Dear Sir,
I will personally suggest you to sell your current condo first before proceeding to buy another one so that you do not need to pay the ABSD first. The reimbursement is possible but it is subjected to certain conditions and your current property has to be sold within 6 months from the purchase of the new condo.
In the current market sentiment, buying is much easier as compared to selling. You may not want to expose yourself to such a risk of not being able to sell your current property within the 6 months period and end up forfeiting the ABSD. This happens to quite a fair bit of people unfortunately.
From the figures that you have shared, it seems feasible but it may not be at your best interests since you are approaching your retirement age.
Please feel free to contact me so that I can share with you more on the market outlook and also understand your situation and objectives better before giving you my inputs.
Regards,
Nick Tan
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Thanks for your prompt reply and explanation. We will get back to you again once we confirm we are going ahead.
Thanks.