Home-sharing on the rise despite government restriction
Although the likes of Airbnb are restricted from operating in Singapore, home-sharing has been slowly growing in the city-state...
Continue Reading • 12 Oct 2017
Braddell View forms en bloc sales committee
Most residents of Braddell View voted to form a collective sales committee on Tuesday (10 October), with 493 people in favour, while 28 opposed it...
Continue Reading • 12 Oct 2017
Slim chance of renting HK flat for under HK$10,000
It’s now harder to rent an apartment for less than HK$10,000 (S$1,742) per month in Hong Kong’s two urban areas as such flats are nearly no longer available there...
Continue Reading • 11 Oct 2017
CapitaLand stops sales at two condo projects
With the property market expected to improve further next year, CapitaLand has joined other developers that have stopped selling units in their projects...
Continue Reading • 11 Oct 2017
Georgian-inspired homes launching in Singapore
Berkeley Homes is launching the final batch of units at its Chiswick Gate development in West London at a private launch event in Singapore on 11 and 12 October...
Continue Reading • 11 Oct 2017
Property agencies merge, tap into tech as real estate market goes increasingly online
The property agency industry has been abuzz with recent mergers and how technology is disrupting the way agents do business. It started in June...
Continue Reading • 10 Oct 2017
10,000 BTO flats to get smart shower devices
About 10,000 Build-to-Order (BTO) flats will be installed with smart shower devices starting in Q1 2018, announced the Public Utilities Board (PUB) on Monday (9 October)...
Continue Reading • 10 Oct 2017
Owners of Ivory Heights seeking $1.34bil in collective sale
Former HUDC estate Ivory Heights may soon join the en bloc sale bandwagon after over eight in 10 owners voted to sell the development at the second extraordinary general meeting...
Continue Reading • 10 Oct 2017
Tai Wah Building for sale at $81 million
The freehold Tai Wah Building at Killiney Road has been launched for collective sale after obtaining consent from all the owners, marketing agent Edmund Tie said...
Continue Reading • 9 Oct 2017
Collective sale fever “sustainable”, says JP Morgan
JP Morgan believes the collective sale frenzy in Singapore is “sustainable” as the number of unsold housing units in the pipeline, excluding executive condos, has dropped...
Continue Reading • 9 Oct 2017
Florence Regency looking for willing buyer for $629m
JLL, the marketing agent of privatised HUDC estate Florence Regency, will continue to look for a buyer willing to purchase the Hougang estate for at least $629 million...
Continue Reading • 9 Oct 2017
Normanton Park sold for $830.1m, or $969 psf ppr
The Normanton Park condominium located off Ayer Rajah Expressway has been sold collectively to Kingsford Huray Development for $830.1 million...
Continue Reading • 6 Oct 2017
Cairnhill Mansions to go on sale for $362m
The freehold Cairnhill Mansions project in District 9 will be launched for collective sale in a few weeks’ time, marketing agent CBRE revealed on Thursday (5 October)...
Continue Reading • 6 Oct 2017
9 most expensive tech districts in Asia
London has overtaken San Francisco as the world’s priciest office market for tech companies, according to the recent Global Cities Report by Knight Frank...
Continue Reading • 6 Oct 2017
7 ex-HUDC estates have begun en bloc process
Four former Housing and Urban Development Company (HUDC) estates have changed hands so far this year via en bloc sale -- the highest in any year, reported Channel NewsAsia...
Continue Reading • 5 Oct 2017
REDAS: Fast-paced land acquisitions at higher prices not sustainable
While City Developments and Hong Realty acquired Amber Park for a record $1,515 per square foot per plot ratio, Redas president Augustine Tan warned...
Continue Reading • 5 Oct 2017
PropertyGuru summit to cover Proptech, China’s One Belt One Road
PropertyGuru has announced a star-studded line-up of guest speakers for its real estate summit which takes place on 7 to 8 November at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands...
Continue Reading • 5 Oct 2017
Make your big space work for you
A large space doesn't take a large budget to decorate. Here are five ways to transform your space without major renovations.
Continue Reading • 4 Oct 2017
Here's why living in a big home is good for you
There seems to be an instinctive resistance to overcrowding, and there is science to back up the public's apprehension.
Continue Reading • 4 Oct 2017
Considerations for a first-time home buyer
What should you consider when you’re thinking of buying a large home for the first time?
Continue Reading • 4 Oct 2017