Queen Astrid Park houses

Queen Astrid Park is located at the District 10 of Holland, Bukit Timah, Singapore. It is a landed housing estate with close access to the Queen Astrid Park, Klongtan Ping Restaurant, NTUC Fairprice, and School of Chemical and Life Sciences. Transportation access is the Bus Stop located at the Tan Boon Chong. If you want to use the MRT Stations, you may use the Holland Village MRT Station, Buona Vista MRT Station, and the Farrer Road MRT Station. Queen Astrid Park is near to Tanjong Pagar United Fc, Balestier Khalsa Fc, and Gombak United Fc football stadiums. The place is also near to the Padang Cricket Ground and the Kallang Cricket Stadiums.

Sentosa Cove - Bungalows

Sentosa Cove has many bungalows. The bungalows are fancy, each with a unique character. The Sentosa home owners are proud home owners. At easily 10,000 to 15,000 feet in land, these bungalows cost easily 20 million singapore dollars at the minimum. Take a look at the surrounding environment of how rich people live.

New social Media for Singapore property listings

New social media for Singapore Property listings 

by www.PropertyListings.asia


What is New media? What does it generally include? Is there a business case to learn so many new stuff?

What is defined as new? Generally the internet and social networking sites are considered new forms of communication platform or media.



Brief review of forms of internet media



What are blogs and what are websites?

Blogs are originally sites hosted by others where you can post your own content. Websites are internet media where you own the domain name and you also host the site. Therefore you are not under the mercy of the blog operator's rules.

Image sites

There are many sites that allows you to upload pictures for sharing with friends. These sites such as Flikr, google’s Picasa, photobucket and many others allow you to upload your photos to share with your friends and family. If you are a property agent in Singapore, you could share the pictures of the Singapore property listings you had just taken with your potential customers. Some sites allow you to embed the code into your websites to show the photos. This saves you website space.

Video Sites



Video sites are many. Youtube is the most popular video site, but others are aplenty such as Vimeo, Youku, Tudou and many others. You could embed the video into your websites or you could simply post video footage of the property you are trying to sell.



Social networking media



Social media refers to sites where people congregate, either to do something or to participate in an activity or discussion. There are many forms of social media, facebook is a major one where people participate to play games, to talk to comment on groups and many other things. Facebook has become the biggest social media site worldwide. You can start your own group and invite your friends into your property listings group. All such groups will take time to grow. Alternatively you can market the group or fanpage using advertisements to grow it’s numbers. Do be careful though, places where people congregate, there are social etiquettes to follow. When you are trying to sell something in a social setting, please be tactful and discreet or else your efforts will backfire and your brand may suffer as a result.



Special interest group social sites



Some sites are more focused on music and entertainment such as Myspace. Then the are also others such as matchmake and adult friend finder and many adult social sites. These are probably not appropriate for property listings and will most likely be not effective for your needs. The other sites are Friendsters, Bebo, Orkut, Renren, h15, perfspot, zorpia, netlog, habbo, xiaonei, 5q, yeejee, kai xin wang, 51, Fanfou, Twitter, etc.



Social share and bookmarking sites



As there are too many websites out there. Some sites have spruced up to use people's votes or "choices" or "Likes" to rank websites. These websites are them served to users as the preferred websites. There are many interest groups within these sites. There are many sites that allows people to rank favourite websites and serve it to their users. You need to know that these are also powerful forces to reckon with. These sites are Delicious, Digg, reddit, stumbleupon, Hubpages, squidoo, yahoo buzz, google bookmarks and MSN network.



Therefore, new media is not necessarily a holy grail. But it is definitely a bed of roses with thorns. Once you remove the thorns, you can enjoy the roses.



How to succeed in new media depends on how you are able to get persistent visitor traffic that are not only relevant and cheap to acquire. If you do not have too much worry about acquiring clients, then you can focus more on serving them.



If you want to sell your property, you will need to master these skills in order to market effectively on the internet. Consider talking to the Searh Engine Optimisation and Social media consultants to help you in creating and successful and sustainable business on the new media.

Write to info@propertylistings.asia

Traditional media for Property Listings in Singapore and Asia

Traditional media for Property Listings in Singapore and Asia
By www.PropertyListings.Asia

We’re sure these are questions that you often ask. Listing a property for sale is not difficult. There are many ways to list a property for sale. You can place an advertisement on the traditional media such as newspapers or you can place advertisements on Facebook, spread the news amongst your friends, or post on numerous websites to list your property for sale. Let us first explore the merits and disadvantages of traditional media.

Traditional media for Property Listings
Print media such as newspapers or Free Magazines
Newspaper media can be quite fast and time targeted as you can choose when to advertise. For example, if you you have a property listings advertised on Friday and Saturday, you can expect replies on the same Friday and Saturday and maybe Sunday. But it is not persistent, because property buyers are unlikely to see your advertisements in the next week. So you have only 1 chance to make it work or else you throw away your money.

Flyers
Are flyers effective you may ask?

With flyers, the respondents may take a few days before responding to your advertisements and sometimes even longer. But most people throw away flyers the moment they receive it.

