Singaporeans hold a common belief that HDB flats of today are generally much smaller than those built decades ago. However, this has been debunked by former Minister Khaw Boon Wan during a dialogue in 2012, stating that HDB’s design criteria have remained unchanged since 1997. Feeling the squeeze More Singaporeans are starting to feel boxed...
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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,...
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URA has released the statistics for the private property market for Q1 2022. In general, prices of private residential properties have increased at a slower rate of 0.7% in the last quarter, compared to the 5.0% increase in Q4 2021. The slower price growth came on the back of last December’s cooling measures, which saw...
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Lakepoint Condominium and Lakeside Apartments were recently relaunched for collective sale again. Lakepoint Condominium After Lakepoint Condominium’s second attempt at a collective sale on 21 October fell through, the condo went into a private treaty negotiation process. The management relaunched the third attempt on 19 April, with the same guide price of S$640 million. After factoring in development...
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Debt financing involves the borrowing of money whereas equity financing involves selling a portion of equity in the company.
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Cashing out home equity can be useful for companies who want to grow or sustain their business but have lack of cash to do so.
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The upcoming Government Land Sales (GLS) sites are expected to draw many bidders, as developers’ land banks are dwindling. We think the ones to watch these days are the Pine Grove (Parcel A) and Dunman Road GLS sites. Both sites were previously under the Reserve List for the H2 2021 Government Land Sales (GLS), before...
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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...
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