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The Trouble With Shoe Box Homes

May 24, 2012 by Calvin Yeo
According to PropertyGuru, at least one bank in Singapore is declining all loan applications for properties under 500sf in size, which are termed shoe box units in Singapore. The property market sentiment is generally poor now and banks are keeping a tight rein on financing. This also comes on the back of poor stock market [...]

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Profile of the Typical Singapore Property Investor

May 23, 2012 by Propwise.sg
By Getty Goh Property is a hot topic these days and it seems like everyone is jumping onto the property bandwagon. In my line of work, I often come across seminar participants who ask me where they can find good property deals. What many of them fail to realize is that finding good deals is [...]

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Singapore Property News This Week #52

May 22, 2012 by Propwise.sg
Residential Indications of cooling property market After five rounds of cooling measures to discourage speculative demand and the increase in housing supply as part of the measures to cool the property market, results can be seen in the slight decrease in private home prices in Q1 2012, the fall in the proportion of sub-sales (an [...]

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Tug of war – Bull vs. Bear Ends. Financial market plunges. What’s next

May 22, 2012 by Patrick See
Published Singapore Monday 1pm. The above article commenced mid February with Part 2 in March and Part 3 in April. My benchmark for the tug of war list of events is the DJI ranging from 12800 to 13000. I had picked the above title, then, is because my speculation was that market would trend sideways [...]

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Singapore Property Weekly Issue 52 now out

May 21, 2012 by Propwise.sg
In this week’s issue: Happy reading! To wisdom and beyond,Singapore Property Weekly Issue 52 Related posts: Singapore Property Weekly Issue 6 now out! Singapore Property Weekly Issue 14 now out Singapore Property Weekly Issue 15 now out Singapore Property Weekly Issue 16 now out Singapore Property Weekly Issue 18 now out by Propwise.sg on May [...]

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Are you sure you are getting the best property deal?

May 21, 2012 by Propwise.sg
Have you ever wondered where the Singapore property market is going? Or where to find good property deals? Whether you should buy or wait? Or what you should buy? Ignorance can be costly – come hear Getty Goh share his views on what you should look out for in the coming months in this free [...]

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How Much Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty Do You Need to Pay?

May 16, 2012 by Propwise.sg
By Mr. Propwise I recently attended an interesting talk by a Real Estate lawyer who went into the technical details of the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) that many of us would not know well. In this article I will share some of what I learnt. However, I am not a lawyer and cannot guarantee [...]

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Singapore Property News This Week #51

May 15, 2012 by Propwise.sg
Residential Free six-month stay at Koh Brothers Group’s Fiorenza at Florence Road Koh Brothers Group is offering a six-month stay to a family of three at its newly completed freehold Fiorenza at Florence Road in exchange for feedback so that the developer could incorporate the feedback into future projects. The 28-unit development = launched in [...]

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Singapore Property Weekly Issue 51 now out

May 14, 2012 by Propwise.sg
In this week’s issue: Singapore Property News This Week How Much Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty Do You Need to Pay? Resale Property Transactions (April 25 – April 30) Happy reading! To wisdom and beyond, Singapore Property Weekly Issue 51 Related posts: Singapore Property Weekly Issue 50 now out Singapore Property Weekly Issue 48 now out [...]

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Worrying Trends in Singapore’s Property Market?

May 14, 2012 by Propwise.sg
Interesting trends have been noted in the Singapore property market recently. How do they impact investors and home buyers? Hear the views of Multi-Millionaire Property Investor Andy Ong and learn the strategies he is adopting! Register early as there are limited seats.     Related posts: Worrying Trends in the Singapore Property Market Property Investment Secrets [...]

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Should Short Term Room Rentals Be Allowed?

May 10, 2012 by Propwise.sg
By Mr. Propwise A recent article in The Straits Times highlighted the growing trend of home owners and tenants renting out spare rooms to paying guests for short periods of times (such as a few days). Websites such as Airbnb, Wimdu, 9flats and Roomorama have sprouted out to facilitate these lettings by effectively creating a [...]

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Singapore Property News This Week #50

May 9, 2012 by Propwise.sg
Residential ABSD reimbursing may be a cause for concern To prevent the ABSD from affecting sales, developers have been offering discounts, rebates and even reimbursing the ABSD. This may potentially distort property and loan values and obscure transparency in the market especially since these discounts are given only after the transaction, meaning that the prices [...]

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Singapore Property Weekly Issue 50 now out

May 8, 2012 by Propwise.sg
In this week’s issue: Singapore Property News This Week Should Short Term Room Rentals Be Allowed? Resale Property Transactions (April 18 – April 24) Happy reading! To wisdom and beyond, Singapore Property Weekly Issue 50 No related posts. by Propwise.sg on May 8, 2012 · 0 comments Posted in Singapore Property Weekly

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Can you afford a property in Singapore at current prices?

May 6, 2012 by Alvin
CNBC produced a slideshow on The World’s Hottest Real Estate Markets and I was not surprised Singapore made the top 10 list. Call me biased if you want but I really believe the property market is overextended. There are signs of euphoria and history has taught us again and again, what goes up must come [...]

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What the First Quarter 2012 URA Numbers Tells Us About the Property Market

May 2, 2012 by Propwise.sg
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) recently released their 1Q12 real estate statistics, and in this article we will look at the patterns emerging from the numbers for both the residential and non-residential (office, shop and industrial) segments. Residential – Prices fall for the first time since 2Q09 The URA Private Property Index (PPI) fell by [...]

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HDB Standard Option to Purchase (OTP) Available for Download at HDB InfoWEB

May 2, 2012 by Ivan Guan
To provide more convenience to buyers and sellers of HDB resale flats, the HDB standard Option to Purchase (OTP) form, the only form of contract in HDB resale transactions, is now available in the HDB InfoWEB for download. Buyers and sellers or their salespersons no longer need to obtain the pre-printed hardcopy OTP form from [...]

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Singapore Property News This Week #49

May 1, 2012 by Propwise.sg
Residential Thomson View Condo and Kemaman View up for collective sale 99-year leasehold (with 62 years remaining)Thomson View Condominium along Upper Thomson Road is asking for $580 million or $685 psf ppr including $107 million to enhance the land use and another $90 million to top up the lease. If the development charge of $ [...]

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Singapore Property Weekly Issue 49 now out

April 30, 2012 by Propwise.sg
In this week’s issue: Happy reading! To wisdom and beyond, Singapore Property Weekly Issue 49 Related posts: Singapore Property Weekly Issue 48 now out Singapore Property Weekly Issue 14 now out Singapore Property Weekly Issue 15 now out Singapore Property Weekly Issue 16 now out Singapore Property Weekly Issue 19 now out by Propwise.sg on [...]

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