http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 en-US 60 <p>Bought and sold two months ago… one week apart and my home is 2 years old resale. Check the <span class="">URA</span> caveat lodge and you can see the average selling for house in District 15…</p> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:05:59 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7732750 anonymouscoward http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by anonymouscoward:</div> <div class="quote_body">I fell off my chair reading that. I recently sold my 1300 sqft freehold apartment in Tanjong Katong for $730K and bought a 1700 sqft landed house in Siglap for $920k.<br /> <br /> I'm not sure if these people are crazy or they simply have too much money to spend - a problem when too much money are concentrate to few people; widening income gap.<br /> <br /> Thanks to our Mr Mah.. everywhere he goes, cost sure goes up one. He is super duper unpopular but our gahmen needs people like him to pump up their wallet and salary.<br /> <br /> For all we know, they will ask for more ministerial salary increment.. citing the increase in Singapore property price as a success.</div> </blockquote> <p>When you sell your apartment and when you bought your house? I know someone who just sold en bloc for 2 mil, then bought a new house at YCK 1830 sq ft for 1.7 mil. So my guess is your house, either you bought quite a while ago, or is 2nd hand?<br /> <br /> Anyway when property prices increase, property tax increase. More sales = more stamp duties to be paid. Wonder where all these money went...</p> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:19:38 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7732618 eagle http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by fishbuff:</div> <div class="quote_body">$750k hdb flat is yesterday news.. someone just paid $890k for a HDB flat!!<br /> <br /></div> </blockquote> <p>I fell off my chair reading that. I recently sold my 1300 sqft freehold apartment in Tanjong Katong for $730K and bought a 1700 sqft landed house in Siglap for $920k.<br /> <br /> I'm not sure if these people are crazy or they simply have too much money to spend - a problem when too much money are concentrate to few people; widening income gap.<br /> <br /> Thanks to our Mr Mah.. everywhere he goes, cost sure goes up one. He is super duper unpopular but our gahmen needs people like him to pump up their wallet and salary.<br /> <br /> For all we know, they will ask for more ministerial salary increment.. citing the increase in Singapore property price as a success.</p> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:01:21 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7732407 anonymouscoward http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Daddy!!:</div> <div class="quote_body">S$750K translate to less than A$600K. you cannot buy a bungalow with security system at a sensible place for an asian in Australia.</div> </blockquote> <p>I bought a freehold house in South Yarra for less than that.... approx 300+ sqm i think but its old <img title="Wink" src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" /> Still got 100k++ to play wif if u had a budget of 600k</p> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:59:53 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7732256 genie99 http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by gerrykoh:</div> <div class="quote_body">Don't buy.<br /> Recession is coming. Oil price surging, stock market is dropping.<br /> Very soon, all prop. prices will start to come down, can buy cheap cheap!<br /> <br /> For $750K go buy 99 yrs. landed or exec. apt, - more space, exclusive or pay a bit more go for freehold, better appreciation</div> </blockquote> <p>Sound advice.... think about the future of your kids..... with freehold they get richer..... with 99 years they get poorer</p> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:41:31 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7732188 genie99 http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by fishbuff:</div> <div class="quote_body">ah.. that is called an acreage. some people like to buy huge piece of land, 2,5 or 10 acres. (1 acre = 4000m2). do nothing, just have a secluded living. Imagine living in a place as big as golf course. peace and quiet with birds chirping.<br /> my HK friend bought a 12 acre land with a high set house, need a binocular to see the fence at the other end.</div> </blockquote> <p>Cycling around the fence of the land can already give you a good cardio workout <img title="Laughing" src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="Laughing" /></p> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:17:34 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7727579 eagle http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by SevenEleven:</div> <div class="quote_body">i would, but not on a HDB. The returns will be better than keeping them in CPF</div> </blockquote> <p>Ya la <img title="Laughing" src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="Laughing" /><br /> And I think they going to pay till their face green green<br /> Even my resale 4 room flat I think very painful to pay the mortgage liao <img title="Laughing" src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="Laughing" /><br /> But I am not complaining about the location <img title="Smile" src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" /></p> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:15:15 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7727568 elindra http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by LazerLordz:</div> <div class="quote_body">A$1M can get you a pretty decent farm with a bungalow in Maida Vale, WA.<br /> <br /></div> </blockquote> <p>ah.. that is called an acreage. some people like to buy huge piece of land, 2,5 or 10 acres. (1 acre = 4000m2). do nothing, just have a secluded living. Imagine living in a place as big as golf course. peace and quiet with birds chirping.<br /> my HK friend bought a 12 acre land with a high set house, need a binocular to see the fence at the other end.</p> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:53:10 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7727456 fishbuff http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by will4:</div> <div class="quote_body">I thought u already got Australian PR n based on that, u can get exit permit or disruption from the reservist? Why u still need to come back?