Hi All
I thought to share with u all of my exp. My nerve wrecking moments finally over! I realized that it is very hard to gauge the valuation even if u based on all kind of platforms like SRX, URBANZOOM & EDGEPROP even on the past transactions! Just bought a unit in Jurong West after struggling for more than a month after my current house is sold. Im doing contra so need to get a house asap.
Also, the resale trend currently is tremendously changed and differs to the past last few mths trend. Price is also ridiculous! I've nvr imagine that JW area is such in high demand where buyers willingly pay high COV for it. Everytimes after viewing a house, it was sold immediately to other buyer (same batch with me when viewing) and i always lost the deal because im not prepared to pay for COV. Mostly made the deal immediately!
I bought a unit at 465k after much negotiation with the owner. My selling agent really did a good job helping on the nego. Btw, i DIY my buying part. Even for selling he really did a good job to fetch my asking price in short period of time. He's my 3rd agent, the last 2 agents failed to get my hse sold. FYI, my current house is a MOP flat so there are alot of competitors selling at same time and my unit was on 2nd floor and it was VERY challenging to sell!
Ok, back to COV subject.
I bought a 1464sqft unit at 465k level 7.
Last transaction at same blk was in Jun 2019 at 425k level 4.
Last transaction within 200m:
Mar'21 was 440k level 4-6
Feb'21 there were few transactions btwn 430k-445k level 4-9.
Thr's one transaction sold at 475k in last Jan'21.
Estimated value by:
461k by SRX
464K by EDGEPROP
440K by URBANZOOM that gave me a SHOCK!
My agent advised me to mentally prepare of at least 5-10k for cov due to his recent experience for his buyer whom unfortunately got to pay 22k COV while the last few recent transactions price shows even lower than the offered price.
So, with heavy heart, im prepared to set aside 5k-10k as there were so little supply of flats in JW that meets my requirements to choose. The unit i bought was the nicest & decent compared to all other units i viewed.
I submitted the value request on Thur evening at 8pm. Im prepared that HDB will assigned a valuer to come as there were no recent transaction at same blk. So i targetted probably abt 7-10 working days to receive the report.
I lost my sleep thinking abt the COV. My hand started to itched to login into HDB resale portal & checked in early morning at 7am on Monday. Meaning, it was just 1 working day after my submission. To my surprised, it was completed & it MATCHED my offered price! Only god knows how happy i am.
I wish all of u here good luck & will have a smooth journey on buying yr house without COV!