We wonder how excited you’ll be when we tell you that the professional fees for engaging an agent are DEDUCTIBLE for your subsequent tenancies. As you’re sitting there in front of your computer, reading this page with your hand on your mouse, your curiosity increases and you are wondering this will affect you when you engage our professional services.
I’m sure that on a stone tablet somewhere there’s etched a commandment that states that “Thou Shall Not Mention The Word ‘Tax’ on a Sunday’. From the fact that even our favourite Merlion is prone to lightning strikes, it’ll be wise not to tempt the fates too much and keep this post short. And speaking of Merlions, have you heard the one where one of our beauty contestants thought it went extinct in 1965? Why do they make it so easy??
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Singapore was ranked 23 out of 144 countries in the Global Peace Index (GPI). Achieving a score of 1.533 out of 5 (the lower the score, the more peaceful the country), this year’s showing is 6 places higher than in 2008. It is the second most peaceful country in Asia, preceded only by Japan. New Zealand, Denmark and Norway form the three most peaceful countries in the world. Conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, this is the third edition of the GPI – a study that ranks countries around the world according to their peacefulness and the drivers that create and sustain their peace.
I realized soon after writing a post about how much you can expect to pay for your initial HDB rental payments and the new HDB registration law, I should actually go into the rental procedure itself. Well, it looks like I finally got round to it! It’s not a complicated procedure, and I’m sure you’ll be able to wrap your arms around it in no time.
Let’s start with the things you’ll have to bring along:
The champagne’s been popped, resolutions made (and maybe already broken) and the happy haze has cleared… somewhat. Now it’s time to get back to that necessary evil known as ‘apartment hunting’. Finding an apartment can be daunting task. So here’s a few tips to get you started. Besides, it’s that time of the year for lists!
You know that thing you do just before you’re considering dating someone where you take out a yellow legal pad and make a list of her pros and cons? Well, it’s something like that here. Like most Singaporeans, I used to stay overseas for a few years and that meant searching for a place to rent. One of the things I did before I went out hunting for girls apartments was to draw three columns on a piece of paper with the headings ‘Things I Need’, ‘Things I Want’ and ‘Deal-Breakers’.
Agent Fai on Property in Singapore 