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.
The same trap HDB owners fell into in 2017 is setting up again.
Between 2017 and 2019, HDB resale fell 1.5 percent while private condos rose 30 percent. The supply numbers for the next three years have already been announced.
The biggest mistake is rarely the property. It is the structure.
How you and your spouse hold the title — joint tenancy, tenancy-in-common, or 99/1 — shapes your ABSD, CPF and exit. In plain language.
Your downpayment might be too big.
Putting more cash down feels safe. Often it quietly drains the buffer that protects your upgrade. Why a bigger downpayment can be riskier.
“We don’t want to be slaves to our own home.” The couple who walked away.
Two civil servants, a 5-room HDB at MOP, every reason to upgrade — and why they walked away from the EC.