BTO vs resale for our first home, we can't decide?
We were in your exact spot and chose resale specifically because living with in-laws was straining our marriage, and no flat is worth your r…
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We were in your exact spot and chose resale specifically because living with in-laws was straining our marriage, and no flat is worth your r…
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You generally cannot sell on the open market before MOP, full stop, that's the rule and there's no "penalty payment" workaround to sell earl…
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Yes, the framework changed, cats are now allowed in HDB flats under a licensing scheme with a cap on the number per flat (there's a transiti…
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The "accrued interest" thing scares people unnecessarily, let me demystify it. When you use CPF OA to pay for your flat, you must return tha…
We went resale precisely because we didn't want to rent and burn money for 4 years. Do the math properly: renting a decent flat is easily 2.…
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