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Kallang Distripark faces a steeper price for residential uplift
A 3.4% national rise conceals increases of more than 20% in parts of Kallang. The change targets additional development value, not the routine ownership of an existing home.
July condo resale dip exposes a widening central–suburban divide
A 0.4% monthly decline signals softer conditions in central and compact-home segments, but rising non-Central prices and revisable flash data argue against declaring a broad correction.
Cuppage Terrace gives Frasers control of a bigger Orchard Road puzzle
The S$175 million acquisition joins a strategic cluster around The Centrepoint and 51 Cuppage Road. It creates scope for coordinated renewal—but confirms neither redevelopment nor new homes.
Gilstead Court’s $198m En Bloc Bid Runs Into a Small-Site Problem
The freehold site’s land rate looks competitive beside nearby government plots. Its estimated 98-home redevelopment yield makes the economics considerably less straightforward.
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.
S$1.12M at Centrale 8 Tampines: The DBSS Record Is a Bet on Square Feet, Not the Address
A high-floor five-room flat at Block 519B has set a new Tampines benchmark — but at S$963 psf it is cheaper per square foot than DBSS deals in Pasir Ris and Boon Keng, which tells you exactly what the buyer paid for.
Sin Ming and Lorong 4 Toa Payoh: HDB Is Pouring Concrete on Flats You Can't Apply For Until 2027
Two brownfield sites — 1,076 units in Bishan, 193 in Toa Payoh — are already under construction, and the variable that will decide what they're worth hasn't been announced yet.
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.
Neptune Court and the 100% Rule: Singapore's En Bloc Bill Opens a Door That Was Bolted Shut
The Land Titles (Strata) (Amendment) Bill 2026 finally brings long-leasehold non-strata estates into the collective sale regime — but consent was never the reason deals died.
Promenade Peak Is Ripping Out a Transfer Slab. Woh Hup Pays. The 596 Buyers Wait.
A failed concrete transfer slab at the 63-storey River Valley tower is being demolished and recast — and the episode is a live test of what buyers of uncompleted condos actually own before handover.
The Community Relations Unit Goes Islandwide on Sept 1 — And Refusing Mediation Now Costs S$1,500
Singapore's neighbour dispute unit leaves Tampines with statutory teeth, and for the first time the framework reaches private estates as well as HDB blocks.
Vela Bay Sets the $1.38M Floor — But Narra Residences and Lentor Gardens Hold the Real Inventory
The cheapest new launch condo in Singapore right now is a six-unit rounding error; the developer balance units that will actually shape prices sit in Dairy Farm Walk and Lentor Hills.