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Our family home in Singapore was purchased by Mom but she put both her name and Dad's name on ownership. Dad and brothers lived there when Mom and I left for Canada 53 years ago. The downstairs had always been rented out commercially, once to a dentist and now to a cane furniture shopowner. Dad is in his 90s and Mom is in her 80s. Neither have a will. Mom and I are still in Canada and she may be too frail to travel back. She would like to transfer out her share(50%)/to put in my name..can this be done without her travelling back to singapore?
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Hi there, yes its possible, You will have to engage a legal firm and do up a POA (power of attorney). get your mum to endosed it in canada and you should be good to go. Feel free to call/whatsapp me if you have any other questions with regards to the transfer
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Hi,

I would be most glad to assist you further and pls feel free to let me know if you need any assistance. Have a good day ahead. By the way, yes it is possible and just get in touch with a law firm will do and perhaps I could refer a law firm to you for that matter.

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Hi,

Its possible, your mum has to legally appoint a power of attorney and get it endorsed in the singapore embassy or consulate in canada. She can then send this POA document back to the law firm acting for her in this transfer in Singapore to do the necessary next steps. Do you have a law firm in mind? Is she going to appoint you as the POA?

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This can be done however, there will still be some inconveniences as she maybe required to visit a Notary Public to sign on the transfer documents. Read More
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Yes this is possible. You can engage a law firm and get the documents signed and notarised overseas for the share transfer. I have assisted many of my clients who are residing overseas to handle their property transactions.

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Hi,

1) First of all, transferring ownership during life can only be done using gifts or selling methods in Singapore.
2) Both methods are subject to the same rate of stamp duty to the beneficiary/buyer according to the shares' current market value.
3) This property was bought more than 50 years ago. I suspect this is bought under Joint-Tenancy (JT) rather than Tenancy-In-Common (TIC).
4) The principle of the survivor takes all apply to the Joint-Tenancy (JT) ownership. So all owners in the JT must agree to this agreement because all owners' names must be in the OTP to sell to do a part-share selling. If only part of the ownership is doing the transferring.
6) She can avoid the hassle of traveling by appointing a POA (Power Of Attorney) to represent her in the selling process.
7) The gift method is similar to part-share selling except without profit meaning the transfer value is without profit. You will have to check with your lawyer to understand how this could be processed.

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