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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Bishan Loft - Executive Condo is on resale market now

Remember 5 years ago, when plenty of people queue for 4 day-and-night, just to secure a unit at Bishan Loft - executive condo, now it is 5.5 year-old, and they are on the resale market now. However, you need to wait for another 4.5 years before it is eligible to be owned by foreigners. Now only Singaporean and PR are entitled.

There are several units on sale now. One I showed here is at Bishan Loft Blk 33, Level 12, 4 bedrooms, asking for $850k, with psf about $600+. North-south orientation with a nice pool view. The only draw back for this Bishan Loft is its bathroom, pretty small.

There is also another Bishan Loft 3-bedroom unit at Level 6 for sale. Area 1184, asking for $740k, this translate to psf $625. Unfortunately, is east-west orientation. The next door to this unit is sold at $720k a few weeks ago. Both units have no pool view, facing the HDB opposite.

These are EC (executive condo), and they are eligible for foreigner yet, hence the price will be cheaper than others real private condo. For example, Bishan 8 with a 3-bedroom unit, area 1195 is asking for $880k. This is $736 psf, about $100 higher than Bishan Loft.


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Monday, March 9, 2009

No taker for mortgage auctions

More people are showing a keen interest in monitoring auction sales of properties in order to bag a distressed sale. But the BIG mortgagee sales that many are waiting for have yet to surface in any significant manner. Right now, the banks are restructuring the loans of potential defaulters, who may be offered interest-free holidays or allowed to stretch the loan period. Banks are unlikely to want to take back too many properties when they may not recoup their losses.

Today Straits Times also reported that there is no taker for a few auctions shown below:

Earlier, there are some other project with units under auctions, here are the details and price information:

The guide price for the Sentosa Cove bungalow, which comes with a swimming pool, is between $12 million and $13 million, which works out to $1,449 per sq ft (psf) to $1,570 psf. While the absolute sum is high, this is lower than the $17 million that another owner of a similar- sized house had asked for last month, and which had failed to attract any buyers.

The 3,757 sq ft unit at the 999-year leasehold St Regis has an indicative price of $2,400 psf, or about $9 million. Some units at this condo had previously sold for more than $3,000 psf.

At Jones Lang LaSalle's auction, there is an uncompleted condo for sale - a four-bedder at The Regency at Tiong Bahru.

Also there is a one-bedder at uncompleted condo The Clift in McCallum Street at DTZ's auction, indicative prices are $1,500 psf for the 506 sq ft unit at The Clift.

The 1,722 sq ft Costa Rhu unit in Tanjong Rhu. Knight Frank withdrew the latter from its auction last month as there were no takers at $1.55 million.

The indicative price for the 2,260 sq ft free hold Regency Park unit in Nathan Road is $1,000 psf to $1,200 psf. It comes with a $9,500-a-month tenancy which will expire in January next year. A bigger 3,175 sq ft unit was sold at $1,036 psf last month.

A mortgagee sale takes place when a bank force-sells a property at an auction after foreclosing on a mortgage. But auctions are also conducted for sales made by owners. The source can be found at Business Times.


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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Natura Loft - DBSS scheme at Bishan

Natura loft located at the Bishan street 24, launch on 31st October 2008.

The price range:
From $418 psf
4-room $465,000--$586,000
5-room $600,000--$739,000

DBSS public housing flats with full amenities nearby for modern urban life-style prestige living and yet so close to the tranquility and peace of nature. A designer built luxurious apartment project featuring 3 towering blocks of 4-room and 5-room.


According to http://www.cnqc.com.sg/naturaloft.html:
* Bishan Design, Build and Sale Scheme public housing by private developer.
* 3 point blocks with 4 units on each level, facing North and South.
* Lift accessible to every floor via the basement car park.
* E-deck basement car parking with direct drop-off at main lobby of 3-block.
* Bedrooms with Mitsubishi inverter Starmex air-conditioner, Bamboo flooring, Build-in wardrobe
* Bathrooms with fittings
* Kitchen cabinets with Blum's anti-slam mechanism


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