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Lowering the consent threshold alone may not revive the en bloc market

Gerine Tang Yi Qian
Gerine Tang Yi Qian • 12 min read
Lowering the consent threshold alone may not revive the en bloc market
Cashew Park Condominium, located along Cashew Road in Bukit Panjang (District 23), is currently undergoing a collective sale attempt. Photo: Albert Chua/The Edge Singapore
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The 43-year-old Cashew Park Condominium offers a glimpse into today’s en bloc market, where ageing estates wrestle with rising maintenance costs and the challenge of rounding up enough owners for a collective sale

A successful en bloc sale can turn an ageing condominium into a multi-million-dollar windfall for its owners. Yet in today’s property market, many collective sale attempts fail to reach that stage. Even as speculation mounts over a potential lowering of Singapore’s en bloc consent threshold, the question remains: Will easing the rules be enough to revive a market that has remained largely dormant since the 2017-2018 boom?

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