Ever wanted to live in a resort-style condo, but found the existing resale options a tad too old (think Villa Marina and Spanish Village? Well, Floridian could be one to consider then.
Condo Reviews
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18 Apr 2022
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23 min read
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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…
Landed Home Tours
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17 Apr 2022
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10 min read
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Did you know? If you own a piece of land (i.e. non-strata such as landed property), you actually own 30m of the subterranean space below your land too. For context, you could build a 10-storeys building underground! And even better,…
Property Investment Insights
An often overlooked, but important, element of home loan financing is the valuation. For anyone buying a resale private property, the valuation can impact the initial cash outlay, the stamp duty, and which bank gets chosen. But is the hunt…
Property Market Commentary
Dear Stacked team, Firstly, thank you for the great articles on Stacked and have been following your articles weekly. Would like your kind opinion as I have plans for property purchase plans this year. I am a single Singaporean PR…
Property Advice
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15 Apr 2022
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10 min read
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Telok Blangah Ridgeview was launched in 2012 together with Depot Heights with Ridgeview having the better accessibility over Depot Heights due to its shorter distance to an MRT – Telok Blangah Hill Station along the Circle Line.
HDB Reviews
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14 Apr 2022
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20 min read
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With the recent news of the Haig Road en bloc, there has been renewed interest in smaller, older properties. While some of these may not have facilities (or even security, for that matter), you do have perks like lower monthly…
On The Market
We recently came across this article in Straits Times with quite eye-opening statistics on Singapore’s ageing population: The proportion of Singapore residents who are seniors is estimated to double from 16 per cent in 2021 to 33 per cent by…
Property Market Commentary
This story is part of our new reno series, which details renovated houses in Singapore and a breakdown of their reno costs. At the end of 2020, Jessica and her fiancé found themselves in the same boat as many other…
Homeowner Stories
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13 Apr 2022
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13 min read
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Singapore’s approach to public housing is different from many other countries, and we’re not just referring to its policies. Although it may seem that every HDB block looks the same, our HDB projects are not as “cookie-cutter” as you’d expect…
Property Picks
Let’s start with a bit of bad news for homebuyers: resale flat prices ended Q1 2022 at a record high. This is, in fact, the highest we’ve ever seen in around a decade – we’ve even beat the previous peak…
Property Market Commentary
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.”…
Homeowner Stories
For many people in Singapore, living in central Singapore is a dream. But as if Singapore isn’t already small enough, its central areas, are even smaller and the housing prices in this area, unfortunately, reflect that. Out of all the…
Property Picks
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10 Apr 2022
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13 min read
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Not everyone feels the need for a mature-area HDB flat. If you’re not using the nearby amenities, it’s wasted money; and you may be able to get a far more spacious unit on the fringes. We also know some of…
Property Picks
Singaporean home buyers have an innate trust for graphs, charts, and anything that suggests “serious hard data”. But while it’s unlikely that any seller will outright lie to you, some will use selective presentation of data to mislead you. They…
Property Investment Insights
Dear Stacked team, We need your help! My husband and I have been great admirers of your research and in-depth articles on property buying in Singapore, we read almost every article that you guys post on a daily basis. We…
Property Advice
Woodlands Glen was part of the January 2014 BTO launch exercise where it was one of 6 BTOs on offer – one of which was Punggol BayView which we’ve also reviewed.
HDB Reviews
With the recent news of a $1.39 million Pinnacle @ Duxton unit that was sold, it was inevitable that resale HDB’s would be in the news again. Prices have risen for the 21st straight month, and it’s hard to see…
On The Market
