Dear readers, PropertySoul.com has been keeping the same web design for the past 6 years. With things slowing down towards the end of the year, I decided to give my blog a new look. After some hiccups to outsource the job, I was determined to DIY for this long overdue project. For 10 days I returned from work early to play with the kids who were on school holiday, then … [Read more...]
Queens Peak review from a buyer’s point of view
I was invited to MCC Land’s Queens Peak VIP preview on October 22. The Edge Property says there were 4,000 people at the sales gallery during the preview weekend. It won’t be surprising that probably half of them are property agents. Don’t visit Queens Peak at peak hours When the show suite opened at 10 a.m., it was already fully packed with sales representatives from the … [Read more...]
What is so ‘grande’ about Lake Grande?
During the first weekend launch, MCL Land managed to sell 436 units or 60 percent of 710 units at Lake Grande. Buyers paid an average price of $1,368 psf for the units. Singaporeans accounted for 17 out of every 20 buyers. Two weeks later on National Day, the developer has moved a total of 470 units. Sales has slowed down significantly since then. According to the URA records, … [Read more...]
Property Tool Review: PropertyGuru’s Virtual Reality Showroom
On June 27, PropertyGuru showcased its latest technology of showflat viewing using virtual reality (VR). In the bustling CBD at Raffles Place, an ordinary truck was converted into a PropertyGuru VR Showroom for passers-by to test the VR demo. A few months back I just had an amazing ‘virtual theme park roller coaster ride’ at the Samsung Galaxy Studio in front of Ngee Ann City. … [Read more...]
Property Tool Review: SRX’s Sevi Chatbot
Last Saturday, I decided to try out Sevi, a new property tool newly launched by StreetSine Technology Group . It would be good to know whether it is useful for a first-time buyer or an ordinary property investor. For your information, Sevi (Search, Evaluate, Valuation, and Initiate transactions) is an AI (Artificial Intelligence) chatbot that answers property questions from … [Read more...]