Every new launch starts with a public land price. On 2025 and 2026 launches, the launch average landed at about 2.1 to 2.6 times the land price. How to use that, what the number of bids tells you, when the land check misleads, and how to set your own ceiling before a preview.
The Orie launched January 2025 at S$2,704 psf average, selling 668 of 777 units (86%) on opening weekend. It's now 94% sold, with current resale and available unit pricing at S$2,395, S$2,963 psf, the low end near launch average, the high end reflecting real appreciation on the best stacks.
CCR condos grew only 18% over 10 years vs 45% for OCR. The Clift, Marina Bay Suites and OUE Twin Peaks are recording losses, some exceeding $1M. Here's the objective data on why prime property underperforms, and whether 2026 is the year that changes.
Lentor Mansion is the only Lentor project with four- and five-bedroom homes, and keys are due in 2028. It sold out at $2,104 to $2,478 psf, so today you buy a sub-sale. Some sellers ask more than new units next door. Where the value is, who should skip it, and my ceiling.
AMO Residence gives Ang Mo Kio families a nearly finished home near Ai Tong and CHIJ St Nicholas. Resale averages about $2,524 psf, 20% above launch. Adjusted for floor area, that is more per liveable square foot than Thomson Reserve one stop away. When AMO still makes sense.
HDB fire insurance rebuilds what HDB built and HPS pays off the loan. Neither covers your renovation, furniture or liability to neighbours. Here is what each scheme covers, and the gap a contents policy fills.
A resale condo lets you move in now, often with more space and room to negotiate. But compared per liveable square foot, several 2026 resale condos cost about the same as the new launches beside them. Four real comparisons, the checks to make, and when I would choose each.
Singapore tenancy agreements run on contract law, not a statutory tenant act, there's no government-mandated minimum protection beyond what's written into the agreement itself.
About $5 million buys a 4,000 sq ft freehold strata landed house with a lift, or a 1,500 to 1,800 sq ft unit in a new condo beside the MRT. Which suits your family, who should choose a condo instead, and why psf is the wrong way to compare.