D’Ixoras is a freehold development located at 23 Minbu road, Singapore 308172, in District 11. It is located beside the Mandalay mansion, minutes away from Novena MRT Station. It will be completed in 2013 with 22 units, made up of 13 storeys. It is within 10 minutes walk to the nearby Novena MRT Station. Residents can do their shopping at the Novena Square & Square 2. Food lovers can enjoy a wide selection of local dishes at Balestier Road, the Singapore food street.
Piling has been completed. Superstructure work is proceeding …

 
Sky @ Eleven is a freehold development located at 5 – 11 Thomson Lane, Singapore 297724, in District 11, near Toa Payoh MRT Station. Completed in 2009, it stands 43 storeys tall and comprises 273 units, over looking the region around. As the photo shows, it should be TOP in weeks time. It is a project by SPH property development arm.
It may be worth noting that the nearby new project Cube 8 by CDL will be launching at $1250 psf, which sounds a bit jaw-dropping to me. Quite an ambitious …

If you patronise the Balestier Food market frequently, you might notice that there is a hostel just located right in front at the T-junction of Boont Teck Road & Balestier Road, Balestier Students’ Hostel. It is a 4 storey building which in dull reddish brickfaced finish, and it has stood there for more than 30 years. It is one of the more established hostel in Singapore, and is listed under the Singapore education website for foreign students accommodation. 46 no of rooms altogether, with 125 nos. of beds. It is …

Another record breaking news for HDB resale making the headline: A two-room flat in Chinatown was sold for $245k, creating a new record for the re-sale price of HDB two-room flats.

Just few months back, we had a couple of Indonesian PR forking out $653k to purchase a 4 room flat of 969 sf at Strathmore Avenue, making it a deal of $674 psf. It may be true that now and then there will be individual cases buying at record breaking price due to personal preference & decision. And this may …

We have been seeing headlines on “High end luxury Condominium set to dominate 2010”in bold these days. Everyone is upbeat with the buoyant sentiment towards the global and Asian economy. The Singapore property index is still climbing sharply since the first quarter 09.  4th quarter 2009 shows an increase of 7.3%, compared with the 15.8% increase in the previous quarter. Pls refer to the latest URA Private Residential Property Price Index dated 4 Jan 2010 for details.
With the opening of Integrated Resorts in Marina Sands & Sentosa by the corner …

 
TreVista is a 99 year leasehold condominium located at Lorong 3, Toa Payoh. It is a project by NTUC Choice Home. NTUC Choice Homes Co-operative set the initial phase of Trevista condo located at Toa Payoh at an average cost of $900 psf in Aug 09.
Location wise, TreVista is considered to be relatively convenient. Estimated 5 mins walk to Bradell MRT, and 10 mins walk to Toa Payoh Centre. Sitting in the midst of mature estate, it is within walking distance to wet market and food centres, and good schools.
Of …

Today I will be continuing the procedure 2 on Property Financing after the earlier article on Finding Property. I hope to complete all these procedures one day so they could be consolidated as one REAL ESTATE PURCHASE and INVESTMENT 101 one day, for every reader’s easy reference.
Property financing is an important step that all buyers should do their homework
Other than buyers who are cash-rich requiring no financing, most of us will be looking at bank loan (mortgage)  to purchase a property. The amount you can borrow will depend on your own personal …

You may ask why a real estate agent like me need to blog? Of course, we can always use this as a platform for property listing. However you see NO PROPERTY LISTING directly under Keithyip.com (though I host it separately from this blog which you can easily find the link at the sidebar) since the Singapore property porters are definitely doing a better work than mine. I expect my readers to be savvy and understand the power of online property porters, which are hosting all the competitive pricing by all …

The Arte by CDL in Balestier, which had bee sold out, appears to be completed soon. I attach the marketing artist impression with the actual site photo for your preview:) Does the actual building turn out the same aesthetic outlook as the brochure?
Actual view from PIE (from car)

 
Artist Impression from advertisment

And take a look at the 2nd marketing artist impression, one may wonder if we are talking about the same project. The above picture illustrates that the Arte is sitting in spacious green with no cluttered buildings and noisy roads around …