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Posted Date: January 10, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Adam Tan
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Buying a Second Property?
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Property upgraders and those purchasing a second home, face an uphill financial battle, warns Adam Tan.(Buying a second property now requires more time and a greater financial outlay. Image courtesy o...
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Related Categories: Loans and Financing, Buying
Tags: anti-speculation measures, approval letter HDB, bank loan, Buying Property (Singapore), condominium, cooling measures, CPF, downpayment, first-time property buyer, HDB, HDB upgraders, home upgrade, loan-to-value, LTV ratio, MOP, mortgage, ms-singaporehdb, sale purchase agreement, second property, singapore property
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Posted Date: January 24, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Joseph Jones
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SSD and LTV Measures Explained
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In an effort to maintain a stable and sustainable property market the PAP government has introduced a new raft of measures. iProperty.com Singapore identifies the two that will affect you the most.Sel...
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Related Categories: Loans and Financing
Tags: cooling measures, CPF, CPF refund, HDB, HDB loan, Loan to Value, LTV, measures, Seller's Stamp Duty, SSD
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Posted Date: February 08, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Joseph Jones
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PM Lee: We Will Provide Affordable Housing
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Reacting to public discontent with the rising cost of public housing, PM Lee Hsien Loong used his Chinese New Year speech to address the number one issue of dissatisfaction amongst Singaporeans.(Prope...
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Related Categories: Buying, HDB
Tags: chinese new year speech, CNY speech, cooling measures, Lee Hsien Loong, PM Lee, property bubble, public housing
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Posted Date: February 28, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Joseph Jones
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Property Prices on the Rise
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Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) releasing its figures about the price of Singapore property recently, now seems a good time to look back at a year where the Singapore government took unprecedent...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates, Market Reviews & Market Outlooks
Tags: condo, condominium, condominiums, condos, cooling measures, COV, HDB, measures, ms-singaporehdb, private property, property market, rental property, residential property, singapore property, URA
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Posted Date: July 06, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Impact of Anti-Speculation Measures on Property Price Index
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It seems like anti-speculation measures are taking effect in both private and public sectors of the property market. Curiously enough, these two sectors are seeing very different outcomes. Private hom...
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Related Categories: HDB, Private Residential
Tags: anti-speculation measures, cooling measures, Eight Courtyards, private housing in Singapore, property price index, property prices, property trends, public housing in Singapore, URA, urban redevelopment authority
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Posted Date: November 21, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Effects of cooling measures kick in
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A possible sign that the effects of government-initiated cooling measures are taking effect, newly released data from Credit Bureau Singapore (CBS) suggest that property investors are scaling back on ...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates, Legal Matters
Tags: CBS, cooling measures, Credit Bureau Singapore, effects of property cooling measures, HDB Singapore, home loan, housing loan, investing Singapore property, Loan to Value, LTV Singapore, private housing market in Singapore, private housing prices in Singapore, property investment
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Posted Date: December 12, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Experts worry about the future of property prices
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The government faced an onslaught of criticism and pessimistic predictions from analysts, regarding the latest property market cooling measures rolled out on last Wednesday.(Analysts say Singapore pro...
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Related Categories: Issues & Challenges, Market Reports
Tags: buyer’s stamp duty, cooling measures, effects of cooling measures, expert opinions, Foreign buyers, high-end homes, mass-market homes, private housing market in Singapore, private housing prices in Singapore, Singapore government, Singapore property market, Singapore property prices, stamp duty, stamp duty singapore, upmarket homes
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Posted Date: December 19, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Iliyas Ong
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Home sales poised for slowdown
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Private home sales were surging in November until the new cooling measures on December 7 halted growth, according to the latest figures released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The market will w...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates, General, Private Residential
Tags: ABSD, condo singapore, condominiums, cooling measures, home sales, Private home sales, private homes, Singapore property market, slowdown, slump, stamp duty, stamp duty singapore
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Posted Date: January 03, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Rental market should benefit from cooling measures, say experts
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At least one party has cause for celebration regarding the newest round of property cooling measures. Analysts predict that landlords may enjoy a boosted rental market this year, as home buyers put of...
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Related Categories: Leasing Your Property, Market Reviews & Market Outlooks
Tags: cooling measures, global economic uncertainty, Landlords, leasing property in Singapore, renting property in Singapore, Singapore rental market, Singapore rental prices, tenants, URA, urban redevelopment authority
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Posted Date: January 04, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Resale home prices experience slowed growth
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The last quarter of 2011 ended on a good note as resale Housing Development Board (HDB) home prices charted a slower growth.(Analysts predict weakened resale HDB prices this year. Image courtesy of Si...
