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Sims Urban Oasis Has a 97.5% Win Rate. The Typical Profit Is $57,000 Below What Sellers a Few Streets Away Have Been Banking.

97.5% of sellers at Sims Urban Oasis (Sims Drive, Geylang, D14) walked away with a profit. Across 122 resale transactions, only 3 ended in a loss. That is one of the higher win rates in RCR — better than Normanton Park (90.9%) and Avenue South Residence (94.2%), and

Yishun/Sembawang Are The Top Performing Districts For Private Homes But That's Only One Half Of The Picture. Here's Why

In a previous article, I wrote that Yishun/Sembawang was one of the top performing neighbourhoods in terms of annualised returns on private homes. That, is still true but what we found next was that a large chunk of the transactions from that finding were actually from ECs - 66% to

Most CCR Properties Suffer From Stagnant Growth Even After Long Holding Periods, These Projects Were The Exception

The argument goes like this: buy in a prime location, hold long enough, and the premium pays off. The data from 341 Treasure at Tampines transactions, 163 Riverfront Residences exits, and 89 The Sail @ Marina Bay sales tells a different story. OCR condo owners who sold in the period from

The Three Projects That Lost the Most Money Were All Large Developments. The Riskiest Condo Is Not What You Have Been Told.

A 265-unit leasehold condo in Geylang posted a 100% win rate across 31 resale transactions. Meanwhile, a 1,042-unit development in the heart of the city returned a 3.6% win rate — meaning 96 out of every 100 sellers lost money. The small project is in District 14.