Demand for single office units still going strong in quiet market
Investors turn more cautious, but small firms still interested in strata-titled offices. ALL has turned quiet on the housing front, but some other segments of the property market appear to have escaped that fate. Still going strong in particular are sales of single office units in larger commercial buildings. Known as strata-titled offices, these properties … Read more
Creative cheats
SOME Singaporeans are creative – or is crafty a more apt word? – when it comes to cheating the system. The latest scam uncovered involves sellers of Housing Board flats who collude with their buyers to declare a falsely low sale price to the HDB, so that the sellers can pocket extra cash. A buyer … Read more
Who inherits flat depends on type of home co-ownership
Q I HAVE a Housing Board (HDB) flat that I had applied for together with my father before my marriage. Should anything happen to me, will the flat go to my wife or my father, who is a co-owner of the flat? My wife has her own income but ever since we got married, she … Read more
