Toa Payoh Hillside BTO site next to Caldecott MRT on HDB’s Toa Payoh map

Toa Payoh Hillside BTO (Caldecott): What HDB Has Confirmed So Far

Short answer: Toa Payoh Hillside is the new BTO project next to Caldecott MRT station. HDB plans about 1,600 flats, […]

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HDB to condo is it worth the upgrade

HDB to condo: is upgrading worth it, and is your window closing?

The short answer Upgrading from HDB to condo is one of the biggest money decisions your family will make. Upgrading […]

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The 1km P1 Trap: What D13 Property Buyers Get Wrong About School Distance

Two D13 addresses. Both listed as “near a primary school.” Similar price range. One sits within 1km of a school […]

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Line chart of five Lentor condo projects from 2021 to 2023 showing the land price developers paid falling while the launch price buyers paid held steady and then rose.

How to Know if a New Launch is Overpriced, Before the Agent Tells You

My niece is seventeen. She was scrolling Instagram at my place last weekend and stopped on a new launch ad. […]

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Stat graphic showing HDB flats with unlucky addresses like number 4 sell for 1.3% less, lucky addresses sell for 1.9% more, a $17,000 difference on a $1.3M flat

Does Number 4 Really Make Your HDB Flat Sell for Less?

A buyer once asked me, half joking, whether I’d knock $20,000 off a unit because it was #04-104. I wasn’t […]

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Infographic showing how Singapore's land is used: 8% public housing, 7% private housing, 13% industry, 14% parks and nature, 58% everything else. Public housing houses 80% of the population on just 8% of the land, while private housing houses 20% on 7%.

5 Singapore Property Myths, Busted By Real Numbers (And One Thing I Caught an AI Making Up)

Housing takes up only 15% of all the land in Singapore. HDB uses 8% of that to house 8 out […]

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