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.

Skye at Holland opened for sales on 11 October 2025. The guide price was from S$2,598 psf (price per square foot), according to EdgeProp. The developers said 658 of the 666 homes (99%) sold over the launch weekend. The average price was S$2,953 psf (UOL and CapitaLand Development). The guide price was about 16% above […] The post Skye at Holland Review: Holland Village, District 10, S$2,598 PSF first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

Pinery Residences sold 544 of its 588 homes, or 92.5%, in the launch weekend of 28 and 29 March 2026. The average was S$2,546 psf (per square foot). EdgeProp reported this from the developers’ figures. The starting price at the preview was lower. It was from S$2,340 psf for a 635 sq ft 2-bedroom, according […] The post Pinery Residences Review: Bedok Reservoir Road, District 16, S$2,340 PSF first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

Thomson Reserve opens for sales on 31 October 2026 with a guide price from S$2,608 psf (price per square foot), according to UOL and CapitaLand Development press release. That is about 28% above the median resale price of the older leasehold condos around it. It is about 14% above Jadescape, the newest leasehold condo in […] The post Thomson Reserve Review: Upper Thomson, District 20, S$2,608 PSF first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

EdgeProp reported on 27 September that Amberwood at Holland sold 23 of its 212 homes (11%) on its launch weekend of 25 and 26 September 2026. The average price was S$3,019 psf (price per square foot). Sim Lian Group released only 70 homes in the first phase. Against those homes, the take-up was 33%, according […] The post Amberwood at Holland Review: Holland Link, District 10, S$2,945 PSF first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

Pollen Collection II is on sale in batches. URA’s developer-sales file shows 110 of its 186 terrace houses on sale and 48 sold by September 2026, or 44% of the houses on sale. Bukit Sembawang put 52 houses on sale in early December 2025 and 15 more in June 2026, EdgeProp reported. EdgeProp also reported […] The post Pollen Collection II Review: Pollen Rise, District 28, S$2,601 PSF first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

Rivelle Tampines, a 572-home executive condominium (EC) in Tampines West, sold 529 homes, or 92.5%, in its launch weekend of 21 March 2026. The average was S$1,893 psf (per square foot), EdgeProp reported. The preview price was lower. It was from S$1,798 psf for an 883 sq ft 3-bedroom, according to EdgeProp. That is about […] The post Rivelle Tampines EC Review: Tampines Street 95, District 18, S$1,798 PSF first appeared on TheFinance.sg.

Luxus Hills Phase 10 put 65 terrace houses on sale in September 2026. URA’s developer sales show 18 sold by the end of September 2026. The median was S$3,455 psf (price per sq ft) on land area. The houses sold for about S$5.5 million to S$7.1 million, according to a Propwise calculation from URA caveats […] The post Luxus Hills Review: Seletar Hills, District 28, S$3,406 PSF first appeared on TheFinance.sg.