May 2022

If you’re looking to strike a good balance between a forever home and one with decent price appreciation, this article gives you the top 5 best HDB towns.  In this list, we look at HDB towns with the highest price comparison over the past decade, from 1 Jan 2011 to 09 May 2022. Top 5...

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35% Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) will now apply for any transfer of residential property into a living trust from 9 May onwards, as announced by the Ministry of Finance late on 8 May. Previously, the Buyer’s Stamp Duty (BSD) was payable for the transfer. Depending on the profile of the beneficiary, ABSD might also...

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ABSD of 35% to be imposed on transfers of residential properties into living trust, Golden Mile Complex sold en bloc for $700mil and more. Here are the news highlights for what happened in the Singapore property market from 3 May to 9 May 2022.

HDB appointment booking application process for a BTO or SBF flat in Singapore can be complicated. This article lists down the 5 things to look out for, the full process, outlining the timeline and costs. Learn when to pay the $10 application fee, option fee and more.

The Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD) for Singapore citizens buying their second and subsequent properties is 17% to 25%; permanent residents, foreigners and entities have to pay 5% to 35% from 16 December 2021 onwards.

Our Singapore Government is doing an excellent job in all areas of government, ALL for the GOOD of the whole nation. Let us cooperate and work together with the Singapore Government as one UNITED nation. The world is moving on, so must we. When we give up our ancestor traditions, for the sake of the nation's progress, we and the following generations will still remember our ancestor traditions through museum that displays ancestral living and lifestyle and through heritage centers. Let us love our Government and Nation!

Nv knew that my block so near the MSCP of another BTO project. Alot of problems. can hear emission of sounds esp. In e night. Ppl gathering at night past midnight. Only 4 to 5 metre away. U think u can avoid mosquitoes in high floor but the rooftop garden is abt 7/8 storey high. So u r like living in low floors when u pay higher price.

Property prices have been on the rise in the past two years, with prices of new launch condos up by 22.14% (according to our Researcher data). On the back of a declining supply of new homes, new private home sales have also been increasing, clocking a 20.7% increase in March. Despite all these, there’s still...

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The biggest interest rate hike in two decade by Fed will have an impact on all kinds of loans - from credit cards, to car loans, to home loans.

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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...

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