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28 Jul 2026

The 15-Month Wait-Out Is Gone. Here's What It Actually Changes.

On 28 July 2026, the 15-month wait-out for private owners buying non-subsidised HDB resale flats was removed — with immediate effect. Here's the calculation behind the headline...

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28 Jul 2026

CEA's New Rules Take Effect January 2027. Read Them as a Consumer, Not Just an Agent.

Licence validity jumps to three years, but a new Currency Requirement means agents must complete at least one transaction a year to keep it...

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28 Jul 2026

ABSD Timelines Just Got Longer for Mega En Bloc Sites. Here's Why It Matters to Owners.

Developers taking on large-scale collective sales now get six to seven years before the ABSD clawback bites — up from 5.5...

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27 Jul 2026

The Supply Wave to 2028: 13,500 → 19,500 MOP Flats. Plan Your Timeline Against It.

Almost every policy move in 2026 makes sense once you look at the supply schedule. If you are planning a sale, a purchase, or an upgrade...

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26 Jul 2026

SORA at 1.12%. The Cheapest Loan Isn't Always the Right One — Here's the Calculation.

Three-month compounded SORA sat near 1.12% in July 2026, down from a peak around 3% in early 2025. If you are still on a rate set in 2023, you are paying for a market that no longer exists...

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25 Jul 2026

491 Million-Dollar Flats in One Quarter — While the Index Fell. Read the Divergence.

Q2 2026 set a record for million-dollar HDB transactions in the same quarter the Resale Price Index posted its second consecutive decline...

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25 Jul 2026

Office and Retail: Rents Up, Vacancy Up. Why Both Numbers Rose Together.

URA's Q2 2026 commercial statistics show rents rising and vacancy rising at the same time in both office and retail. That is not a contradiction...

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24 Jul 2026

Q2 2026: Private Up 0.5%, HDB Down 0.3%. This Is a Two-Speed Market.

Averages hide the real story — landed led at +2.6%, OCR dipped on one dominant launch, and HDB million-dollar flats hit a record share...

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22 Jul 2026

Industrial Q2 2026: Prices +0.6%, Rents +0.5%, Occupancy 89.1%. The Quiet Compounder.

Industrial property does not generate headlines. It generates rent. Here is where the JTC numbers stand in Q2 2026...

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20 Jul 2026

The EC Reset: 10-Year MOP, No DPS, 90% First-Timer Quota. Recalculate Your Progression.

Announced 8 May 2026 and described by MND as the most significant revision to the EC scheme since 2013...

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08 May 2026

The New EC Ruling Just Changed the Game — Here's What It Means for You

Five years became ten. The old shortcut to private property is gone. If you were counting on an Executive Condominium as your stepping stone, the math you ran last year no longer applies.

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2026

Why the Heartland Is Leading Singapore's Private Market

Mass-market condos in the OCR are outpacing the prime districts — and that shift matters for every upgrader.

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2026

HDB Resale Prices Dip for the First Time in Seven Years

A marginal 0.1% drop — but the signal beneath it matters more than the number.

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2026

Where Home Loan Rates Sit in 2026 — and the Refinancing Window

Rates have settled well below their 2023 peak. For many owners, that's an opportunity hiding in plain sight.

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2026

Twenty New Launches Are Coming — What Buyers Should Watch in 2026

Roughly 8,900 new units are slated across the rest of the year. Selection, not scarcity, defines this market.

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2026

(Bonus) Landed Homes Pause — But the Long View Hasn't Changed

Prices eased last quarter, yet landed property remains up strongly year-on-year. Quality holds.

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May 2026

The S$300,000 Flat and the S$1.53 Million Flat Are in the Same Market

In May 2026, 18 HDB resale flats changed hands for S$300,000 or less — double the number in April. In the same month, a Tiong Bahru flat with only 45 years left...

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June 2026

Developers Are Paying Record Land Prices Again. Here's What It Costs You in 2027.

In June 2026, a CDL–Hong Leong joint venture bid S$1,865 per square foot per plot ratio for a site at Peck Hay Road in the Newton enclave — the second-highest...

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H2 2026

9 Sites, 4,745 Homes: Decoding the H2 2026 Government Land Sales Pipeline

URA's Confirmed List for the second half of 2026 puts nine sites on the market — eight private residential plots and one prized...

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2026

The En-Bloc Window Is Reopening. If You Own in an Ageing Development, Read This.

Singapore's collective sale market recorded an estimated S$5.2 billion in transactions in 2025, the strongest since the last cycle, as developers...

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May 2026

If You Own an Ageing Flat, Time Is an Asset You're Quietly Spending

166 million-dollar HDB flats sold in May 2026. A 45-year-lease flat fetched S$1.53 million. And 18 flats went for under S$300,000. The HDB market is running at...

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