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Related Categories: HDB and Public Housing, HDB
Tags: BTO, Build-To-Order, cooling measures, global economic uncertainty, HDB, HDB resale, Housing Development Board, Income Ceiling, public housing prices in Singapore, resale price, Singapore resale HDB market
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Posted Date: January 06, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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How politics and property have intertwined
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It is an eventful time for the property market as the impact of multiple rounds of cooling measures, among other major policy shifts, starts to show.(A shift in political stance has affected the prope...
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Related Categories: Issues & Challenges, Market Reviews & Market Outlooks
Tags: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, buyer's stamp duty, cooling measures, first time buyers, Foreign buyers, General Elections 2011, global economic uncertainty, HDB, Housing Development Board, Khaw Boon Wan, Ministry of National Development, politics, public housing market in Singapore, Singapore economy, Singapore government, Singapore property investment, Singapore property market, Singapore property market forces
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Posted Date: January 09, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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An oversupply of luxury homes
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The next 12 months will be a trying time for the luxury homes market, as it takes in the effects of recent cooling measures, and a looming global economic slump.(Singapore is experiencing a slight ove...
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Related Categories: General, Private Residential
Tags: CBRE, Chesterton Suntec International, condo singapore, condominium singapore, cooling measures, district 9, D'Leedon, economic slump, high end condominium, high-end homes, high-end units, Hilltops, Leedon Residence, luxury homes market, luxury property, new property launch, property project Singapore, property Singapore, Sentosa Cove, The Scotts Tower, TwentyOne Anguilla Park, Twin Peaks
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Posted Date: January 11, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Showflat buzz not translating to sales
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The busy scenes at showflats over the past weekend are not translating into sales transactions, as home hunters take longer to make up their minds. With the effects of multiple rounds of cooling measu...
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Related Categories: Market Reports, Private Residential
Tags: buyer's stamp duty, cooling measures, mass market homes, private housing trends in Singapore, property launch, showflats, Singapore private housing market, stamp duty
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Posted Date: January 17, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Few Pre-Chinese New Year Buyers
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Hopes and expectations among property developers were that the pre-Chinese New Year period would usher in better sales. However, with the cooling measures playing out to large effect, property agents ...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates, Market Reports, General
Tags: chinese new year, cooling measures, mass market homes, private housing prices in Singapore, private housing trends in Singapore, property agents, Singapore private housing market
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Posted Date: January 25, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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New homes take up bigger share of private housing market
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Singapore’s private property sector looks set to undergo even more massive changes, as new homes eat up a bigger portion of the private housing market.(Property investors now prefer new private homes ...
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Related Categories: Market Reviews & Market Outlooks, Private Residential
Tags: condominiums, cooling measures, EC, Executive Condominiums, executive condominiums in Singapore, global economic uncertainty, new homes market, private housing prices in Singapore, private housing trends in Singapore, private resale market, private subsale market, Singapore private housing market
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Posted Date: January 26, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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9 of 10 Watertown buyers are Singaporean
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A week after its launch, the Punggol condominium, Watertown, confirmed an overwhelming share of local buyers, no doubt an after-effect of December’s additional buyer’s stamp duty.(One of the many reas...
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Related Categories: General, Private Residential
Tags: ABSD, buyer's stamp duty, condominiums, condominiums in Singapore, cooling measures, effects, euHabitat, Far East Organization , Foreign buyers, Frasers Centrepoint, local buyers, mixed use development, mixed-use development, new condo, new development, new launch, Punggol, Punggol MRT, Sekisui House, Singapore private housing market, stamp duty, The Greenwich, The Hillier, The Tennery, Waterfront condo Singapore, Watertown
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Posted Date: January 31, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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What does December’s resale price fall mean?
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Prices of resale homes fell last December, the first time since September the same year, according to flash estimates from the Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI).(Resale prices were down in Dece...
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Related Categories: Market Reviews & Market Outlooks, Private Residential
Tags: cooling measures, effects, flash estimates, landed homes, non-landed homes, private housing prices in Singapore, private housing trends in Singapore, private resale market, property price index, Singapore private housing market, Singapore Residential Price Index, SRPI
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Posted Date: February 02, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Investors may shun property – What this means for genuine buyers
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True to the word of eagle-eyed industry watchers, Singapore’s property sector could be losing its appeal as a lucrative investment source.(Investors might be losing interest in property, but that may ...
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Related Categories: Market Reviews & Market Outlooks, Private Residential
Tags: buyer's stamp duty, cooling measures, effects, Foreign buyers, private housing prices in Singapore, property investment, property investors, real estate investment, Singapore private housing market, stamp duty
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Posted Date: March 27, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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New condos at lower prices?
