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DBS FHR-9 home loan rates to hike
DBS FHR-9 Fixed Home Rate and DBS FHR-12/24 – Set to Hike in June 2018 Is DBS FHR-9 Fixed Home Rate really a fixed rate? Fixed Home Rate is not a Fixed rate that is guaranteed to remain the...
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Twin VEW near Jurong Lake District sees 85% sales on opening weekend
CSC Land Group’s maiden residential development in Singapore, Twin VEW near Jurong Lake District, saw 85 per cent of its units being sold in the opening weekend. With 442 units out of a total of...
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Best UOB Home Loan Guide – How to find one
What is the best UOB Home Loan or UOB commercial property loan? The best must always been taken with regards to the type of loans needed. Cheap home loan is not always good as there are many terms...
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Are Singapore Banks transferring Interest volatility risks to consumers?
OCBC follows hot on the heels of DBS and UOB to launch a new fixed deposit rate pegged package Paul Ho (iCompareLoan.com) 07 Aug 2017. A bit of recap of how all such rates came about. DBS created...
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DBS FHR History and FHR-9 Fixed Home Rate
DBS broke new ground and DBS FHR history is made when it launched the DBS Fixed Home Rate (FHR) package in 2015. The Fixed Home Rate FHR-12/24 is where the home loan package is pegged to the average...
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Mortgage Broker Singapore – Should I use one?
Mortgage Broker, should I use one? How a mortgage broker can save you time and money? Mortgage brokers are specialists who are well versed with the banking loan process and have access to hundreds of...
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What is SIBOR and SOR?
Sibor and Sor, how does it affect your home loan mortgage rates and monthly instalment? Much has been said about what is Sibor and what is SOR. Sibor stands for Singapore Interbank offered Rate while...
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HDB launches 6,992 flats in May 2018 BTO and SBF exercise
HDB launched 6,992 flats for sale on 22 May under the May 2018 BTO and SBF (Build-To-Order and Sale of Balance Flats) exercise. This comprises 3,970 BTO units and 3,022 SBF units across various...
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With 3,000 visitors for preview, The Garden Residences condo sees strong interest
The preview for The Garden Residences by Keppel Land and Wing Tai Asia on 19 May drew more than 3,000 visitors. Visitors to its showflat at Serangoon North Avenue 1 included those living in the...
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The Fed will likely turn aggressive this year affecting market sentiments
Peter Hooper, chief economist at Deutsche Bank Securities, warned last week that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) is likely to turn more aggressive than it is currently indicating, and that there will be...
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Commercial Office spaces for flexible work has opportunities and implications for investors
Coworking and serviced commercial office spaces in the region have grown by 150 per cent in three years, according to new report from JLL. Demand for flexible Commercial office spaces – including...
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Five freehold residential sites worth $1.2 billion launched
Five freehold residential sites with a total value exceeding S$1.2 billion were launched by JLL on 16 May 2018. The five freehold residential sites comprise the collective sale sites of Cavenagh...
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Best DBS Home Loans and past Sibor and FHR rate Trends
If you are looking for a new home loan to switch to or a new home loan to sign, we might have the most appropriate suggestion for you: DBS’ home loans. You can read about the history of the DBS...
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‘Older HDB flats still have values’, Minister assures homeowners
Minister for National Development today assured homeowners that “there is still value in older HDB flats – value which can be unlocked for retirement.” Minister Lawrence...
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Fernhill Court to be put up for collective sale at a reserve price of $125 million
Colliers International on 15 May announced that freehold development Fernhill Court at 60 Fernhill Road will be put up for collective sale for $125 million via public tender on 16 May 2018. The...
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Low private homes sales recorded for April 2018 due to slow pick-up in launches
The month of April saw low private homes sales due to slow pick-up in launches. Last month, developers sold 729 private residential units, just 1.2 per cent marginally higher than March and less than...
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Asia’s ageing crisis calls for innovative senior housing models and foreign investment
Asia is facing an ageing crisis with rising life expectancies and record low birth rates in some countries, as a result there is an increasing need for senior housing to cater to Asia’s ageing...
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Le Quest condo at Bukit Batok to launch Phase 2 sales this weekend
Chinese developer Qingjian Realty reopened the showflat of Le Quest at Bukit Batok Avenue 8 for the Phase 2 preview on 12 May to an “enthusiastic market response”. Le Quest condominium is located...
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Tengah flats to be launched in November, but NUS professor calls it “bluff”
The Housing & Development Board (HDB) will in November 2018 launch its first batch of flats in Tengah. the Minister of National Development, Lawrence Wong, in announcing the launch of the flats...
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Trump-Kim Summit will seal Singapore as a ‘boring’ city safe for real estate investments
The Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore is expected to increase the ever-growing flows of capital to pour into Singapore’s real estate market, causing it to reach unprecedented levels....
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The truth behind proposal to prevent CPF for housing
An academic’s suggestion which seemed to propose that the Central Provident Fund (CPF) monies no longer be allowed to be used to buy residential properties, has in recent days stirred the...
