Home Loans

HDB Downpayment Guide: How Much Do You Need for BTO, Resale & EC?
HDB Downpayment Guide: How Much Do You Need for BTO, Resale & EC?
Buying a HDB flat is a rite of passage for many first-time homeowners in Singapore. Whether it’s a HDB ...
18 October 2024
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HDB Loan Eligibility, Interest Rates & Downpayment (2024)—A Beginner’s Guide
If you’re buying an HDB flat in Singapore, you often have the option of taking an HDB concessionary loan, ...
2 May 2024
Can You Fix A Bad Credit Score? Pro Tips To Get That Home Loan
Can You Fix A Bad Credit Score? Pro Tips To Get That Home Loan
So interest rates have been on the rise and you, a home owner, are in a real pickle. Do you stick out your ...
11 January 2023
Fed Interest Rate Hike & How that Affects Singaporean Homeowners
Fed Interest Rate Hike – What This Means For Singaporean Homeowners
While most of Singapore was sleeping, the US Federal Reserve raised its interest rates yet again. Known ...
3 November 2022
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DBS vs OCBC vs UOB Home Loan: Which Home Loan is Best?
When the time comes to buy a home, most Singaporeans go straight for the HDB loan as if on autopilot. It’s ...
19 October 2022
UOB Home Loan Review: Calculator, Interest Rates, Refinance, Promotions
UOB Home Loan Review: Calculator, Interest Rates, Refinance, Promotions
No matter what kind of property you’re buying, UOB has made sure that there’s something for you. On top ...
18 October 2022
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DBS FHR Home Loan – The Fixed Deposit Home Rate and Why It’s So Different From Other Home Loans
When I think “groundbreaking”, I think of Marvel and the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, which starred ...
18 October 2022
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DBS Home Loan – Which of Their Home Loan Packages Should You Choose?
Mention DBS bank to any Singaporean and they’ll automatically think of the convenience withdrawing cash, ...
18 October 2022
DBS Home Loan Review: Calculator, Interest Rates, Repricing, Refinance
DBS Home Loan Review: Calculator, Interest Rates, Repricing, Refinance
DBS home loan (or POSB home loan) packages are some of the most popular mortgage options in Singapore today ...
18 October 2022
OCBC Home Loan Review: Calculator, Refinance, Home Loan Rates
OCBC Home Loan Review: Calculator, Refinance, Home Loan Rates
Those currently house-shopping will understand the pains of financing their new homes. First, you have ...
18 October 2022
HDB Loans vs Bank Loan -- Which is Better?
HDB Loan vs Bank Loan – Which Is Better? 5 Things to Know Before You Commit
Choosing financing for your home is like a game of “Rathers“. You know, where everyone tackles hard questions ...
4 October 2022
Map of HDB BTO May 2022 Review: Queenstown, Bukit Merah, Toa Payoh, Jurong West, Yishun/ Moneysmart
May BTO 2022 Review: Queenstown, Bukit Merah, Toa Payoh, Jurong West, Yishun
Recently, a 5-room Henderson HDB resale flat at City Vue became the most expensive resale flat in Singapore’s ...
3 June 2022
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Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) and How It Affects Your Loans
TDSR, which stands for Total Debt Servicing Ratio, is a way for the Singaporean government to keep checks ...
6 April 2022
HDB BTO Launch February 2022 Review: Tengah, Yishun, Kallang / Whampoa, Geylang
HDB BTO Launch February 2022 Review: Tengah, Yishun, Kallang / Whampoa, Geylang
If you just got engaged or turned 35, HDB BTO launches will have taken on a new meaning for you. In that ...
28 February 2022
How to Pick the Best Home Loan for Your Property in Singapore
How to Pick the Best Home Loan for Your Property in Singapore
Have you got your eye on a new home and are already looking for the best home loan in Singapore? Are you ...
7 February 2022
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HDB Loan vs Bank Loan – 3 Ways to Decide Which is Best for You
When deciding on what is probably the biggest loan you will ever take in your life, it’s quite safe to ...
16 December 2021
Home Loan Interest Rates Are Set To Rise – Is It Time To Start Planning To Refinance Your Mortgage?
Home Loan Interest Rates Are Set To Rise – Is It Time To Start Planning To Refinance Your Mortgage? (Dec 2021)
After living through the circuit breaker and pivoting to remote working, many Singaporeans have had enough ...
9 December 2021
SORA home loan Singapore - what do those who've signed up think?
SORA-pegged Property Loans: We Speak to Those Who’ve Signed Up
This post was written in collaboration with The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). While we are financially ...
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3 Features of a SORA-pegged Property Loan & What Homeowners Think About It
This post was written in collaboration with The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). While we are financially ...
Home Loan Singapore - SIBOR and SOR to SORA, the transition
Have an Existing Property Loan? Here’s What Will Happen When SIBOR/SOR Transitions to SORA
This post was written in collaboration with The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). While we are financially ...
HDB BTO Launch November 2021 Review: Choa Chu Kang, Hougang, Jurong West, Kallang/Whampoa & Tengah
HDB BTO Launch November 2021 Review: Choa Chu Kang, Hougang, Jurong West, Kallang/Whampoa & Tengah
November is the penultimate month of the year, usually signifying the beginning of the year-end sales season, ...
24 September 2021
DBS Home Equity Income Loan Review: CPF Scheme for Private Property Owners
DBS Home Equity Income Loan Review: CPF Scheme for Private Property Owners
Unless you’re willing to live with your parents forever or have had a look at rental prices and not had ...
14 September 2021
The MoneySmart Guide to Retirement Part 1: Home Security
The MoneySmart Guide to Retirement Part 1: Home Security
Your home is your castle, your refuge, your love nest, your (wo)man cave, and also what you have spent ...
6 September 2021
Voluntary CPF Housing Refund: What Is It, and Should You Do It Too?
Voluntary CPF Housing Refund: What Is It, and Should You Do It Too?
Emptying your CPF Ordinary Account (OA) to pay for property and service your mortgage is one way you can ...
25 August 2021
SIBOR, SORA and SOR Rates Explained — All You Need To Know And How They Affect Your Home Loans
SIBOR, SORA and SOR Rates Explained — How They Affect Your Home Loans
One of the biggest decisions you have to make when buying a home is… no, not what colour you want the walls ...
13 July 2021