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 Reading • 19 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 Reading • 19 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 Reading • 17 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 Reading • 15 Feb 2016
JLL makes new hire
Property consultancy JLL hires Jonathan Davis to support the growth of its Southeast Asia business...
Continue Reading • 4 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 Reading • 3 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 Reading • 3 Feb 2016
PropertyGuru appoints new IT head
Malcolm Fitzgerald brings over 13 years of technology and innovation leadership...
Continue Reading • 27 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 Reading • 25 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 Reading • 19 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 Reading • 15 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 Reading • 15 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 Reading • 13 Jan 2016
JLL wins award for world's best property consultancy
JLL honoured as ‘World’s Best’ Property Consultancy at International Property Awards...
Continue Reading • 12 Jan 2016
Colliers Singapore appoints new business leaders
Colliers International appoints new business leaders in the Singapore office...
Continue Reading • 6 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 Reading • 5 Jan 2016
Experts forecast lower loan growth
Loan growth in Singapore is expected to decline further in 2016, say experts...
Continue Reading • 30 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 Reading • 18 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 Reading • 17 Dec 2015
More discussion needed on HSR link
14 companies have been invited to share ideas on the Singapore-KL high-speed rail...
Continue Reading • 15 Dec 2015