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Pinnacle@Duxton five-room flat reportedly hits record $1.72 million
A home on floors 19 to 21 reportedly beat a higher-floor neighbour’s record just 16 days later.
HDB reviews scheme behind S$2.18m Telok Blangah jumbo-flat listing
Two adjoining three-room flats became one 1,465 sq ft home—and prompted a review of the conversion route.
How Tampines GreenOpal’s Builder Recovered Three Months Above an MRT Tunnel
Vico made crucial steel cages in-house and changed its roof-building method to keep 1,070 flats moving.
Inside MacPherson Weave: English classes, painting robots and an award
Hi-Tek paired construction automation with evening language lessons while navigating rail tunnels and flight restrictions.
Garden Waterfront II points to a more scalable BTO building model
The Tengah testbed reports stronger site productivity, but no proven premium in flat value, quality or completion time.
When a New HDB Flat’s Co-owners Cannot Agree
Before the MOP ends, eligibility, HDB approval and financing determine the available exit—not an assumed resale gain.
After the Fed Hike, Which Singapore Mortgages Need Attention?
Review SORA exposure, reset dates and switching costs before deciding whether a new mortgage package truly helps.
Seven HDB flats sit behind the 161 alleged database accesses
No property record change has been established; the central issue is control of privileged housing data.
Can a Four-Room BTO Properly Accommodate Live-In Help?
Three bedrooms can already be fully claimed by family life. Suitable worker accommodation must be planned as a core use of space.
Lower en-bloc thresholds give older condos a new route—but HDB needs a different renewal model
The reform reduces the majority needed to sell ageing private developments. It changes owners’ bargaining power, not project economics, and leaves the harder questions of HDB consent, compensation and rehousing unanswered.
Painting Tampines Street 45’s red-brick façades demands a clearer repair case
Recurring seepage gives the town council a strong reason to act. But owners still need to know whether the proposed coating accompanies root-cause repairs—and what will be lost when a defining HDB finish disappears.
Pinnacle@Duxton’s $1.701m Sale Breaks Its Record From 15 Storeys Lower
The five-room deal raises the estate’s ceiling without taking Singapore’s national HDB crown. Its real message is that, in a rare central project, buyers price the whole home—not height alone.