One of the key steps in analyzing the property market is being able to understand the supply charts of private residential units. The data can be easily found in the URA website. Below is the supply chart from the 3rd…
Whenever I meet my clients who are actively searching for a home, they will probably have a set budget and location in mind. They will start to do their own research, comparing sizes and psf pricing and start to make…
I realized I have this 1st-world problem – no more storage space on my iPhone to take photos. I have to start deleting some photos 🙁 So as I scanned my photo album deciding what photos to delete, I realized…
We are now approaching the end of 2017. This year has been a very interesting year especially for someone like me who has been monitoring the property market for the past 10 years. I can safely say that 2017 has…
In my previous blog post, I wrote about making a decision whether you should consider your primary property as a home OR as an investment? Over the past weekend, I just met up with 3 different families that are facing…
What is “Your Primary Residence”? The place where you seek respite and relief from work responsibilities, the place where you start and grow your family, the place where you seek comfort and relaxation…. is also the place where you probably…
A very common upgrading path for some growing families is to upgrade to the bigger HDB flat. What I often see is the 4-room HDB owner moving to a bigger space like an Executive Apartment (EA) or Executive Maisonette (EM).…
Being a property agent for the past 10 years, I have encountered many different issues and stories that the Singaporean home owner faces. I have dealt with various property issues that run the entire spectrum – from straight up losses…
Let me introduce to 2 different private 99-year leasehold condos in the east of Singapore. Both of them are located within the same street in Pasir Ris. From the map above, the circled one is Livia condo (TOP in 2011)…
If you have read my previous blog post about the the hidden dangers of accrued CPF interest, you might slowly realize that there is an opportunity cost to holding on to your HDB flat. Assuming you decide to hold on…
