by George Goh | Jun 5, 2022 | HDB
Homeownership: Buying a BTO flat is the optimal choice The Business Times, 2 May 2022, Mon 11:00 pm By Leslie Yee SECURING a build-to-order (BTO) HDB flat is not easy. For 4-room units in non-mature estates, the application rate can exceed 3 times, and the...
by George Goh | Jun 5, 2022 | HDB, Private Property
Home prices, rental rates likely to keep rising amid construction cost pressures The Straits Times, 4 May 2022, Wed By Kok Yufeng An extra $2 million: that is how much main contractor Unison Construction has forked out in the past two years to meet the soaring cost of...
by George Goh | May 8, 2022 | Collective Sale
The Business Times, 27 Apr 2022, Wed 3:27 pm By Vivienne Tay A FREEHOLD land parcel on Devonshire Road in District 9, with approval for hotel use, is being put on the market again, at an indicative price of S$50 million this time. The site, currently vacant land...
by George Goh | May 8, 2022 | Collective Sale
The Business Times, 27 Apr 2022, Wed 10:19 pm By Lisa Kriwangko MORE than 80 per cent of Golden Mile Complex owners have agreed to a collective sale at S$700 million, which is lower than its original S$800 million reserve price. The offer was made by a consortium...
by George Goh | May 8, 2022 | Collective Sale
The Business Times, 26 Apr 2022, Tue 11:16 am By Helene Tian A BLOCK of 7 adjoining 3-storey conservation shophouses in Chinatown and a prime freehold site near Orchard Road have been put on the market for S$110 million and S$76 million respectively. If sold at S$110...
by George Goh | May 8, 2022 | HDB
The Straits Times, 26 Apr 2022, Tue By Isabelle Liew Around 1,600 new Housing Board flats will be built on a 10ha site in Farrer Park, and be integrated with sports and recreational facilities including a new sports centre. The Build-To-Order (BTO) projects will...
by George Goh | May 8, 2022 | Investments
The Business Times, 25 Apr 2022, Mon 7:42 pm By Raphael Lim APAC REALTY is set to have a new majority shareholder, with a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) agreeing to acquire a 59.8 per cent stake in the company from an entity controlled by...
by George Goh | Apr 11, 2022 | Collective Sale
The Straits Times, 28 Mar 2022, Mon 6:04 pm By Grace Leong Telok Blangah House, a freehold mixed-use development located near Vivo City, was put up for collective sale via tender on Monday (March 28) at a guide price of $98 million. This comes after more than 80 per...
by George Goh | Apr 3, 2022 | Investments
The Business Times, 26 Mar 2022, Sat 5:50 am By Fiona Lam & Nisha Ramchandani SINGAPORE’S residential leasing market is not likely to see a major impact when the land border with Malaysia reopens further, although the increase in arrivals and departures...
by George Goh | Apr 3, 2022 | HDB
The Straits Times, 26 Mar 2022, Sat 5:00 am By Michelle Ng The move to allow home owners constrained by the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) to sell their units back to the Housing Board would level the playing field for sellers, said property analysts, though the big...
