Does it make sense to buy strata landed property today?
Belgravia Green, an 81 strata housing development with 18 semi-detached and 71 terraced houses, developed by the Teo family of Tong Eng Group and the Yeap family (Credit: Fairview Developments)
SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) - Jip Ng, senior group district director at PropNex, has been a realtor focused on the strata landed segment for the past two decades. A question he is frequently asked is: “Why doesn’t strata landed property appreciate as much as conventional landed property?” True enough, the question came up at the landed property webinar held by PropNex and EdgeProp Singapore on Oct 3.
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