Applying for a home loan in Singapore is a long-term financial commitment. Naturally, you’d want to ensure you not only start with a low interest rate, but you also want the reassurance that your interest rate won’t increase dramatically overnight. In trying to find a home loan package that fit this criteria, banks began to...
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Here’s what we’ve learnt during our work-from-home (WFH) experience the last few months: ordering food in is expensive, video meetings are annoying and, worst of all, it is extremely difficult to be productive when your WiFi operates at a sloth-like speed. We may have put up with slow WiFi pre-Covid, but now that most of...
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It’s common knowledge that, when a HDB owner buys a condo unit, he or she has to fork out an Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) for the purchase of a second property. Even if the HDB owner is an upgrader who intends to sell the flat and keep only one property, the ABSD must still...
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Faced with a competitive rental market due to the onslaught of Covid-19, landlords are now feeling the squeeze from expats leaving Singapore or downgrading to a smaller rented home. Most of these landlords have significant mortgage obligations that depend on consistent rental income, and prolonged vacancy would mean being unable to service the home loan...
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Property portal 99.co presents the following weekly property news roundup for the week of 10 to 16 October: #1: September HDB and condo rental volumes up nearly 50% The phased opening of Singapore’s border with Malaysia since 17 August has had a dramatic impact on HDB rental volume, as Malaysian workers returned to Singapore. In September...
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For many in the industry, the Rex Tan Division (RTD) at Huttons is no unfamiliar name. Having been established since 2007, RTD today has grown to a 800-strong team today. Many who have interacted with RTD would know of their dedication to innovation, and a passion to continuously put the needs of their agents and...
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Call it an ‘old uncle’ mentality, but there’s a small but significant number of freehold-only Singaporean property buyers who steadfastly refuse to ever consider buying a 99-year leasehold condo. Might as well throw money down the drain lah, they’d argue. Truth is, the tenure of a private property seldom defines whether it’s a good buy...
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On 8 October, the government announced a further extension of temporary relief measures directed at property developers, including allowing a further extension of various project completion deadlines by six months as Covid-19 continues to disrupt the construction industry. This extension is on top of the previous six-month extension announced on 6 May, after the Building and...
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When there are already not many activities planned under the threat of Covid-19, we still see rare, exciting events being cancelled at the eleventh hour. The long-awaited inaugural flight under the Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble arrangement was rescheduled last minute at 5 p.m. the day before its official takeoff. Earlier this month, the high-profile... [read more]
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If you’re buying an HDB flat in Singapore for the first time, you’re just beginning to realise how much it costs to live in what is essentially a tiny space...
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