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Punggol East’s riverfront is turning residential—but 8,000 homes are not yet approved
Tenancy expiries make the 25ha redevelopment credible. For owners and buyers, the unanswered questions about tenure, timing and site design matter more than its theoretical capacity.
High Point’s unchanged S$580 million price puts Orchard redevelopment risk back on trial
The sixth collective-sale attempt preserves owners’ expectations for the Mount Elizabeth site. It also exposes the harder question left by the previous failed campaign: whether a developer can make the numbers work.
Yishun 10’s 110-home replacement will intensify the MRT hub, not transform the whole estate
The confirmed mixed-use redevelopment puts private housing on an exceptionally connected parcel. Its larger consequence is a denser Yishun Central—not a town-wide property price reset.
Martin Modern and Wallich Residence Lead First Auction of Homes Forfeited in S$3 Billion Case
Ten confirmed units, priced from S$2.238 million to S$6.78 million, will test demand in two distinct prime-city markets—but guide prices are not proof of forced-sale bargains.
New Upper Changi Road’s S$1,537 psf ppr bid signals conviction — not yet a land award
The UOL–CapitaLand Development–SingLand consortium has outbid three rivals for the Bedok parcel. Its unusually wide lead matters, but it does not confirm launch prices or an estate-wide uplift.
80 Forfeited Homes in Nine Months: The S$3 Billion Auction Will Reset Sentosa Cove and District 9 Prices
From 7 September, the state begins selling more than 80 properties seized in Singapore's S$3 billion money laundering case — and in thin luxury sub-markets, that is enough to rewrite the comparables.
6.66% There, 1.4% Here: The Number That Actually Sizes Your Singapore Home Loan Is 4.00%
US 30-year mortgages are stuck above 6.5%, but Singapore borrowers are quoted fixed packages from around 1.4% — and neither figure decides how much a bank will lend you.
Maju Forest and Gillman Barracks: Fewer Homes Is Now the Stated Price of Keeping the Trees
The state has put the housing-versus-greenery trade-off on the record for two named sites — and the Dover Forest precedent shows exactly how that compromise plays out for buyers.
The $29,000 Median: What Property Agents Actually Earn, and Why It Decides How Your Home Gets Sold
Half of Singapore's active agents took home under $60,000 in gross commission last year — and that arithmetic, not the headline 2 per cent, is what shapes the marketing behind your listing.
The S$5.5 Million Deal That Stalled: Why Singapore Buyers Sign the OTP Before Anyone Reads the Title
Singapore's conveyancing sequence puts binding money on the table weeks before the searches come back — and in a market growing 1.4% a year, that ordering error is expensive.
CEA's Minimum Transaction Rule Starts in 2027. No Agent Loses a Licence Until 2029.
The three-deals-in-three-years bar is real, but the first cut-off falls on 31 December 2029 — which means for the next three years, vetting your agent is still your job.
China's US$148 Billion Lease Expiry Problem — And What Geylang Lorong 3 Already Settled
Beijing is only now writing the rules for expiring land leases. Singapore wrote them decades ago, tested them in 2020, and prices them into every 99-year transaction.