29/09/2026
🥖 Farrer Park: Stop 10 of the Purple Line food run.
Sarah joined me this round. She stayed around here for over 20 years before moving to Punggol, so she knows the area and what buyers here care about.
The spot: Marymount Bakehouse
About 7 minutes from Farrer Park MRT, I asked the counter what they'd order and they gave me The Monk's Hog Yolk Focaccia. Tastes like a thick slab of bacon, and when you get the bread, egg and pork in one bite the textures work really well together.
The property lesson while I eat:
This time I want to go deeper into one property. City Square Residences, about 900 units, freehold, on a big plot you won't see released again. The best 4BR made $2.5M over about 20 years, close to 7% annualised. Even on shorter holds of 3 to 7 years, most 2BR and 3BR units made around 4% to 7% a year, which is very healthy for resale.
There's also the recent change for 12 primary schools, with Phase 2C going from 40 to 60 seats. St. Margaret's is one of them, and City Square Residences falls within range, so families with no affiliation now have a stronger reason to buy here.
I'm taking the North East line from Punggol all the way to Harbourfront, eating the food and checking whether the real estate in each area actually makes money.
One stop at a time. Follow along!