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Hi,

If the house is fully renovated and the design style fits your lifestyle requirements with minimal touch up required, I think its worth a consideration. There are also other large 5-room units in Pasir Ris that may be more affordable, just wondering if you have considered those options?

Hope the above clarifies. May I have more info and requirements about your plans so as to make better recommendations? Thanks and look forward to value-add to your housing plans.

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Good evening Sir/ Mdm,

Shall we work out your finances before proceeding further?

Do always spend within means, cash flow is important.

Hope my sharing helps in aiding in your enquiry. May I know how can I value add further in your property needs?

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Hi there!

Firstly, I would like to thank you for your query!
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Dear sir,

First of all, congratulations to your plan to upgrade your asset. From your description, it seems that there is a huge element of intangible value involved in your shortlist of the apartment, being near to your family members where family support like caring for your children (if any) and parents can be made more convenient and these are the values that can be difficult to establish in dollars and cents, and it really differs between the different households if coughing up the additional cash per month is worthy or not.

As a real estate professional, our scope of advise and opinion is usually down to the monetary value, and for the rest, it is really on a case by case basis of the realtor you engage to provide the advise. For me, as a father with 4 young children and also a sole breadwinner in the family (I am a fellow Tampines resident too), I can fully understand the dilemma you are in therefore I will really encourage you to list down the priorities of your family clearly first and separating them into the needs and wants before making a decision.

I have been in the real estate business since 2009, with more than 13 years of experience serving the Singapore real estate market.

I am very active in the residential segment of Singapore real estate market, having transacted hundreds of deals from HDBs to private condominiums and landed properties in Singapore, and have handled many unique cases in sales and purchases as well as rental deals.

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Dear Sir,

I would not recommend you stretching beyond your comfortable budget just to upgrade since you are the sole bread winner in the family. It would be more ideal to to work out your finances first, ie to understand how much sale proceeds from the current flat and your CPF refund. Together with your cash savings, CPF amount in your OA, eligible loan amount and the CPF Proximity Housing Grant, we then can determine whether it is a comfortable move.

Please feel free to contact me so that I can gather more information from you and work out the finances for you. In this way, you will get a better idea before you proceed.

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Hi,

1) The median selling price in Tampines for a 3-rm flat is $370k according to the data published by the HDB.
2) With your HLE of $360k, I would say this is over-stretching your finance unless you have sufficient cash and CPF saving to cover the difference.
3) Perhaps you could consider a 5-rm flat with a median selling price of $580k or be able to negotiate the EA price down to nearer to $720k.
4) Note that the above figures are the median selling price of HDB flat type in that estate.
5) Thus newer flat or higher levels still command for a higher value. You have to do your homework to find out the most reasonable price to offer to the sellers.

Hope the above answer your main concerns, but if there are more query, please feel free to contact me at 90110636  , or email: ling.ck7@gmail.com if more information is needed.
I'll be glad to assist.

Best regards
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