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The case for buying like a homebody
Singapore property talk is dominated by exit strategies. Here is what changes when you start from the years you will actually live in the place.
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Upgrading
Upgrading from your HDB: the readiness check
Whether to upgrade is rarely answered by the market. It is answered by three numbers and two honest questions about your next five years.
Buying
New launch or resale: how to actually decide
Two myths to discard, four questions to answer, and the honest trade at the centre of Singapore's favourite property debate.
Buying
How to read a floor plan like you'll live there
Five checks that separate a layout that photographs well from one that works on a Tuesday night, and none of them need an expert eye.
Methodology
How to read URA's monthly numbers without being misled
Singapore's most-quoted property statistics are official, free and widely misread. A field guide to what the developer sales data does and doesn't say.
Evidence-led reading of Singapore property data. Every piece names its sources and dates its figures.
The Homebody Letter
A considered read on Singapore property
New launches worth a closer look, the decisions homeowners are weighing, and what the numbers actually say. Written when there's something worth writing.
Latest
The entry price framework: three numbers that matter more than PSF
Headline per-square-foot figures are built for headlines. Affordability lives in three quieter numbers, and they are yours, not the market's.
Six questions to answer before you sell
Most selling regret is decided before the listing goes up. Work through these six honestly and the sale itself becomes the easy part.