Insights
Notes on the home, and who holds it next.
What the news means for a family home in Singapore: the market, and the wills, CPF nominations and lasting powers of attorney that decide what happens to it. General guidance, in my own words.
A child who will always need care: the trust, the will and the home
A government taskforce has named the Special Needs Trust, the will and deputyship as steps to take early, and I think the home belongs in that conversation too.
Orchard Boulevard's land tender, and what it says about the homes around it
A land rate is one reference point for an older home nearby, and the spread of five bids shows how differently careful people can read the same street.
More families now qualify for legal aid, and probate is one of its most common cases
MinLaw has raised the civil legal aid income limit to $1,650 per person, and probate sits among its three most common cases, which says something about how estates are left.
Thomson Reserve and the slower questions for home owners
A launch weekend compresses a long decision into a few days, and the questions that matter to a family take longer.
Prime-district rents slipped in the third quarter. What should a family read into it?
The third quarter favoured the suburbs, and for a family holding a home in the prime districts, what it can earn now deserves as much attention as what it might fetch.
The gap between freehold and 99-year landed homes
Landed prices rose again in the third quarter, but the quieter story is how far apart freehold and 99-year homes now sit.
CPF's 4% floor, and the savings a will cannot reach
Another year of certainty on CPF interest is a quiet reason to check who those savings would go to, and how that sits beside the home and the will.
General information only. Nothing here is financial, legal or tax advice, and none of it takes your circumstances into account.
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