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If you’re making the big step to upgrade from an HDB flat to a condo, it pays to know the finer details. Here’s what you’ll have to go through, depending on whether you sell-then-buy, or buy-then-sell: Key highlights If a condo is bought before the HDB flat is sold, Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) must
Introduction: End of An Era of Cheap This is already old news – the US Fed raised rates again, as anticipated, on 14th June 2017, bringing the target rate to 1.25%. They are expected to raise again to 1.4% in the second half of the year, and then to 2.1% in 2018. We also saw
In recent years, Singaporeans have been one of the biggest buyers of London properties, favouring new-built and luxury flats. Due to its stable residential development and a naturally competitive market, London continues to be a safe haven for smart property investors. Despite recent challenges and Brexit, investor sentiment towards real estate investment still remains positive.
Properties have life cycles, just like us. We know that property prices are largely driven by demand and supply. Today as we examine the correlation between the price and age of a property, we exclude external influences like demand, supply, inflation, immigration policies, infrastructure changes, etc. Let’s look at the profile of a typical 99-year
Singaporeans prefer purchasing properties as investments. Just take a look at the real estate market, and you’ll see all those new condo units sell like crazy. However, you don’t have to buy physical properties to invest in real estate, the alternative being to invest in REITs. A REIT stands for Real Estate Investment Trust and
In recent years, there has been an increasing trend in banks coming up with their own deposit-pegged mortgage rates (DPMR). DBS was first in the DPMR playing field, introducing the 18-month Fixed-Deposit Home Rate (18M FHR) back in June 2014. About a year and a half later, at the end of 2015, OCBC presented the