Apr 27, 2021 | Buying Singapore Property, Investing in Singapore Property
By DataScienceInvestor (guest contributor) The property market in Singapore is seriously heating up. Contrary to the expectations last year, we are seeing growth in the residential prices in both the private and public market. Just recently, we had a news...
Jan 29, 2021 | Buying Singapore Property, Investing in Singapore Property
By Property Soul (guest contributor) Once we were invited to a friend’s housewarming party. The young couple was pleased to show us around. We were impressed by the great efforts they made to decorate their new home. Suddenly, the wife lamented that they...
Dec 14, 2020 | Buying Singapore Property, Investing in Singapore Property, Miscellaneous, Mortgage and Finances
By Property Soul (guest contributor) Disclaimer: This article is not sponsored by the Central Provident Fund Board. Although I am grateful that my 3-3-5 rule was endorsed by CPF 3 years ago, I am not obliged to return the favor by encouraging the public...
Jun 23, 2020 | Buying Singapore Property
By Stuart Chng (guest contributor) We’ve finally entered the Phase 2 of Circuit Breaker re-opening! How wonderful that we will finally be getting back much of our freedom – the simple joys in life from eating our food at a coffee shop to bringing our kids...
Jul 24, 2013 | Buying Singapore Property
Be nice to your Tenants and they will be nice to you too, especially when you want to arrange viewings which are disturbing to their stay. You can have a short discussion with them to let them know about your intention to sell the property and find out if they intend...
Jul 17, 2013 | Buying Singapore Property
What if your Buyer requests to delay the Sales Completion date? The Sales Completion date is determined by both the Buyer and Seller when they enter into the Option to Purchase (OTP) contract.The date for the Completion of Sales is usually 8 to 12 weeks from the OTP...
Jul 10, 2013 | Buying Singapore Property
At the time of this writing, a Seller Stamp Duty (SSD) is applicable for the below situations: (1) If you property is bought between 30 August 2010 to 12 January 2011, the following SSD applies: 3% of price or market value if the property is sold within the first...
Jul 5, 2013 | Buying Singapore Property
When selling your property, do note that once you accept the 1% Option Fee and issue the Option to Purchase (OTP) to the Buyer, you have to fulfill your contractual duty to reserve the unit to be sold to this Buyer. Your Buyer has anagreed upon period of time, usually...
Jun 26, 2013 | Buying Singapore Property
Besides benefitting from the impact of hedging against inflation, you can increase the value of your property via some cost effective methods. One of them is to do some simple renovation such as patching up cracks, re-painting, epoxy-coating, and re-lamination,instead...
Jun 19, 2013 | Buying Singapore Property
Investing in real estate requires patience but the rewards are immense.Once you have invested a sum of money as downpayment for a property, it is possible to have two-fold gains from both capital appreciation and rental income. The rental income is a good source of...
