4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (755+ words) Expert takeaway: In a market where the HDB Resale Price Index has slipped for two consecutive quarters, pricing to the last 8 to 12 weeks of comparable transactions beats anchoring to a 2024 peak that no longer exists. Hold firm only when your…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (707+ words) Expert takeaway: Married Singapore Citizen couples upgrading from HDB to a private condo can reclaim the full 20% ABSD, but only if they sell their existing flat within six months of the new purchase. Miss that window and a six-figure refund…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (824+ words) Expert takeaway: On an HDB sale in 2026, you must refund every dollar of CPF you used plus 2.5% annually compounded accrued interest before a single dollar of cash reaches your bank account. That refund is your own retirement money moving back…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (899+ words) A 40-year-old HDB flat typically has around 59 years of lease left in 2026, which is still comfortably financeable, but every quarter you hold trims the lease and the pool of buyers who can pay you in full. The timing question is…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (602+ words) Expert takeaway: Singapore's landed segment has decoupled from the broader private market. URA data shows landed prices rose 2.5% in Q2 2026 to a record high even as non-landed prices dipped, and the 2025 surge in transaction value confirms this is conviction-driven demand for…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (715+ words) Expert takeaway: Buying a new launch condo under the Progressive Payment Scheme means you pay in stages as construction progresses, not all at once. Your heaviest outlay is front-loaded in the first two months and back-loaded at completion, so the…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (593+ words) Expert takeaway: A Frasers Property-led consortium's $2.128 billion top bid at $1,323 psf ppr for the Bayshore Drive mixed-use site is the highest land rate ever paid for a GLS plot outside the Core Central Region, cementing East Coast's transformation but also…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (780+ words) Expert takeaway: District 19 remains one of Singapore's most durable upgrader districts because it pairs dual-line and soon triple-line connectivity with pricing that still sits below core city-fringe addresses. The catch in 2026 is that new launches are pushing well past $2,000 psf,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (439+ words) Expert takeaway: The new launch condos H2 2026 Singapore pipeline is generous at around 3,550 units, but with price growth cooling to 0.5% in Q2 2026, the winning projects will be those priced with discipline rather than those with the flashiest addresses. Not every launch is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (831+ words) Expert takeaway: HDB resale prices have now dipped for two consecutive quarters, yet the index remains within a whisker of its all-time high. For most owners, the smarter question is not "has the market peaked?" but "does selling now fit…...