You Can’t Choose Your Neighbour… But Singapore Just Gave You More Protection

👉 You Can’t Choose Your Neighbour… But Singapore Just Gave You More Protection 👀 Your neighbour dispute just got a lot more serious. 👀 From 1 September, Singapore's Community Relations Unit — CRU — goes nationwide. And it has more teeth than before. During the Tampines pilot, CRU ha

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Your HDB may have gone up 50%… so why is upgrading getting harder?

Your HDB may have gone up 50%… so why is upgrading getting harder? A new EdgeProp analysis raises an interesting question: have HDB and private prices started moving apart? From 2016 to 1H2026, HDB resale rose about 51%. But private property rose almost 60% — and new condos in the RCR and OCR

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Where Is Singapore’s New Growth Engine?

Where Is Singapore’s New Growth Engine? The North of Singapore could look VERY different 10 years from now. And if you’re thinking about property, I think this is something you should start watching now — not when everything is already completed. Because FIC Global is giving us a glimpse

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Brand-New Condo, 5-Min Walk to MRT, Lowest PSF? 🤔

Brand-New Condo, 5-Min Walk to MRT, Lowest PSF? 🤔 If you're looking for a family home that's less than 5 minutes' walk to an MRT, you probably think your only option is an old resale condo. Turns out there's a brand-new one that just TOP-ed. Most people assume a new condo m

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$130K Less CPF/Cash Needed for the Same EC?

$130K Less CPF/Cash Needed for the Same EC? ECs didn’t just become cheaper. But for some buyers, they just became more affordable. 👀 Yesterday, the government raised the income ceiling for new ECs from $16,000 to $18,000. And I think the most important thing isn’t the higher ceiling itself

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$1M Condo Discount… Is It REALLY a $1M Saving? 🤔

$1M Condo Discount… Is It REALLY a $1M Saving? 🤔 I came across a list of condos offering special promotions, with some claiming discounts of hundreds of thousands — even over $1 million. But I didn’t want to simply take the developer’s discount at face value. So I checked the promotional p

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Would you pay $1.04 million for an HDB with only 40 years left?

Would you pay $1.04 million for an HDB with only 40 years left? 🤔 A rare HDB terrace house in Queenstown just sold for $1.041M. It’s already 58 years old, with roughly 40 years of lease left. Sounds crazy? But let’s look at it differently. Spread $1.041M over 40 years: That’s abou

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The One Thing You Can’t Control When Buying a Home

The One Thing You Can’t Control When Buying a Home What’s one thing you can check before buying a home… but can never completely control? Your neighbours. 👀 There was recently a case involving a 69-year-old man in Yishun who allegedly breached a protection order after singing and bangin

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Why Are Some Older Condos Better Rental Investments Than New Ones? 🤔

Why Are Some Older Condos Better Rental Investments Than New Ones? 🤔 I came across a study comparing 80-plus condos across Serangoon, Kovan, Hougang, Sengkang and Punggol. And the results were quite surprising. The best rental performers weren’t necessarily the newest condos. They weren

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Why Are People Still Paying $2M+ for a 46-Year-Old Condo? 🤔

Why Are People Still Paying $2M+ for a 46-Year-Old Condo? 🤔 Why are people still paying $2 million for a condo with only 40-something years left? 🤔 I recently came across an interesting 99.co article about older condos. And one example really caught my attention. A condo with only about

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Can You Really Make a Big Profit From an Old HDB Flat Through VERS? 🤔

Can You Really Make a Big Profit From an Old HDB Flat Through VERS? 🤔 When people see an old HDB flat, they might think: “If VERS comes along, wouldn’t I get a big payout?” But I think that could be a dangerous assumption. A Business Times article today raised an interesting question.

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Pay lower price for 5 bedroom freehold condo and get double the space 🤯

$1.15M+ Savings vs Buying a Freehold Semi-D? 🤯 $5.5M for a 5-bedroom… but only about HALF the size? 🤔 This is why I think more people should look at this freehold option in District 28. Take Terra Hill. A completed 5-bedroom is now over $5.5M, but the size is roughly half of what you get h

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You Sell 54% of Your HDB Lease… But Get Only 42% of Its Value? 🤔

You Sell 54% of Your HDB Lease… But Get Only 42% of Its Value? 🤔 At 65, should you Lease Buyback your HDB… or sell the whole thing? Here's HDB's own example: a 4-room flat worth $450,000, 65 years of lease left. The owners are 65, want to keep 30 years, so they sell the remaining 3

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Can You Still Buy a 4-Room HDB Under $450K?

Can You Still Buy a 4-Room HDB Under $450K? A client asked me if she can buy a 4-room HDB under $450K? I checked. There are about 60 listings on PropertyGuru right now. So yes, they exist — the real question is whether they’re worth buying. Here’s the good news. You’re getting in at a f

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A Prestigious Property Can Still Be a Bad Investment 🚨

A Prestigious Property Can Still Be a Bad Investment 🚨 Singapore’s property market may be getting some support. Mortgage rates are falling, the 15-month wait-out period has been removed, and PropNex expects private property prices to rise around 3% to 4% for 2026. But there’s another story

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Freehold + CCR + good schools… still no profit?

Freehold + CCR + Good Schools… Still No Profit? 🤔 🚨 What if I told you a freehold condo in CCR, near good schools, could potentially make less money than a leasehold condo in OCR? Look at 35 Gilstead. The owner bought this 2-bedroom for about $1.78M in 2019. Now, 7 years later, it’s hea

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HDB prices falling, private property is rising. Are property markets diverging?

HDB Prices Are Falling. Private Property Is Rising. Are Singapore’s Property Markets Diverging? 🚨 HDB prices are falling, while private property prices are still rising. So… are Singapore’s property markets finally diverging? Yes — but there’s an important distinction. They are divergin

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$1,800+ psf for a FREEHOLD RCR condo? What’s the catch?

🚨 $1,800+ psf for a FREEHOLD RCR condo? What’s the catch? In today’s Singapore market, $2500-$3,000 psf for a city fringe new launch isn’t surprising anymore. But what if I told you there’s a freehold project in the city fringe — not OCR — going for around $1,800 psf? And it’s within 1km o

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Why are more people buying older HDB flats?

🚨 Why are more people buying OLD HDB flats? You might think buyers naturally prefer newer flats. But the numbers tell a different story. According to The Straits Times, resale transactions involving HDB flats 40 years and older jumped from just 1,223 in 2015 to 6,815 in 2025 — more than 5

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The home you buy at 30 might not suit you at 50

Your home you bought at 30 may not be right for you at 50 🇸🇬 National Day reminds us of something interesting about property: the meaning of “home” changes as we grow older. When you’re young, your first home might be a BTO. Then you have children, and suddenly being within 1km of a good p

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Jonathan Kong S’pore Realtor