Archive for the ‘Property Regulations’ Category

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  5-Room HDB flat in Queenstown breaks record by being sold at $1.1 million

  June 9, 2018 • HDB home loan, Property Market News, Property Regulations, Residential Property Loan • 337

  A 5-Room HDB flat in Queenstown has been sold for $1.1 million in June setting a new record or such flats sold outside the...

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  Research: property prices to increase 20 per cent more from current value

  June 8, 2018 • Buying a property, Property Market News, Property Regulations • 437

  Singapore’s real estate market finally showed some recovery in late 2017 with property prices increasing, after 15 quarters of...

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  Research: Millennials dominate mortgage broker market

  June 3, 2018 • Australia property loan, Mortgage Broker, Property Market News, Property Regulations, Refinance Home loan • 208

  New research from Australia suggests that millennials dominate mortgage broker market. Roy Morgan, Australia’s best known and...

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  HDB resale prices may rebound soon on the heels of positive property sentiments

  May 6, 2018 • Opinions, Property Market News, Property Regulations • 829

  HDB resale flat prices fell by 0.8 per cent, from 132.6 in 4th Quarter 2017 to 131.6 in 1st Quarter 2018, but if past property...

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  Government assures home buyers that it will prevent oversupply of shoebox units in Singapore’s housing stock

  May 5, 2018 • Property Market News, Property Regulations • 659

  The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on Wednesday (3 May) that it will intervene, if needed, to prevent an oversupply of...

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  Government Land Sales site receives nine bids despite technical restrictions

  May 5, 2018 • Mortgage Broker, Property Market News, Property Regulations • 424

  A Government Land Sales site at Hillview Rise off Upper Bukit Timah attracted nine tender submissions from eight bidders despite...

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  With more shoebox units, is Singapore going the way of Hong Kong?

  April 29, 2018 • Buying a property, Property Launches, Property Market News, Property Regulations • 608

  Several members of the public have expressed unhappiness that with more shoebox units, the size of private residential units is...

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  Median resale prices of flats continue to drop as HDB announces release of 3,900 new flats

  April 27, 2018 • Property Market News, Property Regulations • 744

  Median resale prices of Housing & Development Board (HDB) flats continue to drop even as the public housing developer...

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  Real estate agent awarded zero commission after she makes Shakespearean-type error

  April 27, 2018 • Property Market News, Property Regulations • 677

  A real estate agent was awarded zero commission after she made an error similar to the one in the Shakespearean play...

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  Higher population density will lead to property price escalation

  April 21, 2018 • Buying a property, Enbloc, HDB home loan, Property Market News, Property Regulations • 1170

  Property price escalation is almost a given with higher population density. A letter writer to The Straits Times expressed alarm...

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  Kampong Bugis to be redeveloped as lush waterfront residential precinct

  April 20, 2018 • Property Market News, Property Regulations • 490

  The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) announced yesterday that the  Kampong Bugis precinct will be comprehensively developed into a...

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  The ticking time bomb of the 99-year-leasehold HDB flats

  April 5, 2018 • HDB home loan, Mortgage Broker, Property Market News, Property Regulations • 15316

  A letter published in the Straits Times claimed recently that the promise of owning a 99-year-leasehold HDB (Housing &...

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  Property agents to get leg-up from SoReal to cope with digital disruption

  March 18, 2018 • Property Market News, Property Regulations • 1675

  After a slew of bad news, property agents here may finally have some good news. Singapore’s three biggest real estate...

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  Freehold property at Bedok sold for $220m but is en bloc fever cooling?

  March 13, 2018 • Enbloc, Mortgage Broker, Property Market News, Property Regulations • 374

  Eunos Mansion a freehold property located at Bedok Reservoir Road  has gone for $220 million to a subsidiary of the Fragrance...

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  Minister for National Development assures that safeguards are in place for en bloc sales

  March 7, 2018 • Enbloc, Property Market News, Property Regulations • 274

  Responding to a parliamentary question on whether the Government is concerned with the spate of en bloc sales recently, Minister...