Savills forms new Middle East associations
Savills has formed two new associations in the Middle East to grow its presence in there.
Continue Reading • 28 Sept 2014
KPMG conference to discuss industry trends
KPMG's 15th Global Real Estate & Construction Conference will bring together senior executives from the real estate and construction industry in Singapore and beyond.
Continue Reading • 27 Sept 2014
Singapore population hits 5.47 mil
Singapore population growth slowest in 10 years...
Continue Reading • 26 Sept 2014
ECG Property Services to be acquired by TEHO
TEHO Development signed a letter of intent to acquire ECG Property Services for $17 million yesterday.
Continue Reading • 26 Sept 2014
PropertyGuru-Emtek partnership to grow Rumah.com
Joint venture of PropertyGuru and Emtek to accelerate Rumah.com’s market leadership in Indonesia...
Continue Reading • 25 Sept 2014
S’pore among least affordable cities for young graduates
Singapore is one of the least affordable cities in the world for young professionals according to Knight Frank’s Cost of Living Index...
Continue Reading • 24 Sept 2014
S’pore is 6th costliest for home, office rents
In Singapore, the combined cost of renting residential and office space per employee per year amounted to US$74,890 in June 2014...
Continue Reading • 24 Sept 2014
Property agent charged under 'Do Not Call' rules
A Huttons property agent is the second person to be charged for offences relating to the Do Not Call (DNC) requirements under the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) which took effect on 2 January 2014...
Continue Reading • 23 Sept 2014
Homeownership in Singapore down slightly in past 10 years
Homeownership in Singapore dipped slightly from the 91 percent recorded in the previous 10-year period, revealed recent data from the Department of Statistics' household expenditure survey.
Continue Reading • 22 Sept 2014
Japan's bullet train operator keen on High-Speed Rail
Four major Japanese companies have collectively started groundwork prior to bidding for the High-Speed Rail (HSR) project to bring a system similar to Japan's Shinkansen.
Continue Reading • 22 Sept 2014
Savills names new regional director for valuation services
Savills has appointed Martin Fidden as Regional Director for Valuation Services in Asia, who will be in charge of developing the Savills' valuation capability in Asia.
Continue Reading • 22 Sept 2014
HDB issues $500 million fixed rate notes
HDB has issued $500 million, five-year Fixed Rate Notes under its $32 billion Multicurrency Medium Term Note (MTN) Programme.
Continue Reading • 22 Sept 2014
S’pore developers lured to Australia by bigger gains
Many property developers here have been venturing into Australia in the past 12 months to reap more profits,...
Continue Reading • 19 Sept 2014
Average S'porean household now earning $10K: survey
Singaporean households are now earning and spending more compared to five years ago, according to new findings from the Department of Statistics’ household expenditure survey...
Continue Reading • 19 Sept 2014
CapitaLand maintains top standard in corporate sustainability
CapitaLand Limited has retained its listing in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) 2014 for the third consecutive year, and the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific) 2014 for the fifth time.
Continue Reading • 19 Sept 2014
Reinstate reverse mortgage, urges experts
Banks should reintroduce reverse mortgages because it could ease the financial woes of asset-rich, cash-poor Singaporeans during their retirement.
Continue Reading • 18 Sept 2014
Singapore's billionaire population grows to 32
Singapore is now home to 32 billionaires who have a combined wealth of US$65 billion, up from 27 last year,...
Continue Reading • 18 Sept 2014
S'pore developers lead the way in sustainability
Property titans make up the top three companies from Singapore on Channel NewsAsia (CNA)’s Sustainability Ranking.
Continue Reading • 18 Sept 2014
S’pore exports rebound 6% in Aug
Singapore enjoyed an upswing in external trade with non-oil domestic exports (NODX) increasing by 6.0 percent year-on-year in August 2014,...
Continue Reading • 18 Sept 2014
Fewer foreigners being hired, lowest since 2009
The number of jobs that went to foreigners fell to 3,800 in the second quarter of 2014, its lowest level since Q3 2009...
Continue Reading • 17 Sept 2014