Sold for $3.4m in 8min, online

Virtual auction draws 15 bids for freehold house; no takers for 7 other properties up for sale

This semi-detached house in Toh Tuck Road was the only property sold at Monday's virtual auction.
This semi-detached house in Toh Tuck Road was the only property sold at Monday's virtual auction. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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It took only eight minutes for a 21/2-storey semi-detached house in Toh Tuck Road to be sold for $3.4 million in a virtual auction.

The freehold property at 69 Toh Tuck Road, which has a land area of 3,340 sq ft, was "fiercely contested" at real estate agency ERA Singapore's first virtual auction event on Monday, said the agency in a statement.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 02, 2020, with the headline Sold for $3.4m in 8min, online. Subscribe