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PropertyGuru wins Gold for mobile app

Riding on the high smartphone adoption in Asia, PropertyGuru’s mobile app won the Gold Award for the Best Mobile App – Media Owner category at the Mob-Ex Awards 2016...

Continue Reading19 Feb 2016

Where will the Malaysian Ringgit head in 2016?

The Ringgit has made a slight recovery, and is no longer at the low point it was previously. How will our northern neighbours’ currency fare in 2016?

Continue Reading19 Feb 2016

CapitaLand registers lower profit

Southeast Asia's largest property developer, CapitaLand, achieved a total PATMI of $1.07 billion for the 2015 financial year. Proposes dividend of 9 Singapore cents per share...

Continue Reading17 Feb 2016

Man cheats property buyers of $1.8m

The 39-year-old salesman used his ill-gotten wealth to purchase a BMW 5 Series car, which he drove using an expired vehicle licence plate number...

Continue Reading15 Feb 2016

JLL makes new hire

Property consultancy JLL hires Jonathan Davis to support the growth of its Southeast Asia business...

Continue Reading4 Feb 2016

Singapore still 2nd for economic freedom

Singapore's score declines, but the city-state is ranked the second freest economy in the world, according to the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom...

Continue Reading3 Feb 2016

1 in 3 Singaporeans are in debt

Close to half of indebted investors in Singapore owe $10,000 or more, and many expect to take over one and a half years to pay off their debt, according to findings...

Continue Reading3 Feb 2016

PropertyGuru appoints new IT head

Malcolm Fitzgerald brings over 13 years of technology and innovation leadership...

Continue Reading27 Jan 2016

New Silver Zone at Lengkok Bahru

Elderly residents living in a small neighbourhood in Redhill can now benefit from new road safety features...

Continue Reading25 Jan 2016

New German school at Dairy Farm Road

TA Corp has won a $94 million contract to undertake the development of a proposed education institution building in the northwest of Singapore...

Continue Reading19 Jan 2016

Regional currency outlook for 2016

As we enter the New Year, fluctuations in the currency markets have left investors of foreign property worried about their returns. Here's a quick primer on the regional currency situation, and some predictions for 2016

Continue Reading15 Jan 2016

Banks bidding for HDB's largest bond issue

Singapore banks are bidding for the largest issue yet from Housing and Development Board (HDB), totalling up to S$1.6 billion, reported the IFR on Friday...

Continue Reading15 Jan 2016

PropertyGuru acquires Ensign Media's real estate businesses

PropertyGuru on Wednesday (13 January) announced its latest acquisition following the purchase of Ensign Media's real estate media businesses, Property Report and Asia Property Awards.

Continue Reading13 Jan 2016

JLL wins award for world's best property consultancy

JLL honoured as ‘World’s Best’ Property Consultancy at International Property Awards...

Continue Reading12 Jan 2016

Colliers Singapore appoints new business leaders

Colliers International appoints new business leaders in the Singapore office...

Continue Reading6 Jan 2016

S’pore GDP beats expectations, up 2.1% in 2015

Singapore economy grows by 2.1 percent in 2015, based on advance estimates...

Continue Reading5 Jan 2016

Experts forecast lower loan growth

Loan growth in Singapore is expected to decline further in 2016, say experts...

Continue Reading30 Dec 2015

3-month SIBOR edges up slightly after Fed rate hike

Key benchmark rates in the republic were up on Thursday (17 December) following the Fed's rate hike announcement, the first in nearly a decade.

Continue Reading18 Dec 2015

Federal Reserve increases interest rates, first since 2006

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday (16 December) raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, with a range of benchmark rates increasing by a quarter of a percentage point to between 0.25 percent and 0.50 percent.

Continue Reading17 Dec 2015

More discussion needed on HSR link

14 companies have been invited to share ideas on the Singapore-KL high-speed rail...

Continue Reading15 Dec 2015