Perumal Road site awarded
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has awarded the tender for a residential with first storey commercial site at Perumal Road to Low Keng Huat (Singapore)...
Continue Reading • 18 Jan 2017
Knight Frank: S’pore prime home prices to increase 2%
Prime residential prices in Singapore are expected to increase by two percent in 2017, according to property consultancy Knight Frank and reported the Financial Times...
Continue Reading • 18 Jan 2017
One Tree Hill Garden put up for sale
One Tree Hill Garden, a freehold landed residential redevelopment site bounded by One Tree Hill, Jalan Arnap and Jalan Kelawar, has been put up for sale by tender...
Continue Reading • 18 Jan 2017
CDL ranked top Singapore company
Property developer CDL has been named the top Singapore company for sustainability, and the most sustainable corporation in real estate management and development...
Continue Reading • 18 Jan 2017
New private home sales hits 3-year high
Sales of new private homes, including executive condominiums (ECs), climbed to a high of 12,408 units last year compared to the 9,026 and 10,199 units transacted...
Continue Reading • 17 Jan 2017
Property market stabilising, says MAS chief
The various property cooling measures rolled out by the government have been effective in stabilising Singapore’s once soaring property market, media reports said...
Continue Reading • 17 Jan 2017
CapitaLand sells entire stake in Nassim Hill Realty for $411.6m
CRL Realty, a wholly-owned subsidiary of property giant CapitaLand, has sold its 100 percent stake in Nassim Hill Realty (NHR) to Kheng Leong Company for $411.6 million...
Continue Reading • 17 Jan 2017
New town square opens in Punggol
Punggol residents now have a new community town square where they can enjoy various activities such as exercise, music and food events...
Continue Reading • 16 Jan 2017
Section of Rail Corridor to be sealed off
A section of Singapore’s 24km Rail Corridor in the vicinity of the old Bukit Timah Station will be closed during Q1 2017 so that the Public Utilities Board (PUB)...
Continue Reading • 16 Jan 2017
Home prices in some London areas surge over 50% since 2008
House prices in some of London’s once unfashionable areas have risen by over 50 percent since 2008, outpacing price growth in prime central London, media reports said...
Continue Reading • 16 Jan 2017
7 good reasons to buy a condominium townhouse in Singapore
Special Advertising Feature: Townhouses are hybrid developments that enable residents to enjoy the experience of living in a landed property...
Continue Reading • 16 Jan 2017
More developers dangling carrots to move units
More condo developers are offering incentives, such as deferred payment schemes to lure home buyers, following its success in moving units last year...
Continue Reading • 13 Jan 2017
Can a condo be a spa? Bathrooms to soothe body and soul
Even the largest apartments can house cramped facilities inside them. So let us guide you to the most exquisite bathrooms in Singapore...
Continue Reading • 13 Jan 2017
HDB’s cat ban in the spotlight again
The Housing Board’s ban on pet cats is under the spotlight again after an HDB notice advising a Woodlands resident to remove his cat from his flat attracted online attention...
Continue Reading • 13 Jan 2017
Fix spalling concrete before it becomes a serious problem
A Yishun HDB flat made headlines last week, after an 80-year-old man was hurt by falling concrete pieces from the bathroom’s ceiling. However, the issue of spalling concrete...
Continue Reading • 13 Jan 2017
Credit Suisse: Time is ripe to ease property cooling measures
Credit Suisse believes that the time is ripe for an easing of some of the property cooling measures, given that several of its objectives have been met...
Continue Reading • 12 Jan 2017
Keppel Land divests stake in Surabaya firm for $57m
Property developer Keppel Land has agreed to sell its 80 percent stake in an Indonesian joint venture company, PT Sentral Tunjungan Perkasa, for Rp 529 billion (S$57 million)...
Continue Reading • 12 Jan 2017
World’s first composite lift unveiled in Singapore
Singapore Lift Company (SLC) has launched the first composite lift in the world, paving the way for the city-state to manufacture a revolutionary type of elevators...
Continue Reading • 12 Jan 2017
Fewer property agents, agencies in 2017
There has been a continuous drop in the number of licensed real estate agencies and registered agents in Singapore, as more agencies and agents exit the industry...
Continue Reading • 11 Jan 2017
Small number of defects reported from home improvement works
The number of reported cases of defects due to workmanship of Home Improvement Programme (HIP) works beyond the Defects Liability Period (DLP) is small...
Continue Reading • 11 Jan 2017