Recently, home loan interest rates in Singapore have fallen significantly from the peak of 4.x% to the current 2.x% in 2025. Sadly, this drop in interest rate has not translated to a decrease in our home loan interest rate. This leaves us with a dilemma – do we refinance to […]
Recently, we made a decision to make an early prepayment to our home mortgage. It was a very hard decision to make as this payment is irreversible and it also means that we have lesser disposable cash (and CPF) on hand. Ultimately, it is a very difficult choice to make, […]
Any homeowners would know that home loans are the number one killer to deplete our salary and savings. For many of us, we would have 30% / 60% of our salary (maximum cap due to TDSR for HDB / private property) go into servicing the home loan. However, not all […]
Recently, there was an article published by ricemedia.co on a 31 years old who retired in Singapore. Yes, you got that right – 31 years old retiree! With Singapores’ retirement age going up to 64 years old by 2026, his bold and unconventional move surprises many people. Undeniably, the number […]
Not me thinking I managed to maximize my interest rate in savings accounts on a single income in Singapore, only for UOB to announce that they are revising the UOB One Account interest rate. The change will be implemented coming 1 May 2024 and the most significant change is the […]
Since I took a career break in Singapore, we have officially changed from a dual-income family to a single-income family in Singapore. It is a little daunting with the sudden loss in income and we had to be more cautious with our money. We are also a lot more interested […]