This article appeared in City & Country, the property pullout of The Edge Malaysia, Issue 820, Aug 23-29, 2010
The main Balestier Road has retained some of its charm with the presence of the Tua Peck Kong temple, Balestier Market and Food Centre, shophouses selling lighting fixtures and other home fittings, as well as popular eateries such as the famous tau sar piah shop, the Founder Bak Kut Teh Restaurant, the bak chor mee stall and Boon Tong Kee chicken rice restaurant. The greatest transformation, however, is happening on the side …

To Continued from Part 1
INTRODUCTION
Let focus this part of article on the newly launched Thomson 368 by CDL.
368 Thomson is sitting at the former developments of Concorde Residences, Bright Building & Balestier Court. It is sitting on a freehold land of slightly more than 60,000 sf. It consists of a residential tower of 36 storey with 157 units, which is expected to be completed in year 2015.
Enough say of the surrounding site in my earlier articles. What is ‘striking’ is that the residential enclave of CDL’s empire being broken up …

I read with the article published on Saturday, July 10 2010, “Some missing out on property boom” by Esther Teo with gratification. With the current properties surging sky high, and many articles ‘talking up’ the market, this article helps to remind to us the inherent risks in property market. The prices will not be going up forever. What goes up will come down.
For projects launched amid a property boom when speculative mood is high, you tend to get burnt easily especially if you are not financially strong. Just take a …

From the earlier article on sale of Colorscan building at 21 Kim Keat Road, it has been successfully acquired by a boutique developer BS Capital for just over $36 million or $670 per square foot of potential gross floor area, including an estimated development charge of almost $25 million.
Looking at the recent transactions of the residential aparment, D Lotus which is located just across the road Ampas Road, the prices have been pretty good at more than $1100 psf for relatively small units. Unsurprisingly, the successful buyer BS Capital is …

There are many mixed use developments in Balestier, namely Balestier Point, Balestier Plaza, Rocca & Balestier Towers. They are made up of commercial activities in the lower levels, and residential components in the above floors.  This concept is somehow similar to our shophouses, where commercial activities take place at ground floor and the floors above are used as residential spaces.

Today I am going to highlight one of my available listing from Balestier Towers. Balestier Towers is sitting at 207 Balestier Road Singapore 329683 in District 12. It is located next …

I have a relative from Malaysia. I shall name him as Uncle A. Uncle A is an old bird in investment, both in stocks and property. He is not highly educated, however he believes in self-upgrade that he applies what he learns from newspaper and books on his investment. And he is an extremely smart guy with a calculus in his mind, who believes  in cash flow more than capital appreciation.
I was told he only get his first one million at the age of 40, through prudent saving and conservative …

The flashy colorful advertisement in newspapers are for the masses. If you are a sincere quality buyer, try to get yourself to be a Very Very important Person to be invited for the preview in order to get your choice of unit at a before inflated price before the actual launch.
Interesting way for an agent to book their sales even before the launch day! I would just say the world for agents is just so competitive that it is good to be innovative! I must start to squeeze for more …

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 …

Online Property Porters
Buying properties in Singapore made easier with Internet property porters. I have to tell my fellow colleagues: Ignore the power of Internet at your own risk. What we are seeing is that the Real Estate Business is being remade by the Web.
Remember the tedious time that people flipping through newspaper to select the preferred properties. However many buyers are turning towards online property porter for their properties. Why not? in comparison with newspaper listing, the online porter is able to churn out the required listing based on the …

Just received an interview from the Edge. Realizing the blog has spread its presence and relevance.
The blog has become a virtual resume for my clients, potential clients and past clients.
Forgive my ego and pride whenever receiving praises from my clients and readers.
A popular property portal invited to be a guest blogger for their website. Did not accept though. Missed a chance to widen the exposure, yet saved up more time to share more things on my own blog.
A soft spoken & introvert person by nature. In order to excel, I …