Thomson Reserve: The Site Developers Kept Saying No To
What Thomson Reserve's $810M en bloc and $1,178 psf ppr land cost tells you about the real price floor, and how low this can realistically go if the market turns.
What Thomson Reserve's $810M en bloc and $1,178 psf ppr land cost tells you about the real price floor, and how low this can realistically go if the market turns.
Thomson Reserve sold 1,143 of 1,268 units (90.1%) over its launch weekend at an average of about $2,900 psf. About 125 remain, mostly smaller 2-bedrooms. Which of them are worth a look, and who should skip.
Braddell View and Lakeview offer school access, big units and three MRT lines at about $1,000 psf. They also carry about 50 years of lease and 45-year-old building systems. Here is the honest case both ways.
TDSR is the single most important number in your Singapore property purchase, and for freelancers, the rules are stricter than most realise until their IPA comes in $300,000 lower than expected.
Viewings are staged to make you feel ready to commit. Here is the five-area checklist that finds real problems, what caveat emptor means for you, and what to do before the option clock starts.
Dunearn House is the first private launch in Bukit Timah Turf City, about 500m from Sixth Avenue MRT, with two-bedrooms from about $1.5 million. 237 of 380 homes were sold by 20 September 2026. Which remaining units are fair, who should skip it, and why not Fourth Avenue Residences.
Agents start calling CanningHill Piers owners the week the keys arrive. Here are the sell, rent and hold numbers at current D6 prices and rents, and why the exit is worth reviewing in 2028 to 2029.
Ten Singapore concierge condos tracked from launch to today. Marina One fell 12% from peak. Klimt Cairnhill held flat to +10%. Orchard Residences appreciated 25%+ over 15 years. The staffing story nobody publishes, and the question that separates real concierge from a lobby desk.
Most Singapore condo buyers discover house rules only after getting a notice from the Managing Agent. Pet bans, Airbnb restrictions, renovation hours, sinking fund gaps, eight rules that routinely catch owners off guard, and the eight-item checklist to run before you sign any OTP.