Desirable districts to Live

[LTA Site]

Hi

Ive just had a look at the LTA site, and it says that a new extension of the circle line, from Dhoby Ghaut to Tai Seng, will open in 2010. One of the stations on the proposed route is called mountbatten......is this the area just next to Marine Parade, and how far is the distance between the 2?

Travelling to the city from there would involve going to Paya Lebar.....does anyone know how far th journey is from Paya Lebar to Raffles Place?

Cheers!

[Not near]

Mountbatten station is very far from Marine Parade. It is nearer Geylang/Old Airport Rd and Stadium side.

Hi

Ive just had a look at the LTA site, and it says that a new extension of the circle line, from Dhoby Ghaut to Tai Seng, will open in 2010. One of the stations on the proposed route is called mountbatten......is this the area just next to Marine Parade, and how far is the distance between the 2?

Travelling to the city from there would involve going to Paya Lebar.....does anyone know how far th journey is from Paya Lebar to Raffles Place?

Cheers!

[Lowest yields]

From an investment perspective, East Coast currently fetches the lowest rental yield compared to the rest of Singapore. But because the "east" part of Singapore is the most populated and dense (the top 3 most populated districts are all in the east), there is a fairly strong demand as people like to stay in familiar areas (e.g. near parents). But I suspect over time, people will move out of their comfort zone and move to more open and spacious part of Singapore. The higher temperatures (heavily built-up) frequent bush fires in the east, e.g. Tampines and Pasir Ris also makes the air there smells funny nowadays.

The east coast prices have doubled over the past couple of years which destroys its value-for-money advantage. Transport is also a problem since there is no MRT close by.

If there were an overhead mono-rail along the ECP on the water-side between say Suntec and Changi this would be huge plus.

However even around the quieter areas, Singlap Neptune Court, Fernwood, Mandarin Gardens etc remain over-priced with agents sending flyers "to buy your apt" and "to sell your apt" both claiming huge demand exists when the exact opposite is the case,

Elsewhere closer to Bedok MRT and other MRTs there are very nice 3-bed condos for S$1,500 - 2,500pm which is more closer to value-for-money and for the number of times I go to ECP, a near-by MRT is now a higher priority and would suit me better.

[Agent alert]

You must be an agent with a property elsewhere.

I've lived in Bukit Timah, the City and since 2005 the East Coast. The East Coast is by far the coolest, there's a year-round sea-breeze; I only need to air-con my place at night, ever.

The "funny" smell was only noticeable during the past few weeks, and that's because it's been the hottest, dryest February on record. The rest of the time we get the haze as much as the rest of Singapore.

In other words: