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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.
The Community Relations Unit Goes Islandwide on Sept 1 — And Refusing Mediation Now Costs S$1,500
Singapore's neighbour dispute unit leaves Tampines with statutory teeth, and for the first time the framework reaches private estates as well as HDB blocks.
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.
Duxton, Tras and Neil Road: The S$500 Million Shophouse Deal Is Capital Substitution, Not Spillover
Fifty conservation shophouses in Tanjong Pagar are in play at about S$500 million — and the money behind it is a verdict on the 60% ABSD wall, not a leading indicator for luxury homes.
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.
Fifty Shophouses, 61 Years Left: The S$500 Million Tanjong Pagar Deal Is a Bet on Operators, Not Landlords
A portfolio of about 50 conservation shophouses across Duxton Road, Duxton Hill, Tras Street, Craig Road and Neil Road is in talks at roughly S$500 million — and the short leases mean the buyer has to run them, not just own them.
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.
Toa Payoh Rents Doubled to S$7.70 psf. The Leases Underneath Them Still Run to Zero.
Hongkong Land put premier Singapore commercial assets into a private fund rather than a Reit — and the heartland shophouse market sits several rungs further down the same capital ladder.
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.