Singapore consumer prices rose 2.2% year-on-year in September 2026. After inflation, private home prices are still above their 1996 and 2013 peaks. Consumer prices in Singapore were 2.2% higher year-on-year in Sep 2026, according to SingStat. Private home prices rose 3.4% year-on-year, so they are still ahead of inflation. After stripping out consumer prices, the […] The post Home Prices After Inflation: Above the 1996 Peak first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

URA’s final Q3 2026 data, quarter-on-quarter: private prices up 1.4%, rents up 1.3%, vacancy at 7.2%. The HDB resale index edged lower. Private home prices rose 1.4% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2026, according to the final URA figures released on 23 October. The index stands at 222.5, its highest level on record. The […] The post Home Prices Hit a Record in Q3 2026: Landed +2.9%, Suburbs +2.3% QoQ first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

5 unhinged things I did before my home reno as a new home owner in SG Relook at my credit card strategy I had cancelled some cards before I bought a home. But now then I’m doing home reno, some cards are great for absorbing large purchases more than others. I reapplied for some cards. […] The post 5 unhinged things I did before my home reno as a new home owner in SG #shorts #renovation first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

Hi Stacked, I own a two-bedroom, one-bathroom unit of around 674 sq ft at AMO Residence. It is a mid-floor unit with an unblocked view and is vacant. I had planned to live there or keep it as an investment property. Since that purchase, I have found a partner, and I would like to sell […] The post I Bought A Condo For $1.42M, But Can’t Sell It After 20 Viewings — Here’s My Biggest Dilemma first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

Although the 15-month wait-out period for private property owners buying non-subsidised five-room and larger flats ended on July 28 this year, HDB says it did not observe a significant increase in resale prices or the number of flats purchased by this group of buyers. According to the latest statistics published by HDB, average resale prices […] The post Nearly 600 Million-Dollar HDB Flats Sold In 3 Months — Yet Resale Prices Are Falling first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

The final quarter of 2026 also heralds the last Build-To-Order (BTO) sales exercise of the year. It will be the largest offering of BTO flats this year, with 7,970 flats across seven projects. Originally scheduled for October, the November BTO sales exercise was delayed by a month in view of a series of policy changes […] The post 7,970 BTO Flats Are Launching In November — We Compared The 3 Most Anticipated Projects first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

URA’s price index shows landed homes up 7.0% in a year and condos up 1.8%. How to read the chart, how the two lines split after 2009, and its limits. Landed home prices have pulled well ahead of condo prices in URA’s index. In Q2 2026 the landed index stood at 258.4, up 7.0% on […] The post Landed vs Non-Landed Home Prices: How the Gap Opened Since 2004 first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

Summary Ghosted by your interior designer, left with unfinished renovation work or stuck waiting for your furniture to be delivered? For some home owners, creating their dream home can quickly turn into a costly nightmare. So what can homeowners do to protect themselves from renovation woes? What red flags should they look out for before […] The post [Post 1649] Renovation red flags: What to know from start to finish | Deep Dive first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

How the HDB loan and a bank loan are priced, the rules on each, and the monthly cost of a median-price loan over 25 years at several rates. The two loans differ less in today’s rate than in what can happen to the rate later. Take the median HDB resale flat, which sold for S$630,000 […] The post HDB Loan vs Bank Loan: What Does S$400,000 Cost a Month? first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

Faber Residence opened for sales on 18 October 2025. The guide price was from S$1,995 psf (price per square foot), according to the GuocoLand press release. Of its 399 homes, 344 (86%) sold that weekend at an average of S$2,160 psf, GuocoLand said. The guide price was about 9% above the middle value of the […] The post Faber Residence Review: Faber Walk, District 5, S$1,995 PSF first appeared on TheFinance.sg.