Island Country Villas is a landed estate at Old Upper Thomson Road and Casuarina Walk which comprises 58-60 99-year leasehold semi-detached houses, and was developed by UOL Group in 1999 (with leases starting from August 1995). Usually, I’d choose bigger…
Landed Home Tours
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5 Jun 2022
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In a world where a fridge can play YouTube videos for easy-to-follow recipes as you cook, or even send you a note to remind you to buy milk as supply is running low – it’s hard to imagine life without…
Homeowner Stories
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4 Jun 2022
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With the last unprofitable condo analysis being done in the East (Urban Vista, for those wondering), this time I’ve decided to look to the West for another on our list of 13 unprofitable condos. I know it has taken some…
Property Investment Insights
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3 Jun 2022
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Hello, Firstly, thanks for all the articles, enjoy reading them. We are a family of 3, with a 2 year old and would like to upgrade to a condo (big 2 bedder unit or a regular 3 bedder), and having…
Property Advice
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3 Jun 2022
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Tampines GreenRidges is one of those developments that you could brush off really quickly just looking at its name.
HDB Reviews
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2 Jun 2022
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While shophouses are always going to be a popular aspirational type of property in Singapore due to their uniqueness, they also can generally be priced too high out of reach for most people. An alternative to look at can be…
On The Market
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2 Jun 2022
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Expats are the common tenant demographic that landlords think about. However, landlords looking at this demographic face intense competition; and the properties that cater to expats are often on the pricier end. This can mean lower yields, and serious financial…
Rental Market
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1 Jun 2022
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While we’ve always done condo reviews as comprehensively as possible, there’s always an element that is hard for us to cover – the lifestyle, quirks, pros, and cons of everyday living in the development itself. And so in this new…
Condo Reviews
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1 Jun 2022
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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…
Property Picks
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31 May 2022
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With new cooling measures in place, some property investors are now considering alternatives – and one that feels close to home is commercial spaces inside condos. It’s not uncommon for many developments to have minimarts, clinics, cafés, etc. within the…
Property Investment Insights
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31 May 2022
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The Peak @ Toa Payoh is probably one of the most well-known DBSS out there (apart from Natura Loft). This time – for a good reason.
HDB Reviews
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30 May 2022
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As someone who has invested $19k of her own money into the metaverse, I am naturally bullish about the space – even if recent events in the crypto space have been anything but convincing! I don’t confess to being an…
Homeowner Stories
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30 May 2022
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I’d been meaning to check out Villa Verde for some time because well, for a landed house in Singapore, it’s “cheap” (or shall we say less expensive?) Coincidentally, someone left a comment on my article about the houses at Loyang…
Landed Home Tours
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29 May 2022
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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…
Property Picks
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28 May 2022
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Hi, Stacked! I am interested in considering a 3 or 4 bedder unit at Skies Miltonia at Miltonia Close. I noticed recently that prices had gone up for this project since late last year and there are many families who…
Property Advice
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27 May 2022
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There’s no question about it – the May 2022 BTO launch is going to be hotly contested. There will be 4,583 Build To Order (BTO) flats across five estates that will be launched – with the main draw the two…
BTO Reviews
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27 May 2022
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Alkaff Oasis is a newly-built HDB project that was launched in February 2016, just over 6 years ago alongside Anchorvale Plains in Sengkang and West Plains @ Bukit Batok.
HDB Reviews
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26 May 2022
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With shophouse sales in 2021 reaching a record $1.9 billion in Singapore, it’s clear just how much demand there is for this very niche type of property in Singapore. Shophouse living is definitely not for everyone though. Aside from the…
On The Market
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26 May 2022
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