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Waterway Woodcress Review: Affordable Waterfront Living With Inconvenient Commutes

Launched in September 2011, Waterway Woodcress recently obtained its 1st MOP (lease start date in 2016) and was the first HDB housing developments fronting Punggol Waterway to be completed.

HDB Reviews

• 21 Mar 2021
• 34 min read
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5 Special Old Features Of HDB’s In Singapore That Are Hard To Imagine Today

It is frankly quite amazing to see the progress Singapore has made over the last few decades. Today, we have structures like the now iconic Marina Bay Sands, the glittering lights from Gardens By The Bay, and the current tallest…

Property Stories

• 20 Mar 2021
• 8 min read
• 0

5 Commonly Overlooked Factors When Buying A Resale Condo

One of the most common questions from new home buyers is “will there be gains?” This usually sets off a long spiel on where the closest MRT station is, how many malls are nearby, etc. We probably don’t need to…

Buying

• 19 Mar 2021
• 7 min read
• 0

68 New Launch 1 Bedroom Condos And Their Worst Case Possible Rental Yields

2021 will prove to be an interesting year. In the aftermath of Covid-19, it’s not certain if and when foreign tenants will be returning to Singapore. At the same time, a new surge of HDB upgraders means there are stronger…

Rent

• 18 Mar 2021
• 7 min read
• 2

Top 5 Hottest HDB Towns By Resale Volume (Q1 2021)

Resale flat prices are at an eight-year high; but market watchers saw it coming as early as October 2020. At the time, the volume of resale transactions were at the highest point since 2010; and the momentum doesn’t seem to…

Resale HDB

• 17 Mar 2021
• 7 min read
• 0

Units Of The Week Issue #54

Given how popular Midtown Modern seems to be (the crowds on weekdays are quite something), it was obvious what our focus would be on this week as more people are looking at this new entrant to District 7 – and…

Units Of The Week

• 17 Mar 2021
• 7 min read
• 0

How To Invest In Property: 5 Contrarian Ideas To Get You Started

“When everyone else is buying you should be selling, and when everyone is selling you should be buying.” That seems to be the most common perception of what “contrarian” investing means. Over the years, this term seems to gain in…

Investment

• 16 Mar 2021
• 7 min read
• 0

13 Condos With The Most Unprofitable Transactions (By Region)

You’ve read dozens of stories about property tycoons and how housing is the best asset – but at the same time, you’ve heard whispered stories about properties sold at a loss. In Singapore, the former is louder than the latter;…

Analysis

• 15 Mar 2021
• 11 min read
• 0

SERS: What Is It, Where Has It Happened, And What Are Your Odds?

The Selective En-Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) is often considered the next big “HDB lottery winner”, next to a central region BTO flat. In fact, one of the reasons many Singaporeans want a central region flat is because they believe there’s…

Commentary

• 14 Mar 2021
• 5 min read
• 0

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,…

Property Picks

• 13 Mar 2021
• 6 min read
• 0

Why ABSD For Developers Needs To Be Tweaked And How It Affects You As A Home Buyer

Most home buyers are familiar with the concept of Additional Buyers Stamp Duty (ABSD) as it applies to them. What’s less commonly known is that property developers also have to pay ABSD; and this added tax shapes multiple decisions. From…

Commentary

• 12 Mar 2021
• 7 min read
• 2

Midtown Modern Review: Efficient Layouts In A Green Filled Utopia

Transformation of an area seems to be GuocoLand’s game plan for their latest developments.

New Launch Reviews

• 11 Mar 2021
• 41 min read
• 7

5 Handy Ways To Use Your Property For Retirement Planning

It’s quite common to hear that “property is a good retirement asset”. But in practice, not every homeowner is clear on the role of their property in their retirement portfolio; many don’t have considerations beyond selling and downgrading, or even…

Finance

• 10 Mar 2021
• 7 min read
• 0

Units Of The Week Issue #53

This week, it’s back to Bishan, a place that is home to one of the more iconic developments in Singapore. It’s also the home of a number of million dollar HDB’s, no doubt thanks to the very central location that…

Units Of The Week

• 10 Mar 2021
• 7 min read
• 0

A Detailed List Of 13 DBSS Projects And Their Prices Today

The Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) is controversial to this day. Depending on who you ask, DBSS flats were either great, or a wasteful form of housing (in terms of expense).

Resale HDB

• 9 Mar 2021
• 8 min read
• 0

The Previous Agent Declined The Challenge of Selling This Freehold Landed Home. Here’s How I Sold It In 4 Months.

I got to know the owner of this landed home back in 2019 when I was marketing an inter-terrace landed home within the vicinity. But the owner already had another exclusive agent marketing it at that time. During that period,…

Property Stories

• 8 Mar 2021
• 5 min read
• 0

Selling Your Home On Your Own? We Breakdown An Ex-FBI Negotiator’s Book Into 5 Key Takeaways (Part 1)

Call it manipulation, call it persuasion.  Whichever way we look at it, negotiations have long been and will continue to be an inherent part of our daily life.  You might not actually know you are doing it, but you are…

Editors' Pick

• 7 Mar 2021
• 7 min read
• 2

A Complete List Of 23 Executive Apartments And Where To Find Them + Price And Size

Every decade in Singapore, our flats and condos alike seem to grow smaller. Space is at a premium; and for big families, it could be a tough call to spend over $1.6 million to fit into a sizeable three-bedroom condo….

Resale HDB

• 6 Mar 2021
• 6 min read
• 0