With the Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD) hike in April 2023, dual-key units may become more attractive again. Dual-key units comprise a larger main unit and a smaller studio. But they're legally considered one unit as the main unit and the studio share a foyer and the same address. Such units may appeal to some buyers because they can "get...
Members of the public helped put out a vehicle fire in the carpark of a Yishun condominium on the eve of Chinese New Year. Stomper Ah Boy shared a photo showing three fire engines outside North Park Residences, which is integrated with Northpoint City. He wondered: "What happened?" In response to a Stomp query, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted to a fire at
Most sellers of resale condo units primarily focus on the individual apartment and what the unit features. Traditionally, many owners and their property agents would post property listings by stating the specifications of a particular unit, such as floor plans, the number of bedrooms and the tenure. Besides displaying the characteristics of the apartment, sellers would then direct the viewers’...
A limited supply of integrated developments in the suburbs has made them even more attractive to buyers and tenants, leading to higher prices and rents than other condos in the Outside Central Region (OCR). According to OrangeTee & Tie Research & Analytics Market Watcher series report, some buyers are willing to pay up to 27 per cent more for such...
Every country has one: that spot where weird things keep happening, and every day feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone. In the US, it's Florida. In Australia, it's everywhere outside a city. In Singapore, it's Yishun. Here's why Yishun is so exciting and terrifying (along with some rationalisations). Some of the things that you find in Yishun are:...
The last time we did an article on profitable condos, this was by a ratio of the highest profitable-to-unprofitable transactions since 1995. But with the various cooling measures and different policies throughout the years, sometimes looking at transactions dating so many years back may not be the most accurate way of looking at profitability. As such, this time we narrowed...
A few months ago, we covered whether it is worth paying a premium for integrated or mixed-use condos, such as The Centris, North Park Residences and The Woodleigh Residences. These are 99-year leasehold condos, built above amenities like a shopping mall, MRT stations and bus interchanges and retail outlets (sometimes including a cinema). Being rare, the upside of owning an...
Bringing the dog out for a walk is a relatively uneventful activity but this one dog had netizens do a double take. On Tuesday (Oct 19), TikToker psychosmily uploaded a video of a woman taking her dog out for a stroll at night around North Park Residences, a condominium complex in Yishun. It can be seen that the dog seemed...