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A series of new projects could hit the market this week, with some of them priced slightly below average.(A string of brand new condominiums are slated to hit the property market this week. Image cour...
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Related Categories: Market Reports, General, Private Residential
Tags: condominiums, condominiums in Singapore, cooling measures, Foreign buyers, Hillsta, Natura, new homes, new homes market, Palm Isles, primary market, private housing prices in Singapore, property investment, property investors, property launch, Ripple Bay, Seastrand, Seletar Park Residence, Singapore private housing market, Singapore property investment, small homes, small units, World Class Land
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Posted Date: April 03, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Private housing prices down after three years
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According to estimates released yesterday, overall prices fell 0.1% in Q1 2012, ending March 31. This marks the sector’s first drop since 2009’s global financial crisis, and a reversal from the 0.2% r...
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Related Categories: Market Reviews & Market Outlooks, General, Private Residential
Tags: ABSD, Central Area, Central Area Housing, Central Homes, city fringes, condominiums, condominiums in Singapore, cooling measures, flash estimates, high-end homes, landed homes, mass-market homes, property cooling measures, public housing prices in Singapore, Singapore private housing market, stamp duty, suburban units, URA, urban redevelopment authority
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Posted Date: June 20, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Buyers return 150 private homes
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A total of 150 private units at condominiums like Sky Habitat, The Tampines Trilliant and Hillsta were returned last month—the highest figure in five years.(Insiders say percentage return rates are st...
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Related Categories: Market Reports, General, Private Residential
Tags: condominiums, condos, cooling measures, Hillsta, Khaw Boon Wan, private housing trends in Singapore, returned units, Ripple Bay, Riversound Residence, Shoebox Units, Singapore private housing market, Sky Habitat, Square Foot Research, The Tampines Trilliant, Twin Waterfalls
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Posted Date: June 25, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Sheena Chua
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Experts: More cooling measures not likely
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Recent comments by National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan regarding the increasing number of shoebox apartments in the market, alongside rising suburban home prices, have heightened concerns that...
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Related Categories: Issues & Challenges, Market Reviews & Market Outlooks, Private Residential
Tags: ABSD, additional buyer’s stamp duty, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, cooling measures, Foreign buyers, Khaw Boon Wan, private housing prices in Singapore, private housing trends in Singapore, property cooling measures, rules and regulations, Shoebox Units, Singapore luxury property market, Singapore private housing market
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Posted Date: November 19, 2012 12:00 AM, By: Tia Tan
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Hong Kong's Cooling, but Singapore Remains Hot
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Despite the recent property cooling measures implemented in Hong Kong, the probability of foreign property investors changing their portfolios from Hong Kong to Singapore is very low, said experts.Bot...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: additional buyer’s stamp duty, cooling measures, foreign property, Hong Kong, investment, Private home prices
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Posted Date: January 10, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Tia Tan
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Private Residential Prices Exit 2012 on a High
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2012 ended with a bang for the private residential market as private homes reflected a record property price index of 211.9 points in the fourth quarter. This is according to preliminary numbers relea...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: additional buyer’s stamp duty, cooling measures, non-landed, private homes, private residential market, private residential properties, property price index, URA, urban redevelopment authority
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Posted Date: January 24, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Goh Junyi
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Locals Go Global in Light of Cooling Measures
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Properties overseas are already attracting the attention of Singaporean buyers after the seventh round of cooling measures were announced earlier this month.While showrooms for local condominiums repo...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: Battersea Power Station, condominiums, cooling measures, Knight Frank, Knight Frank research , overseas properties, overseas property exhibitions, TC Green, The Arc
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Posted Date: January 23, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Kayley Tan
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Khaw Boon Wan: Cooling Measures a Must
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According to National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan, about 200,000 residential units will be built by 2016. 80,000 of these would be private properties, 110,000 to be HDB units and 10,000 Executi...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: first-time property buyers, Ang Mo Kio, cooling measures, EC, Executive Condominiums, HDB, HDB units , housing loan, investment, Khaw Boon Wan, National Development Minister, Private Properties , property cooling measures, residential units, seven property cooling measures, stamp duty
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Posted Date: January 21, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Goh Junyi
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Good Class Bungalows: in a Resilient Class of Their Own
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Despite the recently announced
cooling measures, and the resulting slowdown in sales, good class bungalows
(GCBs) remain appealing to buyers, say property analysts.
