Prospective condominium buyers can now be assured that what they see is what they will eventually get, as developers must now declare that showflats correctly represent the actual units offered for sale, before opening them up for viewing. Measures taken by the developers of The Criterion executive condominium (EC) at Yishun include labels indicating the position and thickness of removed walls; a list...
Showflats
The Singapore government is planning to release new guidelines on promotional materials for new houses, in order to better help home buyers make decisions. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan announced last week that stricter rules will likely be introduced to guarantee that developers’ showflats resemble the actual apartments. Mr. Mah’s announcement comes after the Urban Redevelopment...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has plans to clamp down on developers who use misleading showflats to lure flat buyers. Replying to queries from Channel NewsAsia, URA said it is reviewing the law -- the Housing Developers (Control & Licensing) Act and Housing Developers Rules -- governing housing developers so that flat buyers have more accurate information on housing projects. According to...
According to the National Environment Agency (NEA), over 5,000 households have been penalised for breeding the Aedes mosquito at home this year. This is double the number in 2006. In the areas near East Coast Road, the high number of dengue infections seems to have affected property sales. Industry players have noticed that the number of people viewing showflats there has dropped by some 30...