I think it depends alot on your criteria, how strict you set. For my sister, it only took her 1 month. Cause the only criteria she had was that the area should be very near an MRT station and near a primary school for her kid next time P1 registration. She used a website that can search for areas which match the criteria (near MRT and pri sch) then it links to property listings that matches on propertyguru...Call agent, view, settled! hahaha..I think the website called 'shownearby analytics'...
But i guess she also heng she got a good agent and all lar, otherwise also headache