Fall in GCB land prices is bad sign

Fall in GCB land prices is bad sign
 
I AGREE with Michael French’s letter (BT, July 17) that your original article ‘Prices of Good Class Bungalows still going up, but volume falls’ (BT, July 14) is misleading and flawed. The opening line of the article reads: ‘The volume of transactions of good class bungalows (GCBs) [...]

Good Class Bungalow land prices peaked in July 2007

Good Class Bungalow land prices peaked in July 2007
 
I REFER to the report, ‘Prices of Good Class Bungalows still going up, but volume falls’ (BT, July 14) by Arthur Sim.
 
I am not alone in having received numerous calls from owners who own Good Class Bungalows (GCBs), as well as architects.
 
The article is misleading [...]

Prices of good class bungalows still going up, but volume falls

Prices of good class bungalows still going up, but volume falls
25 deals done in H1 worth $440.65m, against 87 deals for 2007 worth $1.15b
 
THE volume of transactions of good class bungalows (GCBs) may have fallen along with other property sectors but values have not.
 
A GCB is one that sits on designated land no smaller than [...]

No perks for less popular features

No perks for less popular features 
New guidelines could discourage condo developers from including planter boxes and bay windows
 
Buyers of most new developments have been paying for bay windows and planter boxes even if they have no use for such building features.
But soon, they may no longer have to do so as a recent [...]

Bay window loophole slammed shut by URA

Bay window loophole slammed shut by URA
Developers will now have to include planter boxes, bay windows in GFA
 
(SINGAPORE) Here’s some bad news for developers: a loophole that helped them sell in excess of the gross floor area (GFA) has been plugged.
 
Till now, bay windows and planter boxes, which often make up around 5 per cent [...]

Rentals making gentle waves at Sentosa Cove

Rentals making gentle waves at Sentosa Cove
They could hold firm despite gloom elsewhere and offer decent yields
 
(SINGAPORE) Close to 300 homes at Sentosa Cove, including 200 condominium units, have received Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) and the exclusive enclave is starting to bustle.
 
DTZ Debenham Tie Leung, which is the property manager of the 200-unit The Berth [...]

Sentosa rents soar

Sentosa rents soar
 
Construction not putting tenants off
 
SENTOSA Cove is slowly, but surely, attracting high-end tenants with the completion of an estimated 300 homes, including the 200-unit The Berth by the Cove condominium.
 
Despite ugly construction sites dotting many parts of Sentosa, the first luxury condo units and landed properties have drawn rents comparable [...]

Leasing market in Sentosa Cove starting to pick up

Leasing market in Sentosa Cove starting to pick up
 
SINGAPORE : The leasing market in Sentosa Cove is starting to pick up, as more units are ready for occupation, according to property consultants Colliers International.
 
With some 300 units at Sentosa Cove having temporary occupation permits, Colliers said the leasing market could be starting to [...]

1989: Sole heir; 1996: Cut out of millions

1989: Sole heir; 1996: Cut out of millions 
Two sisters’ legal battle over mum’s contrasting wills splits siblings
 
A FIGHT in court between two sisters over the contrasting wills made by their late mother has split the family.
Ophthalmologist Caroline Chee Ka Lin, 47, the youngest of six siblings, says a 1996 will, which cuts her [...]

Is this S’pore’s most expensive house?

Is this S’pore’s most expensive house? 
 
Worth at least $120 million
 
The size of 92 five-room HDB flats
 
Owned by a prince
 
The mansion mired in a legal battle between the Brunei Sultan’s brother and the country’s national investment agency could well be Singapore’s most expensive residence.
Owned by Prince Jefri Bolkiah, the younger brother of [...]