Your HDB valuation is an estimated range, until HDB produces the number. In one Tampines block, that range was S$115,000 wide.
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National Day Rally 2026: Income Ceiling Change: EC Buyers (Part 2)
No DPS, tougher second-timer quotas, and a 10-year lock-in. EC prices were supposed to cool, but Canberra Drive’s record land tender just blew past forecasts. What this means for your exit in 2041. Part 2 of 2.
National Day Rally 2026: Income Ceiling Change: HDB Sellers (Part 1)
The income ceilings rose on 24 August. For HDB sellers, the real change is about $50,000 of grant and no cash downpayment, and fewer than 3 in 100 large OCR flats sit where it lifts price. Part 1 of 2.
Would you be happy to collect rental from depreciating assets?
Three of my clients have collected CBD rent for over a decade. None of them made money on the property. Strong rent, no appreciation.
In 2019, two condos sold for the same price: one resale, one new launch. Six years later: $383,812 apart. Was it the new launch?
I tested three theories about what makes a condo appreciate. Two of them were mine. Both were wrong.
I sold my wife 1% of our condo. The bill was $5,622.
A 1% share, $175 of stamp duty, and a clawback I had forgotten about. The full bill for decoupling, from my own transaction.
One couple, two properties
A Tampines 4-room BTO became $2,435,000 of property and $73,001 still in the bank. No extra money went in.
I sold my first home $337,000 too early. I’d still do it again.
I set the highest psf the project had ever recorded. Three and a half years later it looked like a mistake worth $337,000. Here’s why I’d do it again.
One in seven Jovell three-bedroom owners has managed to sell. At Treasure, it’s one in three.
Two three-bedders launched in the East in 2019, eleven square feet apart in size. The cheaper one is now $320,000 behind, and the reason has almost nothing to do with the units.
15-Month Wait-Out Period Removed: What It Means for HDB Owners, Sellers and Downgraders
Minister Chee Hong Tat removed the 15-month wait-out for private owners buying HDB resale, effective immediately. Here’s what changes, what doesn’t, and what we’re telling clients this week.