Singapore Property Auctions for June 2011

June 19, 2011

These are all the Singapore property auctions for the month of June 2011 Colliers will be conducting their auction sale on the 22nd of June 2011 (Wed) Venue : Amara Hotel, Connection Room 1, Level 3 Time : 2.30 pm *All Owner’s Sale Download Collier’s June 2011 Auction List here. Jones Lang Lasalle will be [...]

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Win a Free PropertyGuru Analytics Account!

June 15, 2011

Hi fellow colleagues, I will be giving away ONE YEAR FREE PROPERTYGURU ANALYTICS subscription, courtesy of Benson Koh (that’s myself) worth S$380 to a lucky partner agent whom I’ll randomly ballot from the e-mail subscription below. NO GIMMICKS. Now of course, I’d have to sell a little on what you should be expecting in your [...]

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Propertyguru’s Analytics Reviewed

June 15, 2011

It has been awhile after my Streetsine review in August and September 2009, since then they have evolved pretty nicely as my “impress my clients” must-have tools which helped me save alot of time. Propertyguru’s Analytics isn’t new to the market (well, newer as compared to Streetsine, but it should have been around for almost [...]

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Eunosville HUDB Estate Privatised

June 1, 2011

View Larger Map Press release from HDB with regards to the privatisation of Eunosville, The Eunosville HUDC Estate has been converted into a strata-titled property under the Land Titles (Strata) Act, with effect from 1 June 2011. The Marine Parade Town Council will therefore cease its responsibility in the management and maintenance of the common [...]

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Foreign Buyers Hitting 16% of Transactions in 1st Quarter of 2011

May 26, 2011

Its no surprise that foreign buyers are the ones that is zapping up most of the properties in Singapore, allowing the figures to hit yet another height. The studies according to DTZ were recorded and reported in Straits Times today surprising previous average figure of 12% over 2010. FOREIGN home buyers snapped up 16 per [...]

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Prepare for Changes in Housing Policies

May 23, 2011

Newly sworn in Minister for National Development Mr. Khaw Boon Wan, former Health Minister who has replaced Mr. Mah Bow Tan has pledged in his final outgoing blog post as a Health Minister to make housing and HDB Singaporeans popular icon again. I am only driven by one thought: housing is one of the greatest [...]

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HDB Introduces New Resale Checklists For Both Buyers and Sellers

May 20, 2011

I thought it’ll be good if HDB actually announces this as part of their press release. On the 18th of May, HDB has revised the checklist for both buyers and sellers. For practicing agents, please use these forms with immediate effect. Resale Checklist for Buyers Resale Checklist for Housing Agent Engaged by Buyers For the [...]

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The Marq on Paterson Hill Achieves Highest Sale PSF

May 19, 2011

The news is out. The Marq on Paterson by SC Global has achieved the highest ever done pricing on per square foot level (psf) at $5,842, crossing the figure of $5,600 done by The Orchard Residences (Capitaland and Sun Hong Kai) in October 2007. The record breaking apartment in The Marq is a 4-bedroom that [...]

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Singapore Property Auctions for the Month of March 2011

March 16, 2011

Here’re the property auctions for the month of March 2011 in Singapore. Knight Frank Singapore will be having its monthly property auction on the 17th of March 2011 (Thursday) Details are not out yet

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URA Development Charges Revised Upwards For Most Groups

March 1, 2011

The development charges has been revised for the period of 1st March 2011 to 31st August 2011. The DC rates for Group A (Commercial) have increased by an average of 13%, with the largest increase of 29% in Sector 9 (Peck Seah Street / Maxwell Road / Anson Road area). For Group B1 {Residential (landed)} [...]

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