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Hi,

As a general guideline,for the selling of your HDB unit, it takes approximately 3 months ( depending on how fast you can find a buyer for your place ). Yes, I do both selling and buying. Please do contact me for more details on my marketing strategies for your unit for sale. Have a great day ahead !

Regards;
Lyna Song
Associate Group Director
Propnex Realty Pte Ltd
 96238442 
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Good morning,

Yep I have done several concurrent sale & purchase transactions together. Yes typical hdb processing from 1st deposit to sale completion is around 3 months (excluding the time to find a buyer).

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

Warm Regards,

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Hi, I would be most glad to assist you further and pls feel free to let me know if you need any assistance. Hope to hear from you soon and have a great week ahead. By the way, can I have more info of your HDB unit detail so that I can find out about the unit value on your behalf alright?

Regards
Aaron Chong
 9730 8455 
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Hi Sir

I will be able to assist you to sell and buy.

thanks.

Raymond Lim
CCN Realty Pte Ltd
 91388805 
Email; raymondshaq@hotmail.com Read More

Hi Sir/Mdm,

First of all congrats on your upgrading plans!

In fact I have just helped one of my clients upgrade from a 4 room HDB flat to a landed property last month! We were pretty happy with our results as we managed to sell their property with more than $30K cash over value and during the purchase, our clients was willing to offer $180,000 just below the asking and they really liked the house a lot. But end up we gave them a huge pleasant surprise when we managed to negotiate to bring the price down to $380,000 below the asking price thus helping them to save additional $200,000 more.

The whole process was really revolved around their interests only and every step and every piece of advice was targeted to the best of their interests. I work together with my partner to serve our clients and we were being interviewed by the government statutory board for agents, CEA. The feature was about agents with great client service.

If you are ok, then maybe I can suggest that we can meet up for a chat and we can see how we can advise you and also work together with you on your journey to upgrade your property. You can also take this meetup to see if you are comfortable to work with us. Ultimately you also need to interview your agents right? Haha.

Looking forward to hear from you soon! Cheers!

Best Regards,

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Dear sir/madam,

You definitely have great plans in deciding on such a portfolio move, since landed homes have the greatest holding value of all property classes with the dynamics of market in Singapore where land is scarce.

I have been dealing primarily with landed homes for more than 8 years in my 10 years of experience in this business, where assisting clients like yourself in making this upgrade has been what keeps my motivation going.

From the day you accept an offer to your HDB, it takes an approximate 13 weeks to complete the whole transaction, assuming that your buyer does not require any extension period to complete the transaction and all necessary documents are submitted within the time frame required to HDB for the backend process.

If you require the sales proceeds of your HDB to be returned to your CPF for your landed purchase, we will require to look into the timeline involved and where required, to consider short term rental or extension of stay for your HDB since we understand that process for renovation of landed homes tend to be longer given its superior space over a HDB.

Let's discuss this further perhaps on your transition and I wish you all the best in this restructuring process

I have been in the real estate business since 2009, with more than 10years 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.

Over the years, I have also established a network reaching out to more than 8,500 expatriates, bringing my market presence to both in and outside of Singapore. This has created an additional exposure when I manage my clients’ portfolios, on top of the conventional on and offline platforms, where other estate agents are relying on. This has allowed me to consistently convert leads into results.

With an evolving market, where change is the only constant, I have also been investing in upgrading of my knowledge and skills sets to improve myself and meet the demands of current and future market.

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I look very much to hear from you soon.

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Hi Sir/Madam

I will be glad to assist

I won't be able to contact you first as I do not have your contact, appreciate if you can contact me at (65) 96608508  or Silviayang8@gmail.com with details of your unit
or click here http://bit.ly/2tzIQ1a to whatsapp me for no obligation discussion
Thank you.

Warmest regards,

Silvia Yang

PropNex Realty Pte Ltd
Mobile: (65) 9660 8508 
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Hi

You may text 9620 0827  for an open discussion. Attached a link for your reference. https://tinyurl.com/y39sn9gp Regards
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Good day sir / madam .

I am NOT able to contact you directly as i do NOT have your contact.

Kindly contact me Joanne Chia at my handphone +65 8333 3327  for a no obligations chat for your property needs.

Commission rates are negotiable , market rate is about 2% plus minus .

My rates are 1% commission for exclusive ( sole agent ) selling rights to your private property or 2% for open listing ( many agents ) .

No commission chargeable when I serve landed property buyers.

Joanne chia
Email : Chia_joanne@yahoo.com.sg
Handphone +65 8333 3327  Read More

Dear Sir/Mdm,

I have just recently helped my client upgrade successfully from a 4 room flat to an inter-terrace landed home.

There are 2 important issues to take note during te transition. One is your cash flow and the other is the timeline. With proper planning, you will be able to use the sales proceed and CPF refund to finance the landed house purchase, avoid Additional Buyer Stamp Duty and more importantly able to transit smoothly from your current place to your new place without the need of an interim housing solution.

Please feel free to contact me so that I can understand your situation better and draw up a plan for you!

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Hi,

Yes, you're right that a typical HDB transaction takes about 3 months to complete. I understand that you're looking to upgrade to a landed property, and you might be concerned on the Timeline and financial aspects of your sale and purchase.

Since the cost of a landed property can be quite substantial, I think it is most ideal if you could first sell off your HDB flat in order to avoid the hefty 12% ABSD that you will need to pay should you purchase the landed property first.

We could do both your sale and purchase concurrently, and request an "extension of stay" of up to 3 months from the Buyer of your HDB flat. This will allow some time for your funds to be ready for your landed purchase, and also some time for minor renovation of your new home.

Timeline planning if done right, will save you the hassle of having to shift house more than once. I believe this is what you, like many others, are looking at when planning to upgrade.

I am experienced and well-versed in both private and HDB resale transactions. I have helped many HDB flat owners upgrade to private properties, some even into multiple properties.

My area of focus is in Central/Queenstown/Bukit Merah region, and I am blessed to have transacted several "million-dollar" HDB flats over the past 1-2 years, with many others in the $900k+ range. I have managed to set record prices for many of my units I represented, most recently selling a 3RM flat at a record price of $590k.

I will be able to assist you in your upgrading plans. Please get in touch with me for a more in-depth discussion.

Should you need require further assistance in matters relating to property, please contact me at my mobile 9748 6305  . I will be happy to assess and share with you the possibilities for you in the current market.

Thank you.

Best regards,
Robbie Chen
 9748 6305 
PropNex Realty Read More

Hi,

Yes, you are right. Selling of hdb once exercise will take between 6 to 8 weeks.
I believe you will prefer to move directly from your hdb to the landed unless the flat is currently vacant.
This is where we come into the picture. With careful planning, you will be able to time the selling of hdb and purchase of landed concurrently so you won't be inconvenient with too many movings.
Other than this, we can help you source for the best possible house and price towards your dream home.

Feel free to contact me at 92707548  for further discussion.

Alan Sng
Propnex Read More

Hi there,

I have and am also currently assisting many clients with their sale and purchase concurrently. Do contact me so we can discuss further.

I look forward to assisting you!

Bhavina Kaur
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Dear Owner

I have been in the real estate industry for the past 13 years and transacted mainly in residential sale and rental.
I will be glad to help find a buyer for your HDB flat and assist in home search for your next dream home.
Perhaps you can contact me at 90118028  and we discuss more.

Regards
Jolyn Tan
OrangeTee & Tie
Mobile : +65 9011 8028 
Email : jntan1@yahoo.com.sg or
jolyn.tan@orangetee.com
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