</div> </blockquote> <p>nah, i have been discharged from my reservist responsibility after completing my reservist cycle.<br /> <br /> was planning to come back for the contest prelim. i had been a contestant in 2005 and 2006.</p> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:36:04 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7727380 fishbuff http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <p>$750k hdb flat is yesterday news.. someone just paid $890k for a HDB flat!!<br /> <br /> THE brief for the property agent was simple: Find an HDB flat with great views and near an MRT station. Top floors only - and, it appears, never mind the price.<br /> <br /> Two intense days of door-knocking and a record $890,000 later, the buyer has his dream home - and the most expensive Housing Board flat in the country.<br /> <br /> For his money, he gets a spacious 21st-storey executive flat in Queenstown, with expansive views towards Sentosa and leafy Mount Faber on one side and Queenstown Stadium on the other.<br /> <br /> The 13-year-old flat in Block 150, Mei Ling Street, is just a few minutes away from Queenstown MRT via a sheltered walkway, and a swimming complex is just around the corner.<br /> <br /> The owners, Mr David Ho Khoi Seng, 72, and wife Judy, 64, had paid just over $300,000 for the 1,614 sq ft flat, which has four bedrooms, a living room and a study, in 1992.<br /> <br /> Mr Ho, who runs a stationery shop, said he had no intention of selling when PropNex agent David See and his son came knocking last Thursday.<br /> <br /> The couple tried to deter the buyers - believed to be an elderly couple who own private property - by asking for what they felt was a ridiculous $900,000.<br /> <br /> 'We thought $900,000 was too high a price for anyone, but the buyers seemed pretty desperate to find a suitable flat,' said Mr Ho.<br /> <br /> Mr See, 47, said he roped in his 20-year-old son Wilson for the quest to give him some work experience before he starts university later this year.<br /> <br /> But knocking on doors, he said, is something he would only do for 'genuine buyers'.<br /> <br /> 'It was a challenge. It's not easy to get people to sell high-floor units at this time,' he added.<br /> <br /> Demand had sent HDB resale prices up 17.4 per cent last year, the highest in a decade, but executive flats in coveted districts near the central city like Queenstown and Bukit Merah have been extra hot.<br /> <br /> The old record for an HDB flat was $780,000 - also for an executive flat in Mei Ling Street - achieved last November.<br /> <br /> Five other such flats in Mei Ling Street changed hands between November and December, ranging in price from $728,000 to $765,000.<br /> <br /> Median resale prices of executive flats in Queenstown hit $719,000 between July and September last year, a jump from $609,000 in the previous quarter. This type of flat in Queenstown commanded $120,000 in cash over their valuation in the same period.<br /> <br /> A five-roomer in Kim Tian Place in nearby Bukit Merah changed hands for $720,000 last June.<br /> <br /> With prices of resale HDB flats expected to climb further, the latest deal has prompted some people to ask when a public housing unit will cross the $1 million mark.<br /> <br /> Agents reckon that is a way off yet.<br /> <br /> Mr See thinks his record deal was more a reflection of the buyers' eagerness, rather than market sentiment.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Mr Ho and his wife will live with their 35-year-old son in his Siglap terrace house until they find a suitable home.<br /> <br /> When they move, Mr Ho will have to give up a pastime of his: Watching S-League football matches at Queenstown Stadium from the balcony of his Mei Ling Street flat's master bedroom.</p> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:30:50 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7727365 fishbuff http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by LazerLordz:</div> <div class="quote_body">A$1M can get you a pretty decent farm with a bungalow in Maida Vale, WA.<br /> <br /></div> </blockquote> <p><img src= "http://sgp3whereismap.whereis.com.au/gns/sgpapi6-ZKAY13-1199800271316.gif" alt="image" /><br /> <br /> <strong><a href= "http://www.whereis.com/whereis/getMap.do?nref=homeMap" rel= "nofollow">map for oz</a></strong><br /> 1.ok.Then,suppose if u are a Oz and what can u do with the farm?<br /> How much money you can make?Is it enough to cover 70% of loan?<br /> <br /> U dunt expect the buyer pay all 1 miilion in cash and just enjoy life<br /> there do nothing?<br /> <br /> or we just treat it as a house with huge garden?Just for own occupation?<br /> <br /> have u checked the water supply there?Any water restrictions?<br /> <br /> <strong><a href="http://viacorp.com/perth_water.html/#restrictions" rel="nofollow">have u read this before u recommend?</a></strong></p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:01:53 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725553 lionnoisy http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <p><br /> fresh fish makes delicious BBQ but not stinky ones.</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:39:18 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725423 Daddy!! http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by reddressman:</div> <div class="quote_body">I mean freehold bungalow lah dude. <img title="Wink" src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" /><br /> <br /> to me, a freehold bungalow is a man's castle already.</div> </blockquote> <p>S$750K translate to less than A$600K. you cannot buy a bungalow with security system at a sensible place for an asian in Australia.</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:37:27 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725436 Daddy!! http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <p>actually<br /> <br /> as fmyk proves, getting them to move there doesn't stop their complaining.<br /> <br /> Worse, they then become ppl who complain about stuff they know nothing about.</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:34:36 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725402 deathbait http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by googoomuck:</div> <div class="quote_body">While thinking of new way to 'repackage' the annuity scheme, they hatch another plan to bankrupt your CPF retirement savings by selling you HDB flats at more 'affordable' prices.