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Singapore Property People - Market News , Watch and Information: ST : Joo Chiat is first Heritage Town
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Monday, February 21, 2011. ST : Joo Chiat is first Heritage Town. 20 Feb 2011,. Joo Chiat is first Heritage Town. Judges' unanimous decision nets town $100,000 to develop heritage activities. Joo Chiat has become Singapore's first Heritage Town, beating competitors like Chinatown, Tiong Bahru, Upper Serangoon and Moulmein by a wide margin. For coming in tops, Joo Chiat will also receive $100,000 as funding to develop heritage activities for the year. Miss Sandra Helen Vatsaloo, who was part of the team t...
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Singapore Property People - Market News , Watch and Information: ST Forum : Make property tax more equitable
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Thursday, February 17, 2011. ST Forum : Make property tax more equitable. 16 Feb 2011,. Make property tax more equitable. ACCORDING to Saturday's report ("Housing affordability of key concern"), the general sentiment is that the Government would be dishing out property, utility and service and conservancy rebates, upgrading old estates to increase the supply of HDB flats and providing larger housing grants for lower-income households in this year's Budget. Currently, properties are taxed based on their a...
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Singapore Property People - Market News , Watch and Information: ST : HK clamps down on misleading show-flats
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Monday, February 21, 2011. ST : HK clamps down on misleading show-flats. 20 Feb 2011,. HK clamps down on misleading show-flats. It is tightening rules to ensure features on display are replicated in actual apartments. By Diego Laje and Eudora Wong. Hong Kong: Like Singapore, Hong Kong is clamping down on property developers and agents who mislead buyers by presenting show-flats that do not accurately reflect the real thing. Hong Kong already has such laws, but home buyers say they still see instances of ...
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Singapore Property People - Market News , Watch and Information: ST : Housing grant for low-income first-timers
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Monday, February 21, 2011. ST : Housing grant for low-income first-timers. 19 Feb 2011,. Housing grant for low-income first-timers. New special grant for households earning up to $2,250 a month. FIRST-TIME home hunters on low incomes struggling to get a foothold in the market will soon be given a helping hand to put a permanent roof over their heads. The Government will bring in a special housing grant designed for this group, earning up to $2,250 a month in household income. He added that the SHG, toget...
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Singapore Property People - Market News , Watch and Information: ST : Housing Board estates to get $10b boost
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Monday, February 21, 2011. ST : Housing Board estates to get $10b boost. 19 Feb 2011,. Housing Board estates to get $10b boost. A FUND of $10 billion has been earmarked for the upgrading of flats and estates over the next 10 years to try to preserve the value of Housing Board homes. Up to $55,000 will be spent on each flat under the Home Improvement, Neighbourhood Renewal and Lift Upgrading programmes. Around 50,000 flat owners will benefit this year, and a further 300,000 owners from next year to 2016.
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Singapore Property People - Market News , Watch and Information: ST Forum : Wrong to base property tax on land size
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Monday, February 21, 2011. ST Forum : Wrong to base property tax on land size. 18 Feb 2011,. Wrong to base property tax on land size. MR GOH Ching Soon pointed out that landed property should be taxed according to the land area that the property occupied ("Make property tax more equitable"; Wednesday). Clearly, it is not equitable to peg property tax according to land size. Posted by Donald Teo 65-96875964. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In business for over 30 years, success in providing real estat...
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Singapore Property People - Market News , Watch and Information: ST Letter : No benefit from collective sales
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Monday, February 21, 2011. ST Letter : No benefit from collective sales. 20 Feb 2011,. No benefit from collective sales. I refer to the special report on the experiences of former Gillman Heights residents ('For better or for worse'; Feb6). The five residents interviewed have all suffered financial or emotional losses from the collective sale of their homes. Whom does a collective sale benefit? The economics simply do not make sense - and many residents realise this only too late. In fact, I have friends...
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Singapore Property People - Market News , Watch and Information: ST : Shrink from shoebox apartments
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Monday, February 21, 2011. ST : Shrink from shoebox apartments. 20 Feb 2011,. Shrink from shoebox apartments. There is a Foochow fishball noodle stall at a Zion Road coffee shop that I used to patronise regularly as it was near my office. While the noodles lacked the springiness of, say, the Pontian version, the fabulous fishballs - stuffed with minced cuttlefish and fish fillings - more than made up for it. For $3 a bowl, you got a decent serving of noodles plus six fishballs of various varieties. I bel...
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Singapore Property People - Market News , Watch and Information: ST Forum : Relook price benchmark for first flats
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Thursday, February 17, 2011. ST Forum : Relook price benchmark for first flats. 16 Feb 2011,. Relook price benchmark for first flats. AS THE father of a daughter who will be entering the market for a flat with her fiance for the first time, I wonder if the issue of housing affordability can be addressed if the Housing Board changes the way it sets prices. I am not sure if the idea is coloured by my daughter's dilemma, but many of my friends have also confided that they were forced to fork out hefty sums ...
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Singapore Property People - Market News , Watch and Information: ST : Son and parents settle dispute over house
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Thursday, February 17, 2011. ST : Son and parents settle dispute over house. 17 Feb 2011,. Son and parents settle dispute over house. THE son said he was not angry that his parents had sued him over the ownership of a terrace house in Langsat Road in Joo Chiat. But speaking to reporters after both sides had reached an out-of-court settlement yesterday, the parents - Mr Ang Kim Sai and Madam Ang Gim Yen, both 86 - said they were disappointed with their younger son Ang Kok Beng, 57. Yesterday, both sides r...
