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May 02, 2021 Urban Treasures When we did our last ultimate new launch cheat sheet in February 2020 (view here), I don’t think many people would have predicted then how the property market would have moved as much as it had in the past year. It was, after all, the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic (for Singapore, at least). And it was not long after this that Singapore had to go into lockdown mode. Now, it isn’t just the mass market that is moving, but there is a slew of high-end new launches coming up, and HDB resale prices have climbed up for 4 straight quarters.

Highlights: The Antares has received a bit of a mixed reaction; but those of you who need to live near the CBD (on a budget) owe it to yourselves to know about this place. The immediate location of The Antares is not very exciting: there are no nearby malls, no cinema, no lifestyle zones, etc. Barring the FairPrice at Block 77 nearby, there isn’t much to do. However, what The Antares offers is a simple convenience: It’s right next to the Mattar MRT station (Downtown Line), and it’s an 7.7 kilometre (roughly 12-minute drive) to Raffles Place. Now we wouldn’t usually mention schools her...

A block of luxury flats in Singapore is being built around two homes whose owners refuse to move.

news The defiant 'nail houses' refusing to sell up © BBC From reel life to this real life scenario in Singapore It is hard to miss the two little houses sitting defiantly in the middle of the Singapore building site. It's instantly reminiscent of the award-winning cartoon Up, the Pixar film which tells the tale of an old man who refuses to move from his home as towering blocks of flats rise around him. Indeed, the owners of these two homes are just as determined to stay put, refusing offers reportedly worth millions to move elsewhere. But unlike the cartoon hero, who eventually floats off ...