24 projects recognised for design and construction excellence
A total of 24 consultants and contractors are set to be honoured at the HDB Awards 2017 for projects that have shown excellent design as well as quality and innovative construction...
Continue Reading • 5 Sept 2017
Singapore developers ramp up landbanking activity
Seven of the top 10 developers with the biggest residential landbank and unsold units in launched projects are local developers, according to the Business Times...
Continue Reading • 5 Sept 2017
Leadership changes at Keppel Land
Keppel Land CEO Ang Wee Gee will be leaving the company on 31 December 2017. Keppel Land is currently evaluating possible candidates for the CEO role...
Continue Reading • 5 Sept 2017
Development charges for non-landed housing up 13.8%
In consultation with the chief valuer, the DC rates for landed residential, non-landed housing and commercial space have been revised upwards...
Continue Reading • 4 Sept 2017
All HDB blocks to have solar-ready roofs
All future public housing blocks with at least 400 sq m (4,306 sq ft) of open roof space will be designed with solar-ready roofs, said the Housing Board...
Continue Reading • 4 Sept 2017
Parc Botania to boost Sing Holdings
KGI Securities expects Parc Botania, a 735-unit private residential project at Fernvale Road in Sengkang, to boost Sing Holdings’ profit, media reports said...
Continue Reading • 4 Sept 2017
Two GCBs off Holland Road could fetch $65m
Two hilltop good class bungalow (GCB) plots at 26A and 26B Peirce Road off Holland Road have been put up for sale by expression of interest...
Continue Reading • 31 Aug 2017
Waterfront condo at Sentosa sold at $3.8m loss
Bought in 2010 by Dyna-Mac Holdings chairman and chief executive Lim Tze Jong for around S$12.8 million, the luxury apartment went for S$9 million last month
Continue Reading • 31 Aug 2017
Oxley Holdings to buy Yio Chu Kang property for $8.4 million
Oxley Garnet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of property developer Oxley Holdings, has exercised options to purchase six housing units with vacant possession...
Continue Reading • 31 Aug 2017
Scrapping $5bil underground road frees up land, lifts restrictions
The URA and LTA announced that they have scrapped plans to build the 30km Singapore Underground Road System (SURS), freeing up the land originally intended for it...
Continue Reading • 30 Aug 2017
Housing market rebound fuelled by local demand
Local buyers have been driving Singapore’s resurging residential property market, accounting for 77.6 percent of private home buyers during the first seven months of 2017...
Continue Reading • 30 Aug 2017
Foreign demand muted due to strict stamp duty, strong Sing dollar
With the Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD) and strengthening Singapore dollar, foreign demand for homes in Singapore remained muted...
Continue Reading • 30 Aug 2017
OrangeTee and Edmund Tie merge to form Singapore's third largest agency
Homegrown property agencies OrangeTee and Edmund Tie announced on Monday (28 August) that they will merge to form a new company...
Continue Reading • 29 Aug 2017
Amber Park and Jervois Gardens launched for sale
The collective sales market continues to roll on with two freehold residential developments – Amber Park and Jervois Gardens – launched for tender...
Continue Reading • 29 Aug 2017
Completed condo prices up 0.5% in July, NUS index
However, the uptick is a bit slower compared to the 0.9 percent increase registered in June.
Continue Reading • 29 Aug 2017
Sun Rosier condo up for en bloc sale for S$235mil
Just a five minutes’ walk from Bartley MRT station, the developer of the site could tap on “favourable conditions”
Continue Reading • 28 Aug 2017
GuocoLand Q4 net profit soars to S$244.85mil
The overall gross development value of the GuocoLand’s new and existing projects has reached about S$10 billion as of 30 June 2017.
Continue Reading • 28 Aug 2017
HDB to conduct roadshows at all BTO projects
Dubbed MyNiceHome Roadshow, the initiative, which was introduced last September, aimed to help homeowners learn more about their new estate while providing them an opportunity to meet future neighbours
Continue Reading • 28 Aug 2017
BCA enters partnership to improve training in construction sector
The agreement signatories will hold career and educational fairs as well as provide mentoring services to the students and alumni of BCA Academy, the agency’s education and research division.
Continue Reading • 25 Aug 2017
14 buildings in Singapore have unsafe claddings
Three buildings – Clementi Fire Station and two McDonalds outlets – that were also found to be non-compliant had the affected claddings removed
Continue Reading • 25 Aug 2017