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Property Cooling Measures – 29 Sept 2022. What it could mean for Singapore’s property market

So on 29 Sept, the govt announced a series of cooling measures. During my around 6 years in the real estate industry, I would say this is cooling measure 3.5 and I have given a video sharing on two of them before: Video Sharing of Previous Cooling Measures:  15 Dec 2021 – https://youtu.be/J4zFq_Low18 5 July 2018

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Recession, higher interest rate, wars – Will we see a drastic dip in property prices?

Alot of readers/clients were asking me. “Derek, now there are talks about Recession, higher interest rate, wars /tensions, will we see a drastic drop in private property price?” Two of the world’s major financial crisis happened in 1997 (Asian Financial Crisis) and 2009 (Subprime crisis). If we used the Private Residential Property Price Index (PPI)

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Is Freehold really free to hold? A look at Singapore’s land rights and legislations

The short answer is a no – Because of the Land Acquisition Act that allows the State to acquire land for public or certain specific purposes. There have been challenges to reverse or to seek for a higher compensation – so here examine the history, case studies and some probable improvement that can be made.

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An EZ look at ECs – Past, Present, Future

Aug 18, 2022 – this blog entry is also a contribution to the SRI Insights article – https://sri.sg/insights/ “The [Executive Condominium] scheme has given Singaporeans a chance to buy a luxury “Lexus” at [Toyota] “Corolla” prices,” this was quoted by the then Minister of National Development, Mr Khaw Boon Wah, in the parliament. Executive Condominiums (ECs)

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Interview by Council Of Estate Agencies

Interview by Council of Estate Agencies  This article is extracted from Council of Estate Agencies blog – https://www.cea.gov.sg/news-publications/ceanergy-blog/industry-spotlight/a-boost-to-upskilling-with-the-skillsfuture-study-award —————————————————— Being in the real estate agency industry for close to five years, Derek reflected that it was the experience of purchasing his matrimonial home which led to his interest and eventual pursuit of a career in the

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3 KEY GOVERNMENT-LED INITIATIVES THAT MIGHT IMPACT YOUR HDB VALUE

4 key Government-led initatives that might impact your HDB resale value In 2021, resale HDB has risen 12.7% setting new record sales price and peaks across the Island. This results in the Ministry of National Development introducing property cooling measure on 29 Sept 2022.  However, there are some government-led initiatives that could bring about mid-to-long

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