Direct mailing campaigns
There is another method, using direct mailing via Singpost or other private mail operators. If you address the letter or advertisement to the named addressee, you may be guaranteed at least a quick browse through of the advertisement.

However if you need to have a very accurate database. And good database is not cheap to come along. Some mail service provider may be able to provide the name of the addressee for you for a fee. However, you will need to print your own letter or flyer and engage someone to put it into the envelopes. All these are labour intensive and costly.

TV advertising and TV sales network
If you are a property developer, you may even need to do a television advertisement. Despite what the media says, TV is increasingly marginalized as people can watch movies on the computer. Again, TV advertisements do not engage the consumer, they blast everything at the property buyer and then hope that the viewer will quickly pick up the phone or copy the address and go visit them. So how many advertising slots do you want to buy? The same for the more persistent TV advertorials. But TV advertorials get repeated again and again. But these usually require long term contracts. Therefore, unless you have huge amount of funds, these form of property listings is out.

Professional magazines or niche magazines
Another form of traditional media is through the magazines. This form of advertising still works for some highly visible property agencies. The property listings are also more persistent. In such advertisements, most prefer to advertise their company or their brands or themselves. As long as the magazine is relevant to what their readers are reading, there is always a chance that the viewers will call the property agency, property agent or call up regarding the property listings.

Innovative traditional bricks and mortar advertising such as Car park barrier advertisements
You can also put up advertisements at Taxi stands, Taxi boards, MRT stations notice boards and so on. All these will more likely create Impressions than actual action. But as always, innovation doesn’t hurt as long as it does not cost too much. These methods are all very effective in a Saturation marketing campaign.

Invest in Singapore properties: DBS OCBC Maybank eases credit

Invest in Singapore properties: DBS OCBC Maybank Eases Credit
Article contributed by: www.PropertyBUYER.com.sg

DBS Singapore term loans - Equity loans (loan to valuation) has been revised from 70% to 80% starting January 2010.

OCBC bank Singapore term loans - equity loans (loan to valuation) has been revised from 70% to 80% starting January 2010.

Maybank has raised the lending limit from 80% to 90% loan to valuation.

Note: Monetary Authority of Singapore allows banks to lend up to 90% of the valuation of a Property, but not all banks offer 90% loans.


Term loans are also known as equity loans. These type of loans allow property owners to take cash out of a property whose valuation have risen by refinancing these properties.


How Singapore Property term - equity loans work

For example (if CPF is not used)



A property which was bought for $1m dollars with an outstanding loan of 800k.



If the property valuation increases to $1.2m, this Singapore property owner can go to a bank to refinance their home loans. At $1.2m valuation and at a Loan to valuation of 80%, the bank can lend you $960,000.



If your new possible loan size is $960,000 that means you will be able to refinance your $800,000 home loan + a term loans (or equity loan) for $160,000.



This immediately avails $160,000 (after 12 weeks) of cash if your income can support $960,000 of loan quantum.



These cash out is not allowed for down payment for another property.



The actual impact or increase in liquidity is likely to be limited. These lending changes are not announced openly, as a result, they are not likely to lead to people suddenly going to the bank to apply to Singapore property buyer with “cash out”.



In Singapore Monetary Authority of Singapore do not make a lot of announcements unlike the federal reserve in the USA.



Therefore if we use DBS as a proxy for the Singapore government's policies, it does possibly infer a credit easing stance, albeit a very minor one. This could mean that credit and financial risks have abated and the climate is more positive for lending or it could be just a minor adjustment to keep Term loan and home loan maximum Loan to valuation cap in-line with home loans loan-to-valuation caps.



Easing of Credit typically fuel property asset prices.



What does it mean for Singapore property investors and buyers alike?



We do not think this is a big tide of change, rather it should be taken as just one more positive signal (out of many other signals) for property buying rather than a definitive BUY signal.



PropertyBuyer.com.sg Mortgage Consultants have a panel of lawyers with whom we work closely with.

However we do NOT take legal fee kick-back (Many property agents refer you to a law firm in return for a fee, the law firms then charge you a higher rate to recoup the illegal commission paid to the Singapore property agents).

But in return for this partnership with the Conveyancing Lawyers which benefits the conveyancing lawyers more than it benefits us, we monitor their performance. We require the Singapore conveyancing lawyers to be expedient, work with integrity and care. These lawyers also have to highlight any risks as soon as they see it. Their charges also must be transparent and in-line with market rates. But you are free to choose your own lawyers.



How do Singapore Mortgage Consultants survive then?



Banks pay us a fee on successful loan transaction as we complement the banks and ease the work load of bankers on the front end. You don't have to pay us an entry fee, exit fee or subsription. It's totally Free and transparent.



We are able to keep our independence because we work with all the major banks.

Invest in Singapore Property carefully and avoid "Buyer" representation

Invest in Singapore property Carefully

by www.PropertyBUYER.com.sg Mortgage Consultants

Sometimes, it is often the sweetest of smiles that kills and the most beautiful faces that stabs you from behind.

We are glad that the Ministry of Home Affairs has finally appointed someone to regulate the Singapore property market. As it stands, Singapore property buyers do need some protection against unscrupulous Singapore property agents.

