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Neptune Court and the 100% Rule: Singapore's En Bloc Bill Opens a Door That Was Bolted Shut
The Land Titles (Strata) (Amendment) Bill 2026 finally brings long-leasehold non-strata estates into the collective sale regime — but consent was never the reason deals died.
Promenade Peak Is Ripping Out a Transfer Slab. Woh Hup Pays. The 596 Buyers Wait.
A failed concrete transfer slab at the 63-storey River Valley tower is being demolished and recast — and the episode is a live test of what buyers of uncompleted condos actually own before handover.
Vela Bay Sets the $1.38M Floor — But Narra Residences and Lentor Gardens Hold the Real Inventory
The cheapest new launch condo in Singapore right now is a six-unit rounding error; the developer balance units that will actually shape prices sit in Dairy Farm Walk and Lentor Hills.
The BTO Income Ceiling Hits S$16,000. OCR Condo Sellers Won't Feel It for Three Years.
Raising the HDB income ceiling to S$16,000 does divert demand away from mass-market condos — but the diversion runs on construction timelines, not headlines.
The CCR Premium Halved to 10.1% — And Singapore's Prime Condo Rebound Turned Domestic
Core Central Region prices rose while the city fringe and suburbs fell in Q2 2026, and the buyers doing it are Singaporeans and PRs, not foreign money.
MBER on Upper Serangoon and Perennial Living at Parry Avenue: District 19 Is Building the Housing Tier Nobody Buys
A 125-unit co-living and serviced apartment hybrid on a former wet market site, and Singapore's first commercial private assisted-living project a short drive away — Serangoon has quietly become the test bed for housing you rent by the month rather than buy.
The EC Income Ceiling Goes to S$18,000 — But Canberra Drive Buyers Won't Feel It Until 2028
Raising the Executive Condo income ceiling widens the buyer pool for three land parcels that haven't even been tendered yet — and those same parcels carry the tightest EC rules ever written.
8 Thomson Lane: The S$578 Million Headline Is Barely Half the Land Bill
Sustained Land's joint venture paid S$578 million for the Thomson Lane site — but an estimated S$436 million Land Betterment Charge is what actually sets the price floor for this District 11 condo.
731 Homes in July, 482 From Two Projects: Dunearn House and Lentor Gardens Residences Are Doing the Market's Work
Singapore's July developer sales rebound was manufactured by a launch calendar, not a change of heart among buyers — and the standing inventory numbers prove it.
Hong Heng Garden's S$130 Million Question: The Site Across the Road Already Tried This
Hong Heng Garden at 33 Sembawang Road is asking S$1,128 psf ppr for a freehold plot in Springleaf — three years after the freehold block opposite failed to find a buyer at a higher rate.
VERS at 65%: Singapore Just Set a Consent Threshold for Private En Bloc. The Hard Part for Old HDB Flats Is the Price.
The Land Titles (Strata) (Amendment) Bill's 65% threshold for 60-year-old developments is being read as a template for VERS — but a vote is only as valuable as the offer it accepts.
Orchard Boulevard and Marina Gardens Lane: The Analysts Disagree by 24%, and That Gap Is the Real Story
URA's two prime Government Land Sales tenders close two weeks apart in October — and the published bid forecasts are so far apart that the tenders themselves, not the commentary, will set the price of central Singapore land.