Sotheby's International Realty opens in Singapore
Capitalising on Singapore’s financial hub status and the rise in affluent individuals in the region, Sotheby’s International has opened an office here...
Continue Reading • 30 Mar 2017
HK leader-elect vows to address high housing costs
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s newly elected Chief Executive, said that she is “very determined” to bring down the high prices of residential properties in the city...
Continue Reading • 29 Mar 2017
Top Global chairwoman looks to privatisation
Top Global’s Executive Chairwoman, Oei Siu Hoa, has offered to buy up the rest of the company for 33 Singapore cents per share, in a bid to delist...
Continue Reading • 29 Mar 2017
Resale condo prices down 0.3% in February
Prices of completed non-landed private homes fell 0.3 percent in February 2017, compared to the revised 0.1 percent decline seen in January...
Continue Reading • 29 Mar 2017
CapitaLand to increase presence in Vietnam, including a possible Raffles City
Property giant CapitaLand has revealed plans to acquire more sites in Vietnam for residential development, which could yield up to 2,500...
Continue Reading • 28 Mar 2017
Singapore investors shun real estate deals in home market
Unlike other countries in the Asia Pacific, Singapore saw domestic real estate investment drop 16 percent in 2016, while inbound investment...
Continue Reading • 28 Mar 2017
Cambodia Property Awards 2017 winners announced
A total of 17 awards were given out during the PropertyGuru Cambodia Property Awards held last Friday (24 March) in Phnom Penh, which was attended by over 300 guests...
Continue Reading • 28 Mar 2017
50% of Park Place Residences sold on launch day
Australia-based developer Lendlease sold 215 of the 429 available units at Park Place Residences in Paya Lebar Quarter (PLQ) during the first day of launch...
Continue Reading • 27 Mar 2017
Wong: Not all old HDB flats are eligible for SERS
Do not assume that all old HDB flats are automatically eligible for en bloc, cautioned National Development Minister Lawrence Wong in a recent blog post...
Continue Reading • 27 Mar 2017
S’pore home prices down 2.6% in Q4 2016
Singapore saw house prices drop 2.6 percent in Q4 2016 from the previous year, revealed a Knight Frank report. This places the city-state in the bottom three...
Continue Reading • 27 Mar 2017
Making sense of the property tweaks
In a surprising move, the government recently eased some of the property cooling measures. Will it draw home buyers back into the market and push property prices up?...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2017
Singapore is Asia’s most competitive economy again
For the fourth year running, Singapore has been ranked as the most competitive economy in Asia, media reports said, citing the 2016 Asian Competitiveness report...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2017
Myanmar property market sluggish due to ambiguous law
The uncertainty over a law that permits foreigners to purchase condo units in Myanmar is extending a slowdown in the country’s housing market...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2017
HK property rebound may last years, says tycoon
With growing property demand outweighing government curbs, Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-Shing, expects the property rebound to last by up to two years...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2017
PropertyGuru News and Views Issue 111
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Currency comparison
The macro fundamentals of both Singapore and Malaysia are strong, but uncertainty remains. With economic growth slowing down...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2017
Investment opportunities in the city fringe
The most recent Guru Talk seminar held at the Thomson Impressions showflat covered predictions for the Singapore property market in 2017...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2017
Eye on Somerset: From rural to urban
Somerset is the place to be, at least according to the legions of shoppers and diners who flock to the area every evening and on weekends...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2017
Budgeting tools and tips
A home is likely one of the most expensive purchases anyone will make in their lifetime. However, the costs of owning a home...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2017
News Roundup (March 2017)
Housing prices in Singapore are likely to continue falling even as the government may gradually ease the property cooling measures, Fitch Ratings said recently...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2017