Many agents or agencies are openly claiming to be the Singapore buyer representatives. On the other hand, just click another link on their website, they will explain why they are also the best seller representatives.

Whether you are a first time property buyer or an experienced property buyer, it is good to know that your real estate agent has your best interests in mind as you select a home. You save all the hassle of going through the classifieds daily or surf the internet. This is a very common statement that property agents profess. Then the next moment, they are claiming to be seller representative and how they will get you the best selling prices.

But how do property agents perform?
• Do the Singapore property agents find you the best match?
• Do the Singapore property agents always seemed so positive about the ever rising property market and that the market will never fall? You feel so good about buying!
• Do the Singapore property agents say that there is en-bloc opportunity and that property is a good investment?
• How do they select the properties? From their stock of unsold properties?
• Do the property agents help you by showing you the option to purchase (OTP)? Do the agents tell you the unfair clauses in the Option to purchase (OTP) are standard clauses and that you needn’t worry?

Whose side are the property agents standing on? The seller side or your side?

Well, You can always draft your own Option to purchase (OTP) and tell the agent not to worry, just use yours.

Now, where are the facts? We would often ask them to show us the facts that property prices always appreciate and we can show you many that do not.

Do you want to know how property agents stage a nice show for you?


This is what we heard in the industry, not sure how many people other than Mr. Lim fell to this trick.

Mr. Lim found on the internet and called up a sweet looking property agent. She looked so sincere and innocent and very senior in position. After gaining his trust, she went to show him properties. After learning his needs and choice, she brought him to view properties.

Mr. Lim was surprised that so many properties that he saw, they were not ideal and did not meet his requirement. He saw 5 to 10 properties, but they were all not ideal. Then she brought out her trump card, the property she wanted to move.

Mr. Lim saw the property and Bingo. That was the closest match, maybe 80% match, it didn’t match everything, but the property agent convinced Mr. Lim that that unit is one of the best units available.

What Mr. Lim didn’t know was, what the property agent did, she kept a number of units and didn’t show it to Mr. Lim. Mr. Lim found out after accidentally calling up a few more agents out of curiosity. Surprisingly, Mr. Lim went for viewing and found much better units for cheaper price.

So what did the charming lady Property agent do to deceive Mr. Lim? Why did she do it?


The seller for the unit which was inferior was willing to pay 2% commission to the agent and it was not co-broke unit.

She only used the other other properties to show case and move her own 2% big fat commission property.

So now, the picture is fairly clear isn’t it?

We are eagerly looking forward to Institute of Estate Agents (IEA) to regulate the industry and set some ground rules.

Buying and selling agents must be separated and licensed on an individual basis, so that agents are careful not to be in cahoots with each other. Singapore Property Buyers can be more at ease if regulations are more comprehensive. Nonetheless Property buyers must always be vigilant, Buyers beware.

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Invest in Singapore and Malacca Resorts

Singapore Property Investors: Malacca Private Villa Retreat By The Sea



FOR SALE

Property Details
• 4 Bedrooms retreat home built on 14,000 sq ft of FreeHold land
• FREE HOLD - Sea Front
• 5 minutes from famous Malacca Portuguese Settlement
• 10 minutes away to Malacca Raya
• 15 minutes from the historical sites in Melaka.
• Spacious dry and wet kitchen area
• Counter kitchen concept
• Generous open concept layout



Breathtaking views, soothing sounds of the calm sea, the
refreshing scent of sea breeze with the tropical garden of over a
generous manicured gerden. Designed by renown Singapore
architectural firm, Comprehensive Design Group (CDG) in 1980
and privately built by the late Senator David Loh as his private
residence with his family. The flexible floor plan works well as a
year round home or as a getaway retreat.







The property is well maintained with loving dedication. A
builder’s private residence, finely crafted with an eye for detail
and a passion for classical luxury. The grand living room sets the
stage for exquisite entertaining, opening out to the dining room
and the sea front garden. A potential gourmet kitchen with dry
and wet area. A tranquil master suite is the perfect place to
relax.



TIMELESS RETREAT HOME

Perched right up to the seafront along the infamous straits of
Malacca, the spacious sanctuary residence is most ideal as a
retreat or an investment.

The Freehold land can also be an asset to be developed into
a cluster of residences with great ROI opportunities.



A classically inspired mansion in the historical town of Melaka
captures the imagination and balances artful expression with
practicality. Gracious living spaces merge to form a delightful
opportunity for relaxed daily living and intimate sanctuary. The
house is designed to boast vast spacious and ease for air flow.
The lush landscape plays host to an environmentally respectful view
home with thought in every detail. A beautiful garden perfectly
sited by the sea is host to a private sanctuary. Serenity is found on
this lush, well manicured plot of greenery. It is also ideal for a private
pool.


A RETREAT MANSION - PRIVATE SALE
999, Taman Aman, Ujung Pasir, Malacca.


Michael Loh

Contact Info: Mobile : +6012 2331408

email: michaelloh62@mac.com
OFFER PRICE : SGD 1,100,000
Viewing by appointment ONLY

You may consider to refinance your home loan for term loan for the above property.