You may be thinking of owning your own home and have selected a handful of properties and gone for viewings in the past couple of months. There is one that you really like, based on the layout, location and affordability. But wait, you are not 100% sure what to do next. You think to yourself…
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We Sold Our Home Within The First Week of Listing – Part 2
This is a follow-up from the previous part 1 of the article where we mentioned that we’ll be moving out back to our place next month. You can find that article link here. So after we made our decision to move back, we quickly contacted our routinely familiar agent to list our current place for…
Fixed Home Rates Last Call 2.25% Will End On 23rd Jun Before Rising To 2.6% Thereafter. Refinance Or Simply Check Your Rates Now!
The Fed has raised interest rates by 75 basis points during this past week which sends market spiralling downwards strongly towards an expectation that another consecutive 75 basis point rate hike is on the cards. In fact, if we look at what the market is expecting towards the end of 2022, we are today pricing…
Property Guru (NYSE: PGRU) – Q1 2022 Earnings Review. How Has This Company Fared Since Going Public?
I am pretty sure Property Guru (NYSE: PGRU) needs no further introduction in our local SEA context as most of us would be familiar with the company and how it operates. For some who are not aware, Property Guru began trading on 18th March 2022 this year, raising gross proceeds of approximately USD 254m after…
The Pros & Cons of Refinancing Your Home
One of the most important considerations for homeowners is to select the appropriate mortgage package to work with. Let’s first start with how a mortgage works. When you make a payment to your bank (assuming you are taking a bank loan), some percentage of that payment will go towards the principal and some towards the…
If You Have Not Refinanced In The Last Two Years or Still Under The Floating Rate, You May Want To Lock In Soon!
Interest rates are going up! For those who have not been following the market, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by at least 25 basis points in each of the remaining 6 meetings this year. Together with the earlier which was raised, we are looking at approximately between 1.9% – 2.2% by…
The Jubilation and Tribulations of Moving House
We are finally moving to our place permanently this week right before Christmas after we bought our house last year but didn’t get to move in due to the Covid situation. We are currently (temporarily) crashing at our parents in law place during the entire period of Covid which we have gotten used to the…