Fri 13 Sep 2019 at 21:36
SINGAPORE: Home buyers on Wednesday (Sep 11) said that the bigger grants by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) offer them wider options, including buying resale flats if they fail in the bid for a new flat. With the Enhanced Housing Grant (EHG), which took effect…
Thu 22 Aug 2019 at 18:25
For some politically apathetic young Singaporeans, the key takeaway from the recent National Day Rally 2019 was the announcement of the Greater Southern Waterfront development, also affectionately known as the upcoming “Keppel Club BTO”. That’s right! There’s going to be an HDB BTO in this uber-prime…
Fri 31 May 2019 at 18:18
Minister Lawrence Wong says the cooling measures implemented have achieved what they set out to do Singapore’s property cooling measures have achieved what they set out to do, said Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong, but most analysts do not expect them to be lifted in…
Mon 13 May 2019 at 20:41
Starting from today (10 May 2019), new rules regarding the use of CPF for purchasing residential properties and HDB loan limits will take effect – for both HDB flats and private properties. DollarsAndSense explains what these new rules are – and how they might affect you….
Mon 29 Apr 2019 at 18:08
As tycoons buy up properties in record-breaking deals and private house prices rebound, homes in the Lion City seem destined to get pricier – or tinier In 2005, semi-retiree H.H. Tan paid S$633,000 (HK$3.8 million) for a three-bedroom apartment in Singapore’s Pacific Mansion, an ageing private…
Wed 27 Mar 2019 at 18:08
SINGAPORE – More private housing will be built in the Central Business District to make sure it does not become a ghost town at night. Some 2,000 private homes are being planned for Marina South, with others to come up in the Downtown and Rochor areas….
Thu 21 Mar 2019 at 18:08
Higher price, higher returns? Freehold or leasehold? Primary market or secondary? And what about mortgagee sales? Buying a home is a multi-faceted decision. Not only does it satisfy the physical need of having a roof over your head, it is also often an emotional decision –…
Fri 04 Jan 2019 at 18:08
SINGAPORE — Not since 2007 has the property market had such an eventful year. 2018 will be remembered most for the year the en bloc movement reached fever pitch, which went by with multiple asking prices above S$2 billion, ugly spats between neighbours, and calls among…
Wed 26 Dec 2018 at 17:21
Homeowner Grace Koh had barely settled into her new condominium apartment along Singapore’s breezy East Coast in August, when the interest rate on her mortgage jumped from 1.5 per cent to 1.8 per cent. When she first took out the S$1.1 million (US$800,000) home loan with…
Sun 02 Dec 2018 at 15:43
SINGAPORE: What happens when you have bought a newly launched property from a developer, but wish to sell it before it is completed? Before completion, a transaction of a unit between the original buyer and new buyer is called a sub-sale in industry parlance. This…
