Dear Heng Swee Keat, we all broke a sweat for you on Nomination Day. We know it was a last-minute decision for you to contest East Coast GRC, so understandably you were feeling a little underprepared for your speech. Please don’t blame yourself (or the opposition), because we have prepared a proper East Coast Plan…

As some of us are busy getting used to wearing pants to work during Phase Two, condo developers are gearing up to launch a series of projects originally slated for Q2 2020. One thing’s for sure, they are definitely not playing the wait-and-see game anymore; robust post-CB sales numbers for new launch condos have spurred…

When you purchase a private property, one of the first things your law firm will do for you after you’ve exercised the Option To Purchase (OTP) is to lodge a caveat. This is mostly a “behind the scenes” event for most buyers, but it’s more important than you’d think. On top of that, a caveat…

If you want to look at examples of who not  to elect into government in Singapore, look no further than the people in some of our condo management councils. Part comedy, part horror and 100% drama, some management councils manage to turn a condo management into farce, with a huge does of politicking thrown in…

Where landed properties are concerned, the common impression of them is usually ‘oh, they’re freehold properties’, which means buyers get to own the land indefinitely. After all, these homes usually come with multi-million-dollar price tags, and nobody would pay that amount for, um, a leasehold bungalow, right? Here’s where real estate time and again proves…

For the second half of 2020, the government has announced the release of three Confirmed List sites under the Government Land Sales (GLS) programme. The Confirmed List sites consist of three residential sites yielding about 1,370 units—nearly 23% less than what was released in the first half of this year and the lowest number since…

We Singaporeans are known for being notoriously kiasu when it comes to enrolling our kids into primary school during the P1 Registration period every year. So afraid are we of jeopardising our kids’ future by placing them in the ‘wrong’ school, that the main criteria for placements in a primary school—living within a 1 kilometer…

As our population ages, more and more Singaporeans are approaching their golden years. By helping them leverage the value of their existing property through schemes like Silver Housing Bonus (SHB) and Lease Buyback Scheme (LBS), the government aims to help our seniors supplement their retirement income. But is the Silver Housing Bonus scheme worth considering?…

With the lifting of restrictions on in-person property viewing last Friday (19 June), developers and agents were hopeful of a rebound in sales. Sure enough, the first weekend saw buyers make a beeline for reopened condo showflats. From Friday to Sunday, a total of 144 new launch condo transactions were recorded, according to developer reports….

The name Preeminent Group would ring a bell to anyone in the real estate industry. With more than 2,200 agents under their care, they are currently the largest team in ERA. Over the past six years, they have been consistently named the Top Sales group at ERA, an unprecedented record in ERA’s history.  As anyone…