4+ day, 17+ 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…...

5+ day, 11+ 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, 2+ day ago   (803+ words) Expert takeaway: A stalled condo listing in 2026 is usually a pricing and presentation problem, not a broken market. Resale volume rose 18.2% quarter-on-quarter to 3,813 deals in Q2 2026, so buyers are active. They are simply refusing to overpay for units that are mispriced,…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (882+ words) Two friends bought identical unit types, the same 3-bedroom layout, at the same new launch on the same weekend. Five years on, one walked away with roughly $180,000 more. The project did not make the difference. Their choices inside it did. This…...

2+ week, 1+ day 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…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (865+ words) GFA harmonisation did not make new condos more expensive overnight. It changed what counts as saleable space, so post-2023 units look smaller and pricier per square foot even when the total cost and usable space are broadly comparable to older…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1379+ words) For the first time in seven years, the income ceiling has moved. For a whole band of dual-income couples who were quietly priced out of subsidised housing by their own pay increments, this is the single most meaningful housing announcement…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (755+ words) Expert takeaway: In a market where the HDB Resale Price Index has slipped for two consecutive quarters, pricing to the last 8 to 12 weeks of comparable transactions beats anchoring to a 2024 peak that no longer exists. Hold firm only when your…...