[Live Updates] Singapore Budget 2025: Live Coverage And Real-Time Commentary

Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Lawrence Wong, will delivered the Singapore Budget 2025 Statement in Parliament on Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 3.30pm. This was his first Budget as Prime Minister of Singapore. We covered the Singapore Budget 2025, titled Onward Together For A Better Tomorrow, live – highlighting the major announcements and potential implications that […]

How Much Your MediShield Life Premiums Will Be Going Up From April 2025

Introduced in 2015, MediShield Life provides Singaporean with universal and lifelong basic protection against large hospital bills – with the aim to cover 9 in 10 subsidised bills in public healthcare institution, with the deductible and co-insurance covered by MediSave. MediShield Life is an integral part of Singapore’s healthcare financing framework: the “S+3Ms” (Subsidies, MediSave, […]

Guide To Understanding How COE Bidding System Works In Singapore

In Singapore, all vehicles must be registered with a Certificate of Entitlement (COE). Introduced in 1990, the COE bidding system helps regulate and prevent the overpopulation of vehicles in Singapore. Once you register your vehicle, the COE will be valid for 10 years from the registration date. COE bidding is conducted twice a month. It […]

Guide To HDB’s Home Improvement Programme (HIP)

If you have been looking to buy a resale flat or are living in an older HDB flat, you may be familiar with HDB’s Home Improvement Programme (HIP). With several of Singapore’s HDB estates passing the 50-year mark, it is inevitable that some refurbishment and maintenance is needed for the flats in these estates to […]

Should You Sell Your HDB Flat For A (Smaller) New Launch Condominium?

Considered one of the 5Cs of Singapore, owning a condominium remains an aspirational goal for many Singaporeans. Beyond offering amenities like a gym and swimming pool—features that can be particularly appealing to families—condominiums also serve as a subtle marker of socioeconomic status. Just like the car you drive, the career you have, or even the […]