Three of the feuding families have moved out
THREE of the original seven feuding families on the now infamous Everitt Road have moved out and since then life has been more peaceful. The Chan family at 130B, who are at the centre of the dispute,...
View Article2 GCBs at Queen Astrid Park to be auctioned
Two good class bungalows (GCBs) at Queen Astrid Park will be auctioned together by TM Asia Life Singapore as part of its plan to dispose of non-core assets. ‘We are seeking offers in excess of $36...
View ArticleNew terraced house in Serangoon Gardens crosses $900 psf
Last month, more than 20 landed homes in Serangoon Gardens and Lorong Chuan areas changed hands, according to URA Realis database of caveats lodged. From July 24 to 31 alone, contracts were signed for...
View ArticleMerchant Sq, Katong bungalows up for sale
MERCHANT Square in the Clemenceau Avenue area and four freehold strata bungalows at Bournemouth Road in the Katong locale are among the latest offerings in the property investment sales market. The...
View ArticleDeals stay hot on bungalow fever
Good times continue to roll for the Good Class Bungalow (GCB) market, with some high-profile business personalities involved in the latest transactions. They include palm oil giant Wilmar...
View ArticleThe growing GCB market
Prices have more than doubled over the last decade PRICES of good class bungalows (GCBs) have picked up strongly since early this year, topping prices fetched in the last property peak in 2007. GCBs...
View ArticleLanded homes the way to go
Buyers took advantage of lower prices, which have corrected by some 20 to 30% from the peak, and low interest rates to buy their dream landed homes A HOME these days has become more of a lifestyle...
View ArticleSome choice locations for landed homes
West Coast/Pasir Panjang NOT only is this area close to institutions of higher learning, such as The National University of Singapore, it is just 15 to 20 minutes’ drive to the CBD. The opening of...
View ArticleSingapore Property : Ardmore Park sales cross $3,000 psf
A bungalow on Chatsworth Park with a 43,497 sq ft area was sold for $37.5 million. View PDF Version Done Deals The luxury residential segment is starting to see prices inch back to peak levels...
View ArticleParadise Island prices back to 2007 peak
Interest in waterfront homes at Sentosa Cove seems to have returned in recent months, as the opening of Resorts World at Sentosa looms. Since the beginning of November, a total of six properties —...
View ArticleStraits Trading Company to develop 12 bungalows at Chancery Lane
The property unit of Straits Trading Company will be developing a cluster of freehold bungalows at the prime Chancery Lane area as the mainboard-listed company is acquiring the original developer,...
View ArticleSTC takes over Chancery Five project
THE Straits Trading Company (STC) is taking over a private developer and its cluster bungalow project at Chancery Lane. It said on Monday that it would pay an aggregate of some $13.9 million for the...
View ArticleBlack & white financial district
one-north site may turn into hedge-fund capital THE cluster of 16 black-and-white bungalows in Buona Vista was once home to British troops stationed in colonial Singapore. But the rustic area, called...
View ArticleEx-British army homes may become S’pore hedge-fund hub
NEW LEASE OF LIFE The bungalows, formerly housing British army personnel, are near to Biopolis SINGAPORE is planning to create its own hedge-fund capital modelled after Greenwich, Connecticut, in a...
View ArticleSome maids double as ‘hostel manager’ or ‘concierge’
DOMESTIC helpers or hostel managers? When it comes to some maids working in several private houses surrounding the Mt Elizabeth Hospital, the distinction is often not so clear. One such maid, who gave...
View ArticleHomes double as hostels for medical tourists
Homes near Orchard Rd hospital found illegally offering budget lodging to patients, travellers Tourists entering a terrace house along Jalan Elok. At least eight houses within a two-minute walk of Mt...
View ArticleLanded homes: Lure of scarcity
With relatively few landed home launches, buyers are always keen on older houses in the resale market, writes HAN HUAN MEI WHEN private home prices made their sterling recovery in the second half of...
View ArticleTerrace housing development gets BCA Green Mark Platinum award
A terrace housing development in Serangoon Gardens has become the first landed residential estate to achieve the Building and Construction Authority’s (BCA’s) top-tier Green Mark Platinum award....
View Article3 landed properties at Amber Rd up for sale by tender
Three adjoining landed properties at Amber Road in the East Coast district have been put up for sale by tender. Marketing agent Credo Real Estate said the three plots of land are owned by separate...
View ArticleGCB market perking up after sluggish 2012 start
The Good Class Bungalow (GCB) market showed improved performance in Q2 2012 following an initial slowdown in Q1 due to the introduction of the additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) which was launched...
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