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Data-driven reads on Singapore property

Sourced, dated, and honest about the trade-offs — no forecasts, just the numbers and what they actually mean.

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10 articles

Residential vs Commercial vs Industrial — The Tax Bill Compared

Same price, three asset classes: ABSD, GST and the lease-balance trade-off compared with live official rates.

Stamp DutyABSDCommercial Property

Singapore Private Home Prices Since 1975: Every Cycle on One Chart

The URA private residential price index, quarter by quarter since 1975 — every cooling measure and recovery on one chart, sourced and dated, never a forecast.

Price IndexMarket HistoryPrivate Residential

Singapore Industrial Property: Price and Rental Index History

JTC's all-industrial price index since 1975 and rental index since 1990 — the full run, sourced and dated, never a forecast.

IndustrialPrice IndexRental IndexMarket History

Singapore Home Loan Rates 2026: The 2.6% Rule

Read your mortgage against the HDB benchmark, weigh fixed versus floating, and run your upgrade math — without predicting the market.

MortgageHDB UpgradingInterest Rates

Singapore 2H2026 GLS: 4,745 Homes, Wait or Act?

The new land-sales list answers the wait-or-act question — and the honest answer splits by whether you want a condo or an EC.

Government Land SalesNew LaunchesSupply

Wait or Act? Read Singapore Supply in 5 Tables

Stop outsourcing the timing question. Five free government tables tell you whether supply is tight or loose — and which way to lean.

Supply PipelineMarket TimingNew Launches

Childcare Operator Playbook — finding, sizing and fitting out an ECDC

Licence class, sizing math, the premises approvals matrix and the outdoor-play-space gate — a practical guide for anyone sourcing a childcare-fit unit.

ChildcareECDACommercial LeasingOutdoor Play Space

Value-Add Playbook — "The yield is not found, it is created"

"The yield is not found, it is created" — the real levers for strata shops, HDB shophouses, offices, industrial (B1/B2), condo/HDB and landed, each with the rule that bounds it.

Value-AddCommercialIndustrialRental Yield

ECDA Childcare Centre Setup — Premises & Licensing Reference

The premises/landlord-side reference for a childcare-fitted or childcare-suitable unit — capacity sizing, licensing timeline, and the tenancy mechanics when a licence changes hands.

ChildcareECDALicensingLandlord

DC26-10 and childcare centres in malls — what changed on 21 August 2026

URA circular URA/PB/2026/10-DCG: what changed for childcare centres on Community/Sports Facilities Scheme bonus-GFA space, effective 21 August 2026.

URA CircularChildcareCSFSChange of Use