</div> </blockquote> <p><strong>eagle</strong> had already posted earlier a post that states that these are <span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: red;">NOT normal HDB flats meant for the avg S'poreans</span></strong></span>...... <strong>These flats are built to be <span style= "color: blue;">'Condo-like'</span></strong>..... not 4-Room or 5-Room like.<br /> <br /> And <span style="color: red;"><strong>NO ONE</strong></span> is forcing U to buy it if you don't want to.....<br /> <br /></p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:25:31 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725372 hloc http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by hloc:</div> <div class="quote_body">It also shows how sad S'poreans are...... Keep on day dreaming all day long instead of facing life head on.......<br /> <br /> If any here think Aust is so good..... please move there asap. New life for you and your family......</div> </blockquote> <p>I'm hoping they move there too.<br /> <br /> Like what reddressman like to say, if you keep talking about Australia so much, show it by moving there.</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:14:24 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725334 eagle http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by eagle:</div> <div class="quote_body">shows the sad life of a Singaporean <img title="Laughing" src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="Laughing" /><br /> <br /> A freehold bungalow is to Singaporeans as good as a mansion to Australians...</div> </blockquote> <p>It also shows how sad S'poreans are...... Keep on day dreaming all day long instead of facing life head on.......<br /> <br /> If any here think Aust is so good..... please move there asap. New life for you and your family......</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:13:00 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725330 hloc http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <p>While thinking of new way to ‘repackage’ the annuity scheme, they hatch another plan to bankrupt your <span class="">CPF</span> retirement savings by selling you <span class="">HDB</span> flats at more ‘affordable’ prices.</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:11:52 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725321 googoomuck http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <p>A$1M can get you a pretty decent farm with a bungalow in Maida Vale, WA.<br /> <br /></p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:11:07 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725316 LazerLordz http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by reddressman:</div> <div class="quote_body">I mean freehold bungalow lah dude. <img title="Wink" src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" /><br /> <br /> to me, a freehold bungalow is a man's castle already.</div> </blockquote> <p>shows the sad life of a Singaporean <img title="Laughing" src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="Laughing" /><br /> <br /> A freehold bungalow is to Singaporeans as good as a mansion to Australians...</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:08:22 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725302 eagle http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Daddy!!:</div> <div class="quote_body">S$750K wont be able to buy a mansion in australia.<br /> <br /></div> </blockquote> <p>I mean freehold bungalow lah dude. <img title="Wink" src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" /><br /> <br /> to me, a freehold bungalow is a man's castle already.</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:58:10 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725256 reddressman http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by reddressman:</div> <div class="quote_body">Lets see..... What Luxury LIFE can a mere 750,000.00 buy you in Australia...<br /> <br /> hmmmm.....<br /> <br /> 1. world class bungalow mansion. Truely decent and respectable home with a view. Live with DIGNITY. your hard-earned money, earned at the expense of even some's health and even relations.<br /> 2. Largest most powerful expensive Lexus there is.<br /> 3. start a business or simply retire and enjoy living in the bungalow with a golf course across the road or within a golf course. no need to work.<br /> <br /></div> </blockquote> <p>S$750K wont be able to buy a mansion in australia.<br /> <br /></p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:51:20 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725230 Daddy!! http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <p>Lets see..... What Luxury LIFE can a mere 750,000.00 buy you in Australia...<br /> <br /> hmmmm.....<br /> <br /> 1. world class bungalow mansion. Truely decent and respectable home with a view. Live with DIGNITY. your hard-earned money, earned at the expense of even some's health and even relations.<br /> 2. Largest most powerful expensive Lexus there is.<br /> 3. start a business or simply retire and enjoy living in the bungalow with a golf course across the road or within a golf course. no need to work.<br /> <br /></p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:39:46 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725190 reddressman http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <p>Hey, this criteria of below 8k....whoa ! doesn't mean got money can buy.<br /> A couple earning $7999 will also find it a burden to pay off the loan.<br /> <br /> Quote:<br /> One of the criteria set by the HDB is that the combined family income of the applicants must be below $8,000. Thus, if a couple buys the most expensive flat at City View @ Boon Keng at just over $700,000, they face the prospect of paying more than $2,000 in monthly instalments based on a 90-per-cent loan over 30 years. They would also have to fork out cash on top of their CPF contributions.</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:32:29 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725164 googoomuck http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086 <p><br /> <br /> the rest of the fish i bought and fresh this morning are getting stinky in my fridge now. dont know why.</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:18:20 +0800 politics.sgforums.com:10:301086:7725104 Daddy!! http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/301086