This is Nassim Road, a leafy, embassy-lined boulevard that stretches from the award-winning Botanic Gardens to the edge of the iconic Orchard Road shopping belt. In a country with no shortage of prime residential areas, the historic avenue – home to Asian royalty and global tech entrepreneurs – is the plushest of the plush.
It's a rare moment for Singapore's luxury property market.
Three of the city-state's most prestigious homes, known as good class bungalows, are on sale in a quiet central neighbourhood where only five such mansions have changed hands over the past five years. The coveted residences are expected to fetch a record price of almost $240 million combined after prospective buyers submit bids by Nov 3.
