Singaporeans hold a common belief that HDB flats of today are generally much smaller than those built decades ago. However, this has been debunked by former Minister Khaw Boon Wan during a dialogue in 2012, stating that HDB’s design criteria have remained unchanged since 1997. Feeling the squeeze More Singaporeans are starting to feel boxed...
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Most of us have the assumption that the older the 99-year-leasehold flat (read: shorter remaining lease term), the lower its appreciation value. This seems to be far from the case, particularly for one very fortunate homeowner in Bishan Street 13. The owner of a 1,571-sqft HDB maisonette, which has 64 years left on its lease,...
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URA has released the statistics for the private property market for Q1 2022. In general, prices of private residential properties have increased at a slower rate of 0.7% in the last quarter, compared to the 5.0% increase in Q4 2021. The slower price growth came on the back of last December’s cooling measures, which saw...
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