by George Goh | Aug 14, 2022 | Financing, HDB, Investments
The Straits Times, 25 June 2022, Sat 5:00 AM By Chor Khieng Yuit SINGAPORE – Home buyers in Singapore can expect pricier mortgages as local banks have already begun to raise interest rates on loans for Housing Board (HDB) flats. The move follows a 75-basis-point...
by George Goh | Aug 14, 2022 | HDB
The Straits Times, 26 June 2022, Sun 1:00 PM By Jessie Lim SINGAPORE – Over the past five years, about 40 per cent of applicants invited to book a Build-To-Order (BTO) flat ended up declining the offer, meaning serious applicants still had a high chance of securing a...
by George Goh | Aug 14, 2022 | HDB, Investments
The Business Times, 23 June 2022, Thurs 5:01 PM GLOSSY, cosmopolitan Singapore is playing host to a very unusual balancing act. The city is one of Asia’s most expensive property markets — and at the same time, boasts one of the highest home ownership rates in the...
by George Goh | Aug 14, 2022 | Private Property
The Business Times, 23 June 2022, Thurs 10:49 PM By Kalpana Rashiwala TRANSACTIONS have fallen dramatically in the Good Class Bungalow (GCB) market, amid a widening buyer-seller price gap, coupled with weak sentiment in recent months from the stock market,...
by George Goh | Aug 14, 2022 | Financing, Investments
The Business Times, 21 June 2022, Tues 7:13 PM By Leslie Yee A BIG winner from the sale of the strata-held freehold Tanglin Shopping Centre for S$868 million that was announced early this year is City Developments (CDL), which owns 34.6 per cent of the share value and...
