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Super Heartlands in Singapore: The Secret to Long-Term Property Price Growth (and a Smarter Mortgage Plan)

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Lending a Hand This National Day: Refinance Your Home, Help Another
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Celebrate National Day by refinancing your home loan and helping a low-income household. One loan disbursed = one essentials care pack donated.

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Banks Just Released Their New Fixed Interest Rate Home Loan Packages. What Does This Mean For You As A Homeowner?
Interest Rates
16 Nov 2022
Banks Just Released Their New Fixed Interest Rate Home Loan Packages. What Does This Mean For You As A Homeowner?

Banks brought back their fixed interest rate home loan packages and well, they're... high. We look into why banks have set such high interest rates and what we can expect from the future

Why Are Mortgage Interest Rates Rising?
Interest Rates
03 Oct 2018
Why Are Mortgage Interest Rates Rising?

Find out why mortgage interest rates are skyrocketing in 2018 and what you can do to make sure your monthly instalment payment does not increase as well.

SIBOR and How You Can Master It
Interest Rates
27 Feb 2020
SIBOR and How You Can Master It

Should you choose a SIBOR rate for your housing loan in Singapore? What is the difference between 3 month SIBOR and 1 month SIBOR? Learn more about the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate and why it is so crucial to your mortgage.

Fixed Deposit Linked Rates - The Secrets Within
Interest Rates
08 Dec 2022
Fixed Deposit Linked Rates - The Secrets Within

For the past seven years, fixed deposit linked rates like DBS FHR6 have been a unique proposition in the mortgage industry. But are they truly as low a risk?

Choosing Fixed Rate Home Loans in Singapore
Interest Rates
04 Mar 2020
Choosing Fixed Rate Home Loans in Singapore

Depending your risk profile and financial situation, choosing fixed rate home loans may be the best choice. However, you have to consider that no package stays fixed forever, and that it may cost you more in the long run! Surprised? Here's what else you might not know about fixed rates in Singapore.

Three Reasons to take a Floating Interest Rate Today
Interest Rates
15 Mar 2020
Three Reasons to take a Floating Interest Rate Today

As SIBOR continues to fall in 2020, even the most risk adverse may find value in choosing this volatile type of home loan package. Here's why you should take a floating rate today.

Board Rate? What Does This Mean and Should You Take One?
Interest Rates
20 Sept 2022
Board Rate? What Does This Mean and Should You Take One?

A board rate is a home loan interest rate that the bank determines internally. There is no transparency to you and me. How this rate is decided and what benchmarks are used are not revealed to the public. Read on to find out why you should avoid these home loan packages.

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