Buying one's own home is one of the most monumental moments in anyone's life. While Singapore's HDB has kept housing prices relatively affordable compared to other urban areas around the world, it's still very difficult for most people to...
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the United States Federal Reserve has cut interest rates to near-zero (I have discussed this in a previous article). This has a knock-on effect in Singapore, and our home loan rates are also starting...
It started with a strange virus emerging from a city in China named coronavirus in late December 2019. We were entering 2020 on a good note and bam! A black swan event happened.
Nobody could have expected COVID-19 to hit...
Congratulations! You have just secured a posting to Singapore! I'm sure immediately after celebrating for a while a big question mark may hover over you. How do you go about renting a place in Singapore?
Fret not! This guide will...
Just like any employer-employee relationship, your relationship with your domestic worker also has its own set of protocols and etiquettes that are important to maintain. There are things you should and shouldn't do if you want to maintain a...
This article originally appeared on ValuePenguin
BlueSG, an electric car sharing service that recently launched in Singapore at the end of 2017, has been making headlines as it already served 5,000 rentals within 3 weeks of operation. It is a...
With the promise of providing cheap and environmentally friendly mode of transportation, bike sharing services have been growing like weeds all over the world. But do they really help consumers save money? Just like how we compare credit cards...
Executive Condos are a hybrid form of housing, that is between a private condo and an HDB flat. This carries some psychological implications – there are many buyers and sellers who will exclaim “How can your Executive Condominium be...
In spite of what it might seem for new buyers, loaning money from the bank to pay for a mortgage isn’t as simple as just borrowing from them like they are your best friend. Instead, there are quite a...
Due to the demand for programmers and the high cost of university tuition, coding bootcamps are becoming increasingly popular. For example, the number of students that completed one of these programs in 2017 was about 10 times higher than...