 | Justin Loh
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Email: justin.loh@agent2call.com
MSc, GDip, GDMM, BSc(Hons), Cert-in-CEHA
| ENGAGE A "Cert-in-CEHA" AGENT More expats fall prey to rogue property agents
More expatriates have become victims of tricky landlords, dodgy tenancy agreements, disappearing deposits and other rental snares. According to the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), foreigners lodged 32, out of a total of 365, complaints against real estate agents from last October to March this year. This was a 23 per cent increase from the 26, out of 516, complaints within the same period a year earlier. Case said that most of the complaints it received concerned rental agreements. Commonly cited were overcharging and failure to honour agreements, especially with regard to refunds. Dennis Wee Group said: 'At the moment, only about one-third of real estate agents here are CEHA-certified.'
- The Sunday Times, P12 – 5 April, 2009 | |
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Property sales test price ceiling According to DTZ, units selling for $600,000-plus to $800,000 were the most popular from January to April. In DTZ's analysis of 4,401 caveats captured by URA, 1,515 or 34 per cent were lodged for apartments in this...
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Developers' sales carry note of hope A ray of hope dispelled some gloom in the private home market yesterday when new data showed developers selling 1,220 new units in March. This brings the number sold in Q1 2009 to 2,660 - the best quarterly performance...
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Landed home values hold up well A landed home often offers more space as well as a certain prestige. Its value also typically holds well over the years as the market has a limited supply of landed properties. The landed home market does not attract many...
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More projects with small units to be released this weekend More projects with small apartments are being released for sale, with one offering units of just 344 sq ft - slightly over half the size of a squash court. A preview for the freehold Kembangan...
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Developers head into crisis with more cash 'On average, the net debt-equity ratio had come down from 0.52 times in Q2 to 0.49 times in Q3. And the improvement was generally attributable to a stronger equity base, paring of borrowings and an increase...
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