Paying more for a bigger house to fit work needs, the new norm?


Canadian national Sayjel Patel and wife Joy have had to radically reassess their property needs in the wake of the work from home trend that has rapidly taken hold.

The couple used to rent a one-bedder in Eunos for S$2,000 (RM6,195) a month when Patel was a researcher at the Singapore University of Technology and Design before relocating to Dubai in 2018.

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