Mar 19, 2014 | Singapore Property News
Residential Procedure for resale HDB transactions to be changed The procedure for reporting resale Housing Development Board (HDB) transactionshas been changed to shift the focus from cash-over-valuation (COV) to market prices. Buyers now are required to get the...
Dec 31, 2013 | Singapore Property Market
By Mr. Propwise Ah, how quickly the year has flown by. It’s that time of the year again, where I dust off my crystal ball and peer into it, then stick my neck out and try to say something intelligent about the future direction of the property market. 2013 was...
Apr 23, 2013 | Singapore Property Market
By Mr. Propwise Here’s the story of a property investor who missed a once-in-a-decade opportunity. The date is early March, 2009. Post the onslaught of the Global Financial Crisis property prices had corrected sharply and everywhere he looked there were bargains...
Sep 4, 2012 | Singapore Property Market
By Mr. Propwise Interest rates have a significant effect on the real estate market as they affect both the cost of taking a mortgage from the bank to fund the property purchase, and the relative attractiveness of the property purchase versus other investment...
Jul 17, 2012 | Singapore Property Market
Transaction volumes can tell us a lot about the current activity and sentiment in the Singapore property market. In general, volume tends to pick up during bull markets and die down during bear markets. How volumes are affected during bull and bear markets We can see...