On 17 October 2018, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) — Singapore’s urban planning authority — announced several new guidelines for condominium developments that would take effect early next year*. Among other things, the rules included reducing the maximum number of units allowed in new condominiums outside the Core Central Region (CCR) of Singapore. The reasons…

Now that you can be sure that the Hungry Ghost month is over and a thousand angry dead souls won’t possess you for buying a new home, private home sales are up 51% in September 2018 compared to the previous month. While sales of new launch condos do tend to pick up after the end of…

Morgan Stanley recently put out another report, claiming property prices in Singapore can rise 10 per cent by 2019. In fact, they are predicting that housing prices can double by 2030 or, in a bear scenario, 2034. But how true is all this, given the recent cooling measures? What’s the big prediction? The Morgan Stanley…

The West of Singapore is home to a number of business parks (Science Park, International Business Park, Alexandra), universities, the Buona Vista/one-North business district and Singapore’s largest industrial estate in Jurong, which means that it makes sense for many Singaporeans to set up home there. The same goes for expats as well, and the towns…

Save for a few exceptions, Singapore’s terrain is fairly flat and the tallest hill we have in the little red dot is Bukit Timah Hill. The southern region of Singapore is not without its own hilly landscape; the Southern Ridges offers a picturesque gradient which stretches from Mount Faber Park to Labrador Nature Reserve. Kent…