November 2021

The Commodore: Redefining Luxury, Reshaping Canberra

A luxurious upcoming development by JBE Holdings, The Commodore takes its name from the rich naval history of the northern Singapore neighbourhood where this new condominium is situated. Home to the Sembawang Naval Base, which opened in 1938, this enclave came to be known as Canberra as a respectful nod to the original name of...

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Co-Living Tech Startup The Assembly Place raises $5.55 mil in seed funding

Singapore co-living start-up The Assembly Place (TAP) has raised SGD$5.55 million in a seed funding round to grow its presence in Singapore and to further develop its technology platform. Led by real estate developer Eric Low See Ching, deputy CEO of property group Oxley Holdings, the funding round included other real estate giants like Ms...

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Condos and apartments on the fringes of Good Class Bungalow (GCB) Areas

I knew a family who once lived at the Botanic Garden Mansion apartment at Taman Serasi. Their flat was just 500 metres (7-minute walk) to Botanic Gardens and they’re next door to Gleneagles Hospital. Eventually, having grown fond of the neighbourhood (familiar food and entertainment haunts, family doctor, etc.), they sold the property and moved...

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Comment on CEA teams up with 99.co and other stakeholders to clamp down on fake property listings by Laks Laks

How does this benefit sellers? Can a seller still engage multiple agents or forced to engage agent on exclusive basis only? Many sellers I believe are not convinced of engaging an agent on exclusive basis which is very often why there are listings of the same property by multiple agents. If quality of listing is poor i.e. bad photos, poor description etc, the property site management team should police the site. Have strict guidelines on listings and suspend agent license or impose a fine. The outcome of this alliance should not be disadvantageous to sellers because ultimately we are paying for all the various services

Comment on 7 common misconceptions about using your CPF for housing by Virginia Tanggono

In reply to <a href="https://www.99.co/singapore/insider/common-misconceptions-using-cpf-housing/#comment-152750">Chong Yin Leng</a>. You can use the full 10% downpayment with CPF. For more information, you can refer to this article https://www.99.co/singapore/insider/everything-guide-payment-timeline-bto-flat/ As for the grant, you can get up to $25,000 with an income range of $2,001 to $2,250, or up to $22,500 with an income range of $2,251 to $2,500. You can read more about it here https://www.hdb.gov.sg/residential/buying-a-flat/new/schemes-and-grants/cpf-housing-grants-for-hdb-flats/single-singapore-citizen-scheme

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