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The EC Income Ceiling Goes to S$18,000 — But Canberra Drive Buyers Won't Feel It Until 2028
Raising the Executive Condo income ceiling widens the buyer pool for three land parcels that haven't even been tendered yet — and those same parcels carry the tightest EC rules ever written.
8 Thomson Lane: The S$578 Million Headline Is Barely Half the Land Bill
Sustained Land's joint venture paid S$578 million for the Thomson Lane site — but an estimated S$436 million Land Betterment Charge is what actually sets the price floor for this District 11 condo.
731 Homes in July, 482 From Two Projects: Dunearn House and Lentor Gardens Residences Are Doing the Market's Work
Singapore's July developer sales rebound was manufactured by a launch calendar, not a change of heart among buyers — and the standing inventory numbers prove it.
Hong Heng Garden's S$130 Million Question: The Site Across the Road Already Tried This
Hong Heng Garden at 33 Sembawang Road is asking S$1,128 psf ppr for a freehold plot in Springleaf — three years after the freehold block opposite failed to find a buyer at a higher rate.
VERS at 65%: Singapore Just Set a Consent Threshold for Private En Bloc. The Hard Part for Old HDB Flats Is the Price.
The Land Titles (Strata) (Amendment) Bill's 65% threshold for 60-year-old developments is being read as a template for VERS — but a vote is only as valuable as the offer it accepts.
Orchard Boulevard and Marina Gardens Lane: The Analysts Disagree by 24%, and That Gap Is the Real Story
URA's two prime Government Land Sales tenders close two weeks apart in October — and the published bid forecasts are so far apart that the tenders themselves, not the commentary, will set the price of central Singapore land.
The 35% Rule: Singapore's New En Bloc Bill Makes Starting a Collective Sale Harder Than Finishing One
Everyone is reading the headline numbers — 70% and 65%. The number that will actually decide which ageing condos sell is the one at the front of the process, not the end.
Zion Road Cleared, Upper Thomson Didn't: URA's Long-Stay Serviced Apartment Pilot Has a Location Problem
Three government sites tested the SA2 long-stay category. Only the prime one drew a bid — and that tells private landlords more about their own rental income than any index does.
Orchard Boulevard and Marina Gardens Lane: The State Just Set the Price Every En Bloc Seller Has to Beat
URA has put two prime 99-year plots on the market with tenders closing in October — and their bids, not the new en bloc consent thresholds, will decide which ageing estates actually sell.
Condo to HDB, No Waiting: The Squeeze Now Lands on 5-Room and Executive Flats
The removal of the 15-month wait-out period does not release demand evenly — it channels well-capitalised private sellers into the one slice of HDB stock that the incoming MOP wave replenishes least.
City Plaza's $970 Million En Bloc: The Price Never Moved. The Mandate Did.
Eight years, three attempts and the same guide price as 2021 — what finally changed at City Plaza was consent and planning clarity, not the number.
The 70% En Bloc Rule: What Falling Consent Thresholds Really Do to Pine Grove-Era Estates
A Bill tabled on Aug 4 would cut the collective sale consent bar to 70% for developments aged 40 to 59 and 65% for those 60 and older — a narrow reform with concentrated consequences.