Singapore Property Review

Wow! A high end completed TOP development that is fully unsold! Treasure at Balmoral

Impact of cooling measures introduced on 11 Jan 2011 18th January 2013 Summary For those smart people who do not want to waste their time reading all the details: The Singapore Property Market has become one with very low upside potential in the medium term (3 ? 5 years), but with quite significant downside risks. Low upside because: The govt is committed to not letting the prices to go up significantly. High Downside because: Huge supply (200 k units), and lower demand (reduction of foreign labour). Possible course of action if you agree with the above analysis : If you do not have any sentimental or intangible value for your apartment, it is perhaps a good time to s…

1. Please note that the photos you are about to see are just mock-up models of what the newly launched Kovan Regency's frontage looks like. 2. Based on Shapes and Forms Feng Shui; let's hope that the actual yet to be built development does protect especially the pillar circled in RED that is holding up the gym (above). 3. If a vehicle or lorry were accidentally crash into this pillar.... let's hope it is not fatal. 4. Alternatively, when this development is completed; let's hope the two "sticks" or pillars holding it : circled in red and yellow are adequately protected by e.g. flower bays or ballards or buoys. 5. Furthermore, if we take this mock-up seriously, at the vehi…

Six million plus population in Singapore....

A picture tells a thousand words....

Excluding prices of Riversails (Just launched)....

Again this reminds me of the glut in property launches.... Stamp duty covered... and finally, when property developers start introducing "Furniture vouchers"; this reminds me of the slump in property demand around the year 2001....

SOURCE AND CREDIT: TODAY ON SUNDAY APRIL 8, 2012 Consumer Association of Singapore Case tips on dealing with contractors - check licenses, accrediation and credintials of firms. (List of accredited CaseTrust contractors: http://www.case.org.sg/casetrust4.htm ) - Request quotations from more than one design firm - Go through with designer the proposed desings and project schedules. - Vet thoroughly the colour shemes, materials and dimensions and not just the colour schemes. - Take note of the capabilities of the contractor that the interior designers are engaging to carry out their works. - The contract should reflect clear itemised billing and listing of pr…

The uncompleted Blocks 308 and 310 Punggol. From a Shapes and Forms Feng Shui; the stacks are cemented together in some kind of a broken hex type of design. Highly unusual. But from a first view; many stacks because they are "glued together" can be generally considered as "not favourable external shapes and forms due to perhaps, how qi is going to circulate properly within many stacks. As there is a waterway running between Block 308 under Waterway Ter I and Block 310 Waterway Ter II; the architects have opened up the hex at locations facing the waterway from both blocks. Truly, a highly unusual design. Very uncommon design. For such a development; more likely; depending …

Nowadays, as you can see, many people approach Feng Shui, even before they select their flats. This is a smart choice and this is an uprising trend especially from 3 years ago. The most efficient method is, in my opinion, for a Geomancer to use a BLANK canvas such as the entire sitemap and start "painting" information onto the sitemap. Seriously, if you take a glance at the attachment... it takes many hours to plot the facing direction of each individual stacks, analyse and work out comments.... But don't you think it is worth it? At a glance, especially at a time critical situation, where your turn comes, someone else sitting at the next booth is also selecting a flat; y…

As always, the key success factor is : THE FORMS DETERMINE THE STARS, THE STARS DETERMINE THE FATE OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN A HOME. A worked example of the combination of the application of both FORMS (Shapes and Forms) and Stars (Flying Star facing direction analysis)... Nowadays, this is the trend of the smart.... A thorough analysis includes many things: 1. Afternoon sun consideration 2. Pavilions where wakes (for the dead) are held 3. Any poison arrows (Sha qi) in the form of lamp posts; sharp edges of neighbouring blocks 4. Flying Star facing directions of each of the potential stacks or units 5. White Pollution from road noise, bus stops etc... 6. Potential missing c…

In this example, luckily, no homes were built at the marking in RED x 3. There should be sufficient space for a plot at each of these three RED X's but, certainly such plots again, under Shapes and Forms are considered inauspicious.

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Sales Brochure: Site Plan and Floor Plans waterway-terraces-ii.pdf n my opinion, this illustration shows Ranking of the 4-Room flats in the Punggol Waterway Terraces II Premium Flats.

1. This is a rare sight nowadays; as many of the fire escape staircases are tucked away without good views. 2. Nowadays, such "valuable" estate is taken over by corner units of apartments. 2. The picture shows a block 491, Admiralty Link. 3. This type of staircase (reminds me) was formerly found on one of the earliest Singapore slab flats and also on the old Singapore Orchid $1 notes. 4. The only difference is that the cluster of flats around Admiarlity Link such as Block 491; are much, much taller than the "concrete slab look" this is why it is commonly called a "slab"- rectanguarlish flats: popularof the governments public housing in the 1960's: consisting usually of o…

This condo, nestled on a tranquil and serene site at Aracdia Road - off Adam Road was unsuccessful in topping up the lease to 99 years. As in Singapore, when a development reaches 60 years or less of lease; it is difficult for potential buyers to seek loans and this leads to plummeting price for the development. This is an extract: Source: The Sunday Times April 10, 2011 INSPIRED BY THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON Arcadia belongs to the old generation of private condominiums in Singapore which began to appear in the late 1970s. It was designed by local architect Chua Ka Seng, the design consultant who also left his mark on Shangri-la Hotel's garden wing. Arcadia wa…