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How To Be Prepared For Your First New Launch Condo Booking Day (Ballot Process + Timeline)

So we’ve seen a number of guides on what to do when hunting for the ‘most suitable’ new launch unit.  We’ve also touched briefly in the past on the timelines of purchasing both new launch and resale condo units.  But…

Buying

• 14 Feb 2021
• 7 min read
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An In-depth Update Of 88 New Launch Condos: Have Prices Risen Or Fallen?

“You’ll make instant profit”, the sales team will tell you, “if you buy at a discount now, and then the prices rise in a few months”. It’s a familiar sales pitch in many show flats; and to Singapore’s property investors…

Analysis

• 13 Feb 2021
• 9 min read
• 4

All 5 New Launch Executive Condos On The Market In 2021 (February Update)

Upgrading to a condo might sound great – but if the thought of upfront Additional Buyers Stamp Duty (ABSD) and a high quantum are off-putting, remember you always have the option of an Executive Condominium (EC). There’s no ABSD when…

Buying

• 11 Feb 2021
• 7 min read
• 5

First Time Landlords Take Note: Here’s How Much You Need To Save Before Buying A Rental Property

So your Minimum Occupation Period is finally up, and you’re ready to plunge into an investment property; or maybe you’ve got your eye on a well-located one-bedder in town. The first rental property is arguably the most important – often,…

Investment

• 10 Feb 2021
• 7 min read
• 0

Units Of The Week Issue #49

This week is a pretty special one, as we’ve been recently seeing an uptick of people looking at old resale developments – primarily because of the much bigger living spaces that you would get. So we’ve decided to look at…

Units Of The Week

• 10 Feb 2021
• 7 min read
• 0

URA Is Asking Questions About Property Agent Commissions; Here’s How It Could Affect You

Property developers have been grumbling of late, and we’re not talking about potential new cooling measures. The gripe has been about property agent commissions, and how they’ve been growing over the years. In recent news however, agents and market watchers…

Commentary

• 9 Feb 2021
• 6 min read
• 0

From An EC To A 999-Year Landed Home: How I Helped My Clients Achieve Their Dream Home

This couple approached me to sell their 3-bedder EC last year in 2020. Their EC was the Tampines Trilliant which hit the 5-year MOP last year. As a family of 4 – they were looking forward to move up to…

Property Stories

• 8 Feb 2021
• 6 min read
• 0

Are Shoebox Units A Good Retirement Option? Here Are The Pros And Cons

To most Singaporeans, the term “shoebox unit” or “compact unit” is synonymous with property investment. Indeed, renting out a one-bedder is how many landlords get started on their property portfolio. What’s less commonly known, however, is that shoebox units also…

Commentary

• 6 Feb 2021
• 7 min read
• 0

5 Common Scenarios In A Divorce Settlement: How Your Property Will Be Divided

Sometimes, despite our best efforts, marriages go wrong. In an ideal scenario, everyone involved parts ways amicably. In a realistic scenario, the division of assets gets messy; and the most serious complication typically involves the home we stay in. Most…

Commentary

• 5 Feb 2021
• 8 min read
• 0

Can We Expect Cash Over Valuation (COV) To Keep Climbing For HDB Flats?

Late last year, property agents already alerted us to the issue of rising Cash Over Valuation (COV) in resale flat transactions. As of last week, news reports seem to affirm that COV is, indeed, creeping its way back into the…

Resale HDB

• 4 Feb 2021
• 6 min read
• 0

We Review May 2021 HDB BTO Launch Sites (Tengah, Woodlands, Bukit Merah, Geylang)

With the February BTO launch covered, the next centres of attention are Tengah (again), Woodlands, Bukit Merah, and Geylang. This makes for an interesting group of launch sites for May 2021, with much debate over whether Woodlands is “up and…

BTO

• 3 Feb 2021
• 8 min read
• 0

Units Of The Week Issue #48

For those keeping tabs on the new launch market, you might have already heard about the pretty stellar results of The Reef at King’s Dock, as it sold over 90% of the 300 units launched over the weekend. Since then…

Units Of The Week

• 3 Feb 2021
• 6 min read
• 0

14 “Special” Spaces That Make A Place Home: What Makes A Home For You?

Recently, as I was looking out from my balcony, I realised many parcels of land in my neighbourhood that used to be empty are now all filled – either by construction sites or new BTOs.  Perhaps I was in a…

Property Stories

• 2 Feb 2021
• 8 min read
• 0

5 Things Singles Should Know Before Buying Their First Private Home

Maybe you’re not interested in waiting till you’re 35 to get an HDB flat; or maybe you’re ready to start investing in property already. Either way, with the recent surge of low-quantum properties, there’s a growing number of single Singaporeans…

Buying

• 1 Feb 2021
• 7 min read
• 2

Investing In A Property With A Friend/Family? Here’s How To Choose Between Joint Tenancy And Tenancy-in-common

Perhaps you’ve bought a property with a sibling or friend, instead of your spouse. Or maybe you have aspirations toward owning a second property later, under your spouse’s sole name. In these situations, it pays to be forward-looking: owning your…

Investment

• 31 Jan 2021
• 7 min read
• 3

5 New Retirement Realities For The Millennial Singaporean

In an era of low interest rates, the traditional strategy of saving and stashing away your monies in higher-interest rate accounts is dead in the water. With various banks slashing their interest rates multiple times in 2020 – there is…

Editors' Pick

• 30 Jan 2021
• 9 min read
• 0

CCR Condos Are Showing Signs Of An Improvement; Here’s Why

Following the results of Q4 2020, Core Central Region (CCR) condo sales and prices have been raising eyebrows. Prices appear to be up, despite expectations to the contrary: the rental market is still soft, and overall CCR condo prices had…

Property News

• 29 Jan 2021
• 7 min read
• 0

The Reef At King’s Dock Review: Singapore’s First Condo With A Floating Deck

Waterfront living + Singapore’s 1st floating dock in a condo.

New Launch Reviews

• 28 Jan 2021
• 35 min read
• 0