Now here’s one property client you don’t want to mess with… A furious Dr. Alex Khadavi, a 49-year-old celebrity plastic surgeon and dermatologist (who counted Khloe Kardashian, David Hasselhoff and Lance Bass as clients), made headlines this week after his Bel-Air mansion in Hollywood drew a top auction offer of “only” US$45.8 million against his…

The HDB May 2022 BTO season is upon us and it’s highly likely HDB will announce the launch details anytime soon. If you need a refresher, check out our BTO overview or individual neighbourhood analyses for Bukit Merah, Queenstown, Toa Payoh, Jurong West and Yishun. They include video tours of the neighbourhoods as well! As…

This article is part of 99.co Money Diaries. Are you saving as much as a late-30s couple earning S$12,000/mth? How much are people really spending on their mortgages or parents’ allowances? Money Diaries provides a micro, non-filtered view into local households and their expenditures. For this season, respondents included a couple in their 30s working…

You engage a property agent to help you to buy an apartment. However, he gave you some wrong advice and even misrepresented some crucial figures on the property. There is also a dispute on the commission amount payable. You are unhappy with the agent and decide to lodge a complaint against him to the Council…

Most of us have the assumption that the older the 99-year-leasehold flat (read: shorter remaining lease term), the lower its appreciation value. This seems to be far from the case, particularly for one very fortunate homeowner in Bishan Street 13. The owner of a 1,571-sqft HDB maisonette, which has 64 years left on its lease,…

Most of us know that our annual property tax is calculated based on its estimated gross annual rent (assuming that the property’s rented out to say, a ‘hypothetical tenant’). This projected rental income (excluding the cost of furnishings, furniture and maintenance fees) is based on property and room types, which will then be used to…

When we engage a property agent to help us buy, sell or rent a property, we would expect them to offer independent and unbiased advice. However, there may be instances when a property agent’s personal or professional interests compete with, or are different from ours as clients. Under the Council for Estate Agencies’ (CEA) guidelines,…

(This is a developing story) Seventeen homeowners (so far) have come together online to piece what could possibly be an elaborate renovation scam by an individual named Vincent Liu Junnong. According to documents we’ve seen, Liu, who reportedly also goes by the name Calvin, Kelvin, Kevin, Mike, Alex or Benjamin Lau, met, signed and promised…

On 21 February 2022, the judgement for a lawsuit among several ultra-high-net-worth (or high society) individuals surfaced in the Singapore International Commercial Court. While the dispute centred around a US$7.9m deal for a 10-room villa at Phuket, Thailand’s Andara Resort & Villas, what caught the attention of some folks were the people involved. They are:…

The Ukraine-Russia conflict, which began in 2014, and now, Russia’s invasion (or “special military operation”) of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, has come as a shock to the international community, including Singaporeans. On 28 February 2022, the Singapore government reiterated its support of international law and the principle that all countries, big and small, must…