2011 Q2 Property Market
Snippet from Channelnewsasia July 22, 2011 HDB PROPERTY Prices of HDB resale flats rose a steeper 3.1 per cent in the second quarter compared to the 1.6 per cent …
Month: July 2011
Managing condominium maintenance costs
In our discussions with MCST council members, one big bug point keeps popping up. It is the escalation of maintenance costs. In the current inflationary environment, maintenance costs have …
Tenant’s rights
In condominiums where there is a big tenant population an interesting situation may arise in which the majority's will is being challenged. Especially when the local norm is different …
Condominium relations
While it is rare, once in a while we may get a condominium having 2 factions. This sometimes happen when an en-bloc exercise is going through. Some residents may …
Singapore Managing Agent Companies
For the property management industry, 2011 is a tight period as far as hiring of property managers are concerned. We would hazard a guess that most Singapore Managing …
Private Property Purchase
Most people have a problem when it comes to the dollars and cents of purchasing a property. With the myriad of rules and regulations to protect the consumer, it …
CDP hours
After the Council of Estate Agents (CEA) announced that Real Estate salespersons must clock 6 hours of CDP hours for the period April 2011-March 2012, hordes of salespersons scrambled …
Private Homes Sales dropped 25% month on month in June 2011
Extract from Channelnewsasia (with editing):- July 15, 2011 SINGAPORE: Sales of private homes fell 25 per cent in June from a month earlier, according to data released on Friday …
New conveyancing measure – Aug 1, 2011
Measures in place are a follow up after several cases lawyers fleeing the country with their clients' money. -AsiaOne Fri, Jul 08, 2011 AsiaOne The Ministry of Law confirmed …
Maintenance Fees
All estates in Singapore, whether public housing or private, pay maintenance fees. This maintenance fees are used for the day by day upkeep of the estate. The maintenance fees …