3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (684+ words) Expert takeaway: A resale condo that sits for five months is almost never a marketing problem. It is a pricing problem wearing a marketing costume, and in Singapore's flatter 2026 resale market the eventual correction usually costs the seller more than…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (738+ words) Start with the tax that drives the whole discussion. ABSD rates have been unchanged since 27 April 2023. Based on IRAS rates current to 2026: These are not the same thing, and conflating them is where couples get into trouble. Decoupling is the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (764+ words) The EC income ceiling did rise to $18,000 in 2026, but the headline hides the catch: not a single executive condominium a buyer can actually apply for today runs on that number. Every EC currently on sale, and every one launching in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (716+ words) Expert takeaway: With the HDB Resale Price Index down for a second straight quarter to 202.7 in Q2 2026, the winning HDB seller's pricing strategy in 2026 is no longer to chase the highest recent headline sale, but to anchor your asking price to…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (902+ words) The headline that will circulate is a soft one. Rents barely moved while empty units multiplied. But the vacancy number is the one worth staring at, because it is a forward indicator: when a larger share of completed homes sits…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (545+ words) Expert takeaway: For a $1.6 million condo in 2026, a first-time Singapore Citizen with no existing home loan needs roughly $449,600 upfront: a $400,000 down payment (25% of price) plus $49,600 in Buyer's Stamp Duty, before legal and valuation fees. Of that, at least $80,000 must be…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (808+ words) The Singapore collective sale market crossed the $1 billion mark within just four months of 2026, its strongest start since the 2017-2018 boom, and the revival is being led by freehold and city-fringe land rather than the mega-estates of old. But the headline…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (882+ words) Expert takeaway: The headline number when you sell your HDB flat is the resale price, but the figure that actually lands in your bank is far smaller once agent commission, legal fees, CPF refunds and any resale levy are stripped…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (970+ words) The Berlayar Drive GLS site delivered one of the more talked-about tender results of 2026, and not because of a bidding war. URA closed the tender at noon on 4 August 2026, and the outcome was a single bid that still rewrote the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (885+ words) Expert takeaway: Singapore private rents rose only 0.7% in Q2 2026 even though leasing volume jumped 5.1%, because demand was met by an even faster build-up of completed stock. The headline number hides a sharp regional split: prime CCR rents firmed while suburban OCR…...