PropertyGuru Vietnam Property Awards 2017 winners unveiled
A total of 35 winners and 28 highly commended awardees were unveiled during the PropertyGuru Vietnam Property Awards 2017...
Continue Reading • 9 Jun 2017
Malaysian developer pays $72m for prime site near Orchard Road
Champsworth Development, a subsidiary of Malaysian property developer Selangor Dredging Berhad, has bought the prime freehold 1 Draycott Park...
Continue Reading • 8 Jun 2017
Smart technologies offer many perks for HDB estates
Adopting smart technologies in HDB estates has many benefits, revealed the Housing Board’s CEO Cheong Koon Hean, media reports said...
Continue Reading • 8 Jun 2017
S'pore drops out of top 20 list of world’s most expensive cities for expats
Singapore has fallen out of the top 20 list of the most expensive cities in the world, moving six notches down from 18th place last year to 24th...
Continue Reading • 8 Jun 2017
Earlier completion for Punggol Coast MRT station
The completion date for the North East Line Extension has been brought forward to 2023 from its initial schedule of 2030, announced the LTA...
Continue Reading • 8 Jun 2017
Singapore among 10 cities leading the way in urban mobility
Singapore has been named among 10 cities in Asia Pacific that are implementing big plans to improve urban mobility, according to a report...
Continue Reading • 7 Jun 2017
LTA, MyHSR to conduct industry briefing for KL-Singapore HSR project
Briefing for companies interested in participating in the tender for the assets company of the high-speed rail project will be conducted next month
Continue Reading • 7 Jun 2017
More cases of fallen windows
The number of fallen window cases in Singapore has increased to 28 during the first five months of 2017 from an average of 24 in the same period over the last five years
Continue Reading • 7 Jun 2017
Toronto home sales, prices down in May
This comes after the Ontario government unveiled a new 15 percent tax on foreign property buyers on 20 April, while giving Toronto powers to tax vacant properties
Continue Reading • 6 Jun 2017
Rate hike to significantly affect home buyers in Hong Kong
The property market is so hot that prices now surpass their previous peak in 1997 by almost 90 percent
Continue Reading • 6 Jun 2017
Lorong 1 Realty Park site awarded
The developers submitted the highest bid of S$75.8 million, revealed the Urban Redevelopment Authority on Monday (5 June)
Continue Reading • 6 Jun 2017
Two estates gunning for en bloc sales
Following the recent collective sales of Rio Casa and Eunosville, two more privatised HUDC estates – Tampines Court and Florence Regency – are eyeing the en bloc sales path
Continue Reading • 5 Jun 2017
NSW tax hike on foreign buyers to have limited effect
Even with the higher taxes, home prices in New South Wales would still be more affordable than those in Singapore and Chinese cities like Shanghai and Hong Kong
Continue Reading • 5 Jun 2017
CWG Int'l CEO slams reports of a property bubble in China
Despite reports of a property bubble in China, SGX-listed and Chinese developer CWG International plans to accelerate its expansion domestically
Continue Reading • 5 Jun 2017
$75.8 million top bid for Lorong 1 Realty Park site
The tender for a rare landed property site at Lorong 1 Realty Park in Hougang closed on Thursday after attracting 11 bids, revealed the URA...
Continue Reading • 2 Jun 2017
UK home prices down 0.2% in May
A new survey showed that house prices in the UK fell for the third month in a row in May, which is a first since 2009
Continue Reading • 2 Jun 2017
New South Wales doubles stamp duty for foreign property buyers
With effect from 1 July, the higher surcharge comes on top of the normal New South Wales stamp duty, which can go as high as seven percent
Continue Reading • 2 Jun 2017
Eunosville sold to MCL Land for $765 million
Eunosville, a 330-unit privatised HUDC development near Eunos MRT station, has been sold en-bloc for $765.78 million ($909 psf per plot ratio)...
Continue Reading • 1 Jun 2017
Downtown Line 3 to open on 21 October
The 21km-long Downtown Line 3 (DTL3), the last and longest stretch of the 42km Downtown MRT Line (DTL), will begin operations on 21 October...
Continue Reading • 1 Jun 2017
United Engineers picked Perennial for final talks on buyout
An agreement may be reached out as soon as this month for the century-old company, which has a market value of S$1.7 billion
Continue Reading • 1 Jun 2017