods in your next property.) Located at Holland Grove View,…

• 24 Apr 2022
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Touring Burgundy Hill: An Affordable Landed Enclave In Bukit Batok Surrounded By Greenery

The Burgundy Hill area is home to 166 3-storey semi-detached houses built in 1999, and it was done up in the Victorian style, by CapitaLand. Although the properties here are 99-year leasehold in nature, they caught my attention for the…

• 17 Apr 2022
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5 Essential Takeaways I’ve Learnt From Buying Digital Real Estate In The Metaverse

Now I’m no martial arts expert, but I’m pretty sure the venerable Bruce Lee once said: “If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land, no frame of mind is ever going to help you.”…

• 11 Apr 2022
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I Invested $19,000 SGD On Virtual Lands In The Metaverse. Here’s My Experience.

I remember my first time hearing about virtual real estate from my friend back in 2020. He shared with me about a blockchain 3D reality platform called ‘Decentraland’ – something he chanced upon when going down the Reddit rabbit hole…

• 4 Apr 2022
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Touring The Luxurie: A Rather Upscale Condo In Sengkang That’s Well Located

The Luxurie first came to my attention because of its duplex penthouses which have lift access to both floors, a rarity in the Singaporean property market (if you can’t afford to drop $15 million on a flat, that is.) As…

• 3 Apr 2022
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My Journey Into The Metaverse: Here’s What I’ve Learnt From 345 Hours Of Research

In 1994, Jeff Bezos was a Senior Vice President of a hedge fund, not a shoddy position by any measure. But he came across a staggering stat: the Internet was growing 2,300% per year. It was a big enough revelation…

• 28 Mar 2022
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♠️ I Was Once Nearly A Professional Poker Player: Here’s How It’s Helped Me Be A Better Property Agent

There was a period in my past life when I used to play poker regularly. I was in my early 20s back then and played against opponents much older than myself – most were in their 30s and 40s. At…

• 24 Mar 2022
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How I Earned Bitcoin From MapleStory In 2011: The Rise Of Crypto And The Metaverse

I guess you could say I am lucky. Maybe being lucky is an understatement.  In the year 2009, I remembered being FOMO-ed into creating an account for an online multiplayer game called “MapleStory” – everyone in my school was so…

• 18 Mar 2022
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Why We Ditched That $1.6 Million Condo For A Resale HDB Flat Instead

It’s nearly a cliche by now that every Singaporean’s dream is to buy a condo. Whether it is in the hopes of making money or to chill by the swimming pool on weekends, there’s no denying that the pull is…

• 9 Mar 2022
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Touring Meadows @ Peirce: A Freehold Condo With Luscious Grounds And Spacious Units

Whilst touring Teacher’s Housing (Landed) Estate last year, I couldn’t help noticing the condominium (Meadows @ Peirce) perched on slightly higher land next to it. Meadows enjoys many of the advantages that Teachers Housing Estate does (i.e. close to nature…

• 6 Mar 2022
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Touring Clementi Park Condo: A Giant Development With Its Own Hill And Park + Freehold

When I first saw a unit listed at Clementi Park, a condo development built in 1986 by CDL and located in Sunset Way, I felt that I had found the answer to my housing prayers. Here’s why: Located in West…

• 22 Feb 2022
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