Anyone decoupled?

MoeLanYong

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Have to divorce to do it or?

Divorce is demerry.

Decouple is last time buyed joint tenancy. Now, 1 person own the property so that the other can buyed another property without incurring ABSD.
 

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To avoid absd. After that, how to get another?
Errmmm .... Decoupling is straight-forward. A decent conveyancing lawyer can do it for you.

The selling price should be deemed arms-length transaction ie. you cannot sell too low to avoid paying stamp duties (I know this is arguable but there's a heavy scrutiny right now and you want to avoid any clawback from the gahment in future).

Also the "profit" that one of you make from the sale aka transfer of the first property needs to be transferred to the other person for your next property purchase. This needs to be documented even if it is "friendly" at this point in time. Bottom line, get a decent conveyancing lawyer to help you navigate this process legally
 

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Yes just done that and need to have proper valuation conducted and proper funds flow (payment by buyer to the seller)
 

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I managed to decouple the HDB from my wife before they closed the loophole more than 10 years ago. Now my wife owns the HDB while i own the condo that we are staying in now.
 

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I managed to decouple the HDB from my wife before they closed the loophole more than 10 years ago. Now my wife owns the HDB while i own the condo that we are staying in now.
10 years ago condo price also more within reach.
now jump a lot
 

Lao_Tiko

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Yes just done that and need to have proper valuation conducted and proper funds flow (payment by buyer to the seller)
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