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Today is the 4th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, the holiday seems to zip past really fast, but the real estate market isn’t snoozing at all, unlike some of my colleagues (who are still in the holiday mood), developers – Far East Organization (in collaboration with) Fraser Centerpoint Homes developing the final [...]
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Frivolous complaints made to CEA
Posted by Agent Tay on January 24th, 2011
When I read this article in the Today Newspaper, I felt that I really need to quote this entire article word-for-word. Let me hear what you guys think about it. Hope to hear your views about this. Quoted from TodayOnline – [click here to see original article] by Ong Dai Lin, published 24 Jan 2011 [...]
Holland Tower up for en bloc sale
Posted by Agent Tay on January 24th, 2011
Located at Holland Heights, in a good class bungalow area, but this condo has a height of 11 stories. The 21,879 sq ft site, zoned for ‘residential’ use, sits within the Holland Park Good Class Bungalow Area. Marketed by JLL, we hope to see what becomes of this sale, considering all the cooling measures that [...]
China to expand property controls: report
Posted by Agent Tay on January 23rd, 2011
Quoting from AFP: BEIJING — China is to expand its limits on property purchases to second and third-tier cities, a report aid Sunday, as it steps up efforts to cool its real estate market. Authorities have drawn up a list of cities that will have to implement the limits, the Chongqing Evening News quoted an [...]
Emerging markets for Real Estate Investments
Posted by Agent Tay on January 23rd, 2011
Without a doubt undervalued property (perceived or actual) is always a preferred choice of real estate investment for all savvy real estate investors. Emerging markets in developing countries have always been a lure for the savvy investor that is by no means risk averse, where sometimes information is not readily available except privy to the privileged and [...]
Tags: Lakeside city centre in Jurong
Posted by Agent Tay on January 23rd, 2011
Though not new stuff, but rather rehashed, reminded with further details added is the new jurong lakeside improvements, making it the business hub of the west (similar to what has been created in Tampines). Calling it the “Remaking Our Heartland” programme, though I find the naming of the “programme” a trifling corny, but I do [...]
New North South expressway boon for many, bane for few
Posted by Agent Tay on January 20th, 2011
When the news broke, many disbelieved it to be some prank, but rumours started 2 years ago that the government may acquire land in the Marymount Terrace area to make way for a new highway. Residences in Marymount Terrace woke up when they received official notices on Wednesday morning giving them till January 2013 to [...]
Property market not cooling – sales of Waterline and Lakefront Residences very active
Posted by Agent Tay on November 23rd, 2010
The sales of recently launched Waterline – by Sim Lian Group in Tampines Ave 1, and Lakefront Residences located near Lakeside MRT (Lakeside Drive), has been good (if not excellent). Both sales were quite well done before its official launch day. The sales figures surprised observers as well as some market analysts, that feel the [...]
Hot Investment Done Deals
Posted by Agent Tay on August 3rd, 2010
Just like Katie Perry’s California girls, our property market is pretty hot. Or like Katie Perry, our property is hot. But lets not digress from this thread. Park Regis hotel at New Market Street/Merchant Road near the Singapore River, which is said to have been sold for $218 million to Indonesian mining magnate Yusuf Merukh. On a [...]
New Property Tax in China For Real?
Posted by Agent Tay on August 2nd, 2010
If you do not know what I am talking about, you must be confused by the headline. The deal with the new property tax is this – China will impose an additional 1% property tax on properties that are 3 times more than the average market price. This is Baloney in my view. Its so [...]
