February - 2022

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 21, 2022

3 STEPS TO IDENTIFYING A GOOD VALUE PROPERTY THROUGH ONLINE PORTALS - PROPERTYGURU / 99.co

Our answers to another common question buyers have: How do you identify a good property unit when browsing property listings on platforms like PropertyGuru or 99.co? We will be sharing the 3 steps and considerations to help you zoom in on potential listings that are worth your time and efforts, to help you in you property purchase! Instead of just looking through every listing on the property platforms like you are shopping on an online store, it is important to understand wh

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 20, 2022

3 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT PROPERTY VALUATION

After touching on topics like COV for HDB purchases, there have been questions like "how are property valuations done?", "what's the estimated value of certain estates?", "Should I pay COV?" and more. We take this chance to share some information about property valuation that you might not have known about previously. As property valuation is being done by professionals and accredited valuators, the purpose of the information we share is purely for sharing from an agent's poi

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 20, 2022

HDB BUYER SHOULD STOP PAYING COV?

What is HDB COV? What should buyers note when considering the concept of COV? Aaron hardly discuss HDB not because it's an unimportant market or that there isn't much to discuss, but it's been that HDB prices have been 'wrong' for a while. Part of that is also down to COV. This post will shed some light on what COV is and give buyers more knowledge and power to decide the best way ahead of themselves! HDB Prices & Buyers There has been minimal discussions about HDB transactio

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 18, 2022

SELL FIRST OR BUY FIRST? WHY 80% OF SINGAPORE PROPERTY UPGRADER SELL FIRST AND NOT BUY FIRST?

Today we discuss a problem commonly raised by both up-graders and down-graders; people who own a property currently and looking for a change. So, can you buy first and sell later? There are many variations of an answer to this question, and many customers come up with versions of hearsay: "My friend tell me", "My father tell me", "My neighbour tell me"... and so on. Rather than relying on hearsay, we are here to decipher the mysteries through uncovering the details. For the s

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 6, 2022

START YOUNG / WHEN SHOULD YOU BUY YOUR FIRST PROPERTY? / BECOME A PROPERTY AGENT EARLY!

The title pretty much tells you what is going on today. This is for the young and uninitiated, what you should be thinking about when you are young, what the benefits are and why. For the rest of us, the time is now! Share this to those who fall into the 19-30 age bracket and hope it inspires them. Inspiring the youth The inspiration for sharing this comes directly from Aaron's personal experience, both his own journey from young and also what he has seen throughout his work

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 6, 2022

REVEALING TRUE FACTS OF "SELL HDB BUY 2 CONDO"

Have you ever heard the claim of 'Sell 1 HDB Buy 2 Condo'? Today we will be looking deeper into such an exciting claim and understand when such a claim is possible and applicable whilst providing some numbers and calculations to make sense of it all. Intro Whenever customers of Aaron comes across amazing claims in the real estate industry, be it through other videos and websites from agents or otherwise, they will call Aaron to verify. Some of these claims make it very attrac

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 6, 2022

BUYING A NEW EC OR RESALE CONDO? Which is better?

Should you buy an EC new launch or get a Resale Condo instead? This is a question that lingers on the minds of property buyers when making their purchase decisions. Today we will list out the differences and what to consider for you to make your best decision. More often than not, property buyers that have come into some trouble with their agents and committed to a contract would then search online for solutions to their woes. They might tend chance upon Aaron Lin Property on

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 6, 2022

ARE YOU A QUALIFIED PROPERTY BUYER? Difficulties in arranging viewing?

There have been buyers that find it hard to arrange viewings, drawing conclusions about agents who seem to ask questions to disallow prospective buyers from viewing units. Learn about how agents are actually qualifying property buyers and the logic behind! Concept of Qualification The concept of buyer qualification is probably one that is already familiar to many buyers but not something buyers accept. Seller agents help sellers to screen potential buyers and allow qualified

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 5, 2022

3 DIRTY SECRETS HDB/CONDO BUYER & SELLER MUST KNOW

There are sometimes shady tricks and methods of the trade within the industry being performed by agents who are either not skilled or knowledgeable enough to service clients, or looking for short cuts to success. Today, we are divulging some of these little secrets to help sellers and buyers be more informed and learn to distinguish the good from the bad. Co-broking To understand what goes behind some of the tactics and secrets discussed today, we need to understand the motiv

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 5, 2022

5 THINGS YOU MUST KNOW AS A PROPERTY BUYER!

For first time buyers, what is the process to go through, what are some of the things to consider? Today, we will provide some tips for you to get started with 5 things you must know as a property buyer. Let's go! 1. What you want to buy This might sound like we are stating the obvious, but from experience working with clients, they know they want to get a property but often not certain about the details. When pressed about what type of property they want, there is always a

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 5, 2022

WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF YOUR PROPERTY AGENT? Expectation of a Property Agent

As much as Aaron is open to help with questions and education with regards to the property market in Singapore, we are unable to provide free consultation and free information for customer-specific situations. Hence, we are here to explain more on the scope of a property agent, what their responsibilities are and what are extra value-adding services agents provide. Common beliefs When a buyer or seller chooses an agent, many times it's by referral. It's great when the person

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 5, 2022

WHAT IS CPF ACCRUED INTEREST FOR YOUR PROPERTY? HOW DOES IT AFFECT DECOUPLING?

Many questions have been put to Aaron about CPF accrued interest and how it affects Singapore Citizens/PRs who use money from the CPF OA to pay for property. We are here today to explain this concept and how it affects property owners, as simply as we can. Summary: The CPF amount used on your property needs to be paid back with interest when you sell your property. Use cash to redeem the amount paid to reduce interest incurred on the amount taken from your OA. What is CPF acc

Aaron Lin Property

Feb 2, 2022

ENBLOC MYTHS? ENBLOC FAILURE? UNDERSTANDING ENBLOC

En Bloc is often a topic which gets home owners excited with visions of a kind windfall and all the possibilities it brings. So what do home owners actually understand about the ins & outs of en bloc. Summary: There are many En Bloc myths and misconceptions within the market. Certain criteria must be met for successful En Bloc and mismatch in expectations causes many En Bloc proposals to fail. What is En Bloc? Looking at the last few years, we saw 2017 & 2018 reflecting a hig