A new housing development comprising 9,000 residential units - about 6,000 public housing flats and about 3,000 private residential units - will come up on the 48-hectare site of Keppel Club on Singapore's southern waterfront. The first build-to-order (BTO) HDB flats on the site, expected to be highly sought after, are slated to launch within 3 years; the remaining units are scheduled for launch in the next 3 to 5 years, said the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).

A freehold conservation bungalow at 759 Mountbatten Road in District 15 has been launched for sale with a guide price of $27 million, or $1,295 per sq ft.Originally built in the 1920s, the colonial Victorian-style bungalow sits within the Mountbatten Road bungalow conservation area on a 20,847.54 sq ft site. A rear annex building was added in 1995 and its two pavilions were refurbished.

Demand will be supported by aspirational upgrading by Singaporeans amid limited availability of landed houses for sale. IN a densely populated nation city like Singapore, some 80 per cent of its resident population live in public housing while the remaining 20 per cent live in private housing.

TECH giant Apple has bought UE BizHub Central at 12 Ang Mo Kio Street 64 for S$55 million from United Engineers, part of Yanlord Land Group. This is a part 4-storey, part-7 storey high-specification facility with about 388,000 sq ft gross floor area (GFA) on a site of some 259,150 sq ft with 22 years' balance lease. The reversionary owner of the site is JTC Corporation.

Many people hold real estate in joint names because there is a legal benefit in doing so - if one party dies, the other joint owner inherits the property - but there can be pitfalls as well. Lawyers usually advise those making legacy plans for their properties that this rule of "survivorship" will apply even if the owners make other arrangements in their wills.

If you do not want to give your share of a property away, you should think twice about including a joint owner to the title. Some parents include their children's names on their property for administrative convenience and for mortgages, but they have no intention of letting these children own the real estate when they die.

Realistic price expectation from the onset would increase the chances of success and avoid the disappointment and frustration of wasting much time and effort in preparing for the sales.

A FREEHOLD residential site comprising a 4-storey block of 24 apartments on Haig Road has been sold for S$49.3 million, above the owners' asking price of S$48 million, said sole marketing agent Colliers on Friday (Apr 8).

Prices for Housing Board resale flats rose for the 21st straight month in March, with the number of units sold picking up after February's seasonal lull. A five-room unit at Pinnacle@Duxton changed hands last month at a record $1,388,888, making it the highest transacted price on record for a resale flat.

Four Housing Board blocks in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 have been picked for the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers), the first such project announced since May 2018.

Several property agents have found themselves victims of impersonation in the latest scam involving deposits to view homes.At least 10 property agents had their names and photographs stolen by scammers, who then used these credentials to convince potential homebuyers to pay money to secure an appointment for viewing.

New price highs are being set in the Chatsworth Park and the Bukit Tunggal good class bungalow (GCB) areas, even as sales momentum in the GCB market slowed in the first quarter of 2022 compared to a year ago.A four-year-old GCB in Jervois Hill belonging to the family of Wah Loon Engineering founder Alan Chong is in early stages of being sold for close to $59 million.

The latest round of property curbs has taken the sizzle out of Singapore’s red-hot private property market, as the overall price rise slowed to a mere 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year.Analysts said this marked the slowest quarter-on-quarter price increase since the second quarter of 2020 when prices grew 0.3 per cent.

Housing Board resale prices climbed for an eighth consecutive quarter to fresh highs, though there were signs that some price resistance could be setting in.

The developer of a $14 million Sentosa Cove waterfront villa that was ridden with defects has been ordered by the High Court to pay $1.3 million in damages to the owner of the house.The sum awarded to home owner Thio Keng Thay comprised nearly $876,000 for the costs of hiring a contractor to rectify the defects, $297,500 for the costs of fixing two lifts in the house, and about $ 135,000 for the costs of hiring third parties to investigate the defects.

Singapore has forward-planning in its DNA. A country with vision along with strategic meticulous planning allows it to optimise its resources despite its limited land bank.Being a small island country, Singapore efficiently and effectively provides for its growing nation with a healthy balance in social, economical and environmental aspects.

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Luxury non-landed sales in H2 2021 eased to S$1.9 billion with 225 units being transacted, posting a half-yearly decline of about 9.0% in total sales value. However, based on flash estimates released by URA, the Property Price Index (PPI) for landed homes expanded by 3.7% q-o-q in Q4 2021, bringing the total price index change for the whole year to a robust 13.1%.

The growth in Singapore's private home prices accelerated in the final quarter of last year, with a 5 per cent jump over the previous three months, underscoring the hot market that triggered December's new property cooling measures.

In 2021, HDB resale flat prices have risen about 15 per cent after a 6-year decline. The House Price-to-Income (“HPI”) which measures housing affordability recorded that HPI for HDB resale flats reached 4.4 times in the first three quarters of 2021 hitting 150.6.

There are a lot of abbreviations such as ABSD, TDSR and LTV being spoken. How is this all going to affect you as a homebuyer or a property investor?

What are Good Class Bungalows (“GCB”)? GCBs are a league of their own, the most prestigious landed housing in Singapore.

Housing Board resale flat prices rose for the 17th consecutive month, climbing at a faster pace of 1.3 per cent in November compared with October, according to flash data from real estate portals 99.co and SRX on Thursday (Dec 9).

The sale of a 2,885 sq ft, four-bedroom unit at Ardmore Park was the most profitable resale transaction between Nov 9 and 23.