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The S$5.5 Million Deal That Stalled: Why Singapore Buyers Sign the OTP Before Anyone Reads the Title
Singapore's conveyancing sequence puts binding money on the table weeks before the searches come back — and in a market growing 1.4% a year, that ordering error is expensive.
CEA's Minimum Transaction Rule Starts in 2027. No Agent Loses a Licence Until 2029.
The three-deals-in-three-years bar is real, but the first cut-off falls on 31 December 2029 — which means for the next three years, vetting your agent is still your job.
China's US$148 Billion Lease Expiry Problem — And What Geylang Lorong 3 Already Settled
Beijing is only now writing the rules for expiring land leases. Singapore wrote them decades ago, tested them in 2020, and prices them into every 99-year transaction.
CEA's 3-Deals-in-3-Years Rule Is a Low Bar. The Commission Data Is the Real Change
From January 2027, property agents in Singapore must close three deals in three years or sit a refresher exam — but the quota will purge fewer agents than the headlines suggest, and monthly commission reporting will reshape the industry far more.