88,888th home listing on mySG Home wins her $888
All she wanted was to find out how much her five-room Housing Board flat near Bedok Reservoir was worth, but Ms Emily Chua got a bonus when she won $888 by subscribing to SRX Property's mySG Home service.
Ms Chua, a 42-year-old retail marketing manager, found out that her home was the 88,888th property tracked by mySG Home, a free service that allows home owners, renters or home seekers to follow sale and rental value of properties in real time.
It is accessible through the SRX website or the mySG Home mobile application.
Yesterday, she received the cash from StreetSine Technology Group chief executive Jason Barakat-Brown.
StreetSine owns the SRX portal and provides advanced data, analytics and communication applications to real estate and finance professionals here.
Ms Chua decided to subscribe to mySG Home on National Day because she wanted to know the value of her flat, where she has lived for 12 years, and if she could invest in other properties.
"It is just an initial exploration to see if I can upgrade or invest," she said. "This service is useful for comparing prices of places in the same location and it is convenient to see the information of the properties."
It also allowed her to do a virtual tour of the properties. Previously, she had to flip through individual listings and call the respective agents.
Mr Barakat-Brown hopes that one-third of all properties in Singapore will be tracked on the service soon. It gets 3,000 new subscribers per week and hopes to track 100,000 properties in the near future.
"We also hope to add on more features that will capture everything in relation to property ownership," he said.
"This can be in aspects such as insurance, utilities and other home services such as maintenance and renovation."
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