This can be seen in the prices...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: Buyer Stamp Duty, buyer’s stamp duty, Chee Hoon Avenue, cooling measures, GCBs, Good Class Bungalows, URA, urban redevelopment authority
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Posted Date: January 18, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Tia Tan
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Cooling Measures to Cool COV
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Analysts expect an approximately 30% fall in the Cash-Over-Valuation (COV) of resale Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats after the imposition of the latest cooling measures on January 12.The imp...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: cooling measures, COV, HDB
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Posted Date: January 25, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Kayley Tan
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Gets Creative
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Developers are starting to think out of the box in the face of a quieter property market after the recent cooling measures. El Development, the developer behind the 810-unit La Fiesta at Sengkang...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: ABSD, Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty, cooling measures, developers, La Fiesta, Post cooling measures, property market trends, Sengkang
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Posted Date: January 25, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Kayley Tan
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Developers Embark on Discount Race
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Following the government’s new measures to cool the property market, developers have entered what resembles a discount race in hopes of enticing buyers to keep buying. The race started with Q Bay...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty, ABSD, cooling measures, D'Leedon, Far East Organisation, property market, PSF, Q Bay Residences, Seahill, The Seawind
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Posted Date: January 23, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Tia Tan
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Singapore Reflecting Hong Kong Property Trends
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both small and packed, resulting in homes that are built sky high, much like
the prices of the properties. Now, Singapore has another thing in common with
Hong Kong. – taxes. The recent coo...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates, Market Reviews & Market Outlooks
Tags: first-time buyers, cooling measures, foreign investment, foreign investors, Hong Kong, investments, property buyers, residential property market, Singapore
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Posted Date: January 29, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Kayley Tan
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Cooling Measures may Force Foreigners to Pack up and Leave
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Given the increase in the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) after the introduction of the seventh round of cooling measures, the number of foreigners purchasing private homes is likely to fall in t...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: ABSD, additional buyer’s stamp duty, cooling measures, foreigners, HDB flat, non-PR foreigners, private homes, private property investments, suburban
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Posted Date: January 28, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Kayley Tan
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Browsers, not Buyers
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Seemingly undeterred by the new cooling measures, throngs of people are still visiting the showflats of recently launched developments across the island.A closer inspection, however, revealed that mos...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: cooling measures, wait-and-see
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Posted Date: February 06, 2013 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com Singapore
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Couples “decouple” to avoid paying ABSD
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With the seventh round of property cooling measures rolled out a fortnight ago, it has caused some to shy away from property investment for the time being. However, those who are adamant in buying hav...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: ABSD, cooling measures
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Posted Date: February 18, 2013 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com Singapore
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2,013 new private homes snapped up in first month of 2013
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According to the latest data released by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), new private home sales surged 42.8% in January 2013, up from 1,410 units transacted in December 2012. The total ...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: cooling measures, developer sales, discounts, D'Leedon Residences, La Fiesta, Q Bay Residences, rebates, URA
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Posted Date: March 04, 2013 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com Singapore
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12 burning questions with Mr Rayney Wong
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Mr. Rayney Wong – a man of many credentials to his name. A lawyer who has been in practice since 1984, Rayney amasses almost 30 years of experience in the property field covering conveyancing law and ...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates, Home Services
Tags: affordability, BTO, capital upside, commercial shophouse, conveyancing law, cooling measures, debt servicing ratio, first-time homebuyer, HDB flats, litigation, loan-to-value, LTV ratio, rayney wong, rental yield, Vision Law LLC
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Posted Date: March 05, 2013 12:00 AM, By: Getty Goh
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Why the average Singaporean may not find the recent property measures effective
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In early Feb 2013, iProperty.com came out
with a Consumer Sentiment Survey. In the survey, one of the questions
asked was whether the Singapore government should take more active steps
to cool t...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: ABSD, assessed value, Budget 2013, consumer sentiment survey, cooling measures, Getty Goh, home upgraders, LTV ratio, parenthood priority scheme, Property Tax Act, URA PPPI, URA Property Price Index
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Posted Date: March 06, 2013 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com Singapore
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En Bloc: Ultra Mansion sold to Fantasia for $149 million
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An en bloc deal of $149.13 million was completed with the sale of Ultra Mansion, a 13-storey freehold development located about 500m away from Novena MRT station.Fantasia (Novena) Pte Ltd, a subsidiar...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: collective sale, cooling measures, developer sentiment, District 10, District 11, district 9, en bloc, rental yield, SGS, Ultra Mansion
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Posted Date: March 19, 2013 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com Singapore
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Property investment to rise in Singapore
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Based on the global investment outlook for 2013, Singapore expects to see a significant increase in investments in the property scene. On the whole, analysts expect to see a 15-20% increase in global ...
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Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates
Tags: capital gain, commercial properties, cooling measures, Euromoney Real Estate Awards, global investment, office market, The International Property Investment Trend
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