Recently, there is public concern over what will happen to old HDB flats with less than 60 years in their remaining lease. There are 4 important lessons we learned from this matter. I will cover them in details in this podcast: Lesson #1: HDB flats is for your stay, not for investment. Lesson #2: The days of making big profits from HDB flats are over. Lesson #3: HDB … [Read more...]
It’s not easy to profit from your home
From 10 March 2014, the Housing Development Board only accepts valuation requests from resale flat buyers or their property agents after granting the Option to Purchase by the sellers. The Revised HDB Resale Procedure is believed to encourage buyers and sellers to focus their price discussions on the recent sales transactions, rather than the Cash Over Valuation (COV) that … [Read more...]