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In October 2020, British inventor and billionaire entrepreneur Sir James Dyson sold Singapore’s largest penthouse at Guoco Tower’s Wallich Residence for S$62m – at a reported S$11.8m loss – to another billionaire, 66-year-old Leo KoGuan, the Indonesian-born, US-citizen tycoon. At the time, not much was known about the self-made businessman who’s taken over the prestigious...

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November is the penultimate month of the year, usually signifying the beginning of the year-end sales season, Scorpio and Sagittarius season, and the start of the monsoon season. In 2021...

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BTO application rates in 2021 are high as construction delays persist. Want to ace your BTO application? Here's a guide to how the HDB ballot system works in Singapore and how to improve your chances of getting a queue number.

Including balcony space, the North plot has a GFA of 405,536 sq ft and an estimated development charge of $20.2 million, while the 384,791 sq ft South plot has a development charge of $19.1 million.

Musician, streetwear entrepreneur, potential 2024 US presidential candidate and self-professed “creative genius,” Kanye West has purchased a US$57.3 million house on California’s Malibu Beach, it was reported this week. The brutalist concrete residence, which was designed by top Japanese architect Tadao Ando, was built to the specifications of financier and art collector Richard Sachs, the...

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“I never, ever wanted to be in real estate,” says Eugene Lim, who spent 15 years in the business before founding coliving start-up, The Assembly Place. “The way it happened was, at about 23 years old, in my second year in university, I didn’t think my parents should be paying my fees. At that age,...

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Earlier in September 2021, Flynn Park at 18-22 Yew Siang Road went en bloc at S$371 million, making it the largest collective sale of the year. Brokered by Savills Singapore, the buyer (a joint venture between Hoi Hup Realty Private Limited and Sunway Developments Pte. Ltd) bought all 72 apartments at S$1,355 psf per plot...

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In the next BTO launch in November 2021, HDB will offer 3,520 flats across seven projects in one mature and four non-mature estates. The only BTO project to be launched in a mature estate this time will be at Kallang/Whampoa, with 430 units of 2-room Flexi and 4-room units up for grabs. Here’s 99.co’s detailed...

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This post was written in collaboration with The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). While we are financially compensated by them, we nonetheless strive to maintain our editorial integrity and...

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A credit score in Singapore is a four-digit number you have based on past payment history on loan accounts. It affects your ability to get loans. Here are 5 mistakes you may have made to mess up your score and what to do about it.