Advantage of Having An Exclusive Agent To Market Your Property

January 5, 2010

Ah, I’ll have critics soon for blunting the reasons of getting simply one property agent to do your marketing. Let’s see the disadvantage of awarding an exclusive and advantage of doing so.
Disadvantages of Engaging an Exclusive Property Agent
You have gotten yourself an unethical agent
He appears eloquent, looks capable and has good product knowledge to win [...]

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Frequently Ask Questions about Sentosa Cove Homes

January 2, 2010

Mention to friends about staying in Sentosa Cove and they will prick their ears and start asking what’s so exotic and why people are staying in an island away from the main buzzling city.
“Why do you want to buy Sentosa’s The Coast? Pricing can get you a much bigger unit in River Valley. Freehold [...]

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HDB Annual Value Raised

November 19, 2009

IRAS will raise the annual value of HDB flats with effect from 1st January 2010.

AV increase for HDB flats
IRAS reviews the AVs of all properties, including HDB flats, annually to ensure that they reflect prevailing market rental values for the purpose of determining property tax.
The last AV revision for HDB flats was however done [...]

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The Parisian Site At Anguila Park Sold for S$283M

October 23, 2009

And another piece of land was sold. The parcel where The Parisian was formerly sitting has been sold for S$283M.
The deal was brokered by CB Richard Ellis and was sold to China Sonangol Land, part of China Sonangol international holding company in Hong Kong.
Oversesa Union Enterprise (OUE) formerly bought the site through a collective sale [...]

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Colliers Singapore Property Auction – 28th October 2009

October 23, 2009

Collier’s will be holding their October property auction on 28th this month,
Date : 28th October 2009 (Friday)
Venue : The Amara Hotel, Connection Room, Level 3
Time [...]

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Large Freehold Condo Site Off Sims Avenue Sold at $158 Million

October 22, 2009

It may even be the largest freehold residential site sold since two years ago.

Credo has successfully brokered a piece of land size of 207,000sqft through private treaty off Sims Avenue (towards the end of Jalan Senang and Lengkong Tujuh) to Hoi Hup & Sunway Group of Malaysia at $158 Million dollars.
That works out to [...]

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Dragon Mansion En Bloc Sees Offer

October 21, 2009

Dragon Mansion was the first project to have attempted en bloc in 2009 and they seem to be having a decent result from it.
Roxy-Pacific has agreed to acquire the site at Spottiswoode Park, but at a price below the estate’s original reserved asking price of $120 million (1,020psf ppr). The developer has offered $100.8 million [...]

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Knight Frank Singapore Property Auction – 22nd October 2009

October 20, 2009

Knight Frank is having its property auction on the 22nd October 2009 (Thurs)
Date : 22 October 2009, Thursday
Venue : Amara Hotel, Connection Room 1, Level 3
Time : 11.00 am
Anything Interesting?
A piece of residential freehold land at Truro Road (off Cambridge Road). It yields 14,760sqft in size, 1.4 plot ratio (20,664sqft in GFA) and is available [...]

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DTZ Singapore Property Auction – 21st October 2009

October 20, 2009

DTZ is having their property auction tomorrow at the Amara Hotel, Room 1 Level 3 at 2.30pm.

Date:
21st October 2009 (Wednesday)
Venue:
The Amara Hotel Singapore, Connection Room 1, Level 3
Time:
02:30 PM
Anything Interesting?
It might be the first time I have seen a HDB apartment being sold in an Auction (for sale [...]

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Laguna Park En Bloc Tender Unsuccessful

October 16, 2009

Laguna Park’s en bloc tender results are unsuccessful, according to Channel News Asia.
There were two interested party in the exercise bid, namely a local company which comprises of shareholders from Indonesia and a prominent local developer.
Credo, the appointed agency for Laguna’s en bloc project gave a brief breakdown of the two parties. The local company [...]

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