“Calin, our flat can sell for $650,000. So we’ll have about $500,000 to put into the condo, right?” I wish I could say yes every time. (I am a human too, I like giving good news.) But the truth is,…
“Calin, I’m moving overseas for work. Can I just rent out my flat?” “We’ve bought our new condo. Should we sell the old place, or keep it and collect rent?” I hear some version of this every few weeks. And…
Back in August I wrote about the higher income ceilings for BTO flats and ECs. In that piece I mentioned, almost in passing, that the EC rules had been tightened a few months earlier. Several readers asked me to explain those…
Readers will know that industrial property is a part of my work that I enjoy very much. So when a freehold industrial project launches in MacPherson, I pay close attention. Generations @ Tannery sold out completely. All 54 production units…
Sell First or Buy First : Of all the questions I get asked, this one comes up the most. Usually within the first fifteen minutes of sitting down with a client. : “Calin, should I sell my place first, or…
My phone started buzzing this evening, and for once it was not about interest rates. It was mothers. Three of them, within the same hour, all asking me some version of the same question : “Calin, I heard the P1…
The call usually comes a few months after the funeral. By then the family has got through the wake, the paperwork at the bank, the difficult business of clearing out a wardrobe. And then somebody opens a letter, or a…
Every year I watch the National Day Rally with one ear on the television and one eye on my phone, because I know that by the time it ends, my messages will be full of clients asking “Calin, does this…
There is a question I get asked more and more these days, usually in a slightly worried voice: “Calin, my flat is quite old already. Is it going to be worth nothing?” It is a fair question. Singapore’s housing stock is…
Every now and then, a piece of industry news comes along that I feel my clients should know about — not because it changes what you can buy or sell, but because it changes what you can expect from the…