2023 Guide to Singapore’s Property Trends
It’s been one hella exciting year for Real Estate in Singapore. Record after record prices, month after month, eye brow raising numbers in transactions, interest rates, million dollar HDBs… Just how to you get hold on the property trends? Bet you wished for a little humbug in the news so you can restore some sanity in […]
The HDB to Condo Journey – The 2023 Ultimate Guide
So you’ve just MOP or you’re at the age where it becomes a question whether you should sell your HDB and buy a condo. Its not an easy question to answer on so many fronts, but yet, a very necessary one to ask. After all, the family is reliant on you to make that […]
So to buy BTO or Resale as a Single? The Great HDB Debate
“You never truly become an adult in Singapore until you leave your parent’s home” Yes, you love your parents but sometimes you need your own space! Sound like anyone you know? The magic age where a Single Singaporean truly becomes liberated is 35! For the curious non-Singaporean onlooker, this is the age where you can […]
SORA Interests Rates and How does it Really Works
As you prepare to find your dream house, you may come across a few words that are new to you, such as the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) and the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR). These are the interest rates used by banks to determine the various mortgage packages offered to consumers. Even though these […]
Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Buying a HDB BTO
The process of buying an HDB BTO flat is a crucial part of the adulating process for all individuals living in Singapore. All of this makes asset progression super simple. However, it doesn’t have to be scary. Moreover, the entire process can be completed in around 6 basic steps. Down below, we’ll be elaborating on […]
10 Things about HDB’s Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) Guide
The Ministry of National Development (MND) and The Housing & Development Board (HDB) released details of the Prime Location Public Housing Model (PLH) in October 2021. The central idea behind this new model is to ensure that public housing built in prime locations such as the City Centre and Greater Southern Waterfront remains affordable, accessible, […]
Can You Still Profit From An HDB BTO like Before?
On 15 April 2001, HDB (Housing Development Board) created BTO (Built-To-Order) as the means to sell its new flats. It replaced the RFS (Registration for Flats System). Thus, the BTO is one of 2 ways HDB sells New flats, the other being Sale of Balance Flats (SBF). Moving to the actual question now, in 2022, […]
Increasing Land Supply To Satiate Demand for Real Estate
Like everyone else in the world, the pandemic caused quite a stir in the real estate market in Singapore. The continued economic growth Singapore enjoyed was paralleled by its growth in population. What Covid changed was virtually putting a complete halt to the supply; lockdowns and restrictions of people-movement on the island meant no […]
The Ultimate Guide to Upcoming BTO and Prime Location Housing (PLH)
With the rise in demand by first-time homebuyers, BTO projects have become the hype for the Singaporean real estate market for quite some time now. New HDB BTO apartments in Singapore are available for purchase under the Build-To-Order (BTO) method. Every three months, the HDB conducts a sales creation of innovative HDB BTO flats in […]
Why Tight Market Supply Is still Driving Prices Up
The covid-19 pandemic has taken the world by quite some surprise. The urgency, unrest, and general situation of chaos have led us towards much unsettling news over the past 2 years. However, there has been an unpredicted result of the pandemic – demand for housing along with an increase in buyers’ interest. Tight Market […]
