860,000 HDB households to receive utilities rebates
The Ministry of Finance revealed that around 860,000 Singaporean HDB households will receive the next instalment of the GST Voucher – Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebate...
Continue Reading • 3 Jan 2017
HK home prices hit new high in November
After an eight-month rise, private home prices in Hong Kong achieved a new record in November, rising by 0.79 percent from the previous month, media reports said...
Continue Reading • 3 Jan 2017
Launch of mixed-use site at Upper Serangoon deferred
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) announced on Thursday (29 December) that the launch of a 2.55ha mixed commercial and residential site at Upper Serangoon Road...
Continue Reading • 30 Dec 2016
Rochor Centre soon to be vacated
Most of the residents at Rochor Centre have relocated, while the few remaining ones have until the end of this week to move out, according to the Housing and Development Board (HDB) ...
Continue Reading • 30 Dec 2016
Resale condo prices down 0.7% in November: NUS index
Resale prices of non-landed private homes in Singapore fell by 0.7 percent in November, continuing the revised 0.2 percent decline registered in October...
Continue Reading • 29 Dec 2016
Singapore defaults a bellwether for Asia
Singapore saw five companies, including oil services firms Swiber Holdings and Swissco Holdings, default on nearly S$1 billion of bonds this year,...
Continue Reading • 29 Dec 2016
Land acquisition for HSR project to take place next year
Malaysian agency MyHSR expects land for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project to be acquired by the third quarter of 2017...
Continue Reading • 28 Dec 2016
Oxley sells two blocks in London project for S$277.1m
Oxley Wharf Property, a subsidiary of Oxley Holdings, has sold all the apartments in two blocks of its Royal Wharf development...
Continue Reading • 28 Dec 2016
105,000 applications for HDB's EASE
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) said Monday (26 December) that it has received about 105,000 applications...
Continue Reading • 27 Dec 2016
Dubai developer offers BMWs with apartment purchases
Dubai property developer Damac Properties has bundled a luxury car with apartment sales worth over AED599,000 (S$236,290),
Continue Reading • 27 Dec 2016
Keppel Land, Metland to jointly develop landed homes in Indonesia
Keppel Land has partnered with PT Metropolitan Land Tbk (Metland), one of Indonesia’s leading property developers, to develop landed homes in Greater Jakarta.
Continue Reading • 23 Dec 2016
China to implement variety of measures to cool property market
China will take a varied approach to regulating its overheated property market, with measures ranging from financial and fiscal to taxes and land, said President Xi Jinping.
Continue Reading • 23 Dec 2016
Property company, director fined $215,000 for unlicensed work
A property management company and its sole director have been fined a total of $215,000 for conducting unlicensed estate agency work, the largest fine ever meted out by a court...
Continue Reading • 22 Dec 2016
Hopes of tweaking cooling measures revived
Hopes of seeing the government tweak the property cooling measures have been rekindled after the US Federal Reserve signalled a faster pace of interest rate hikes...
Continue Reading • 22 Dec 2016
Falling home prices a boon for luxury market
Despite the continued drop in private home prices, Singapore’s property market has showed signs of life, with a rejuvenated collective sales market and robust luxury residential sales...
Continue Reading • 21 Dec 2016
Aussie housing market shows signs of cooling
Australia’s runaway property market showed its first signs of cooling, with the Sydney house price index rising by 3.2 percent in the first nine months of the year following two years of double-digit growth...
Continue Reading • 21 Dec 2016
PropertyGuru News and Views Issue 108
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Top of the Props: The eternal student
PropertyGuru Group CEO Hari Krishnan has had an interesting career. At the beginning of 2016, he joined the company as President and Chief Business Officer...
Continue Reading • 21 Dec 2016
Eye on Changi Village: Eastern Village life
Never crowded and usually peaceful, Changi Village is one of the few areas in Singapore where one can go for some respite from the chaos of city life. We look at what else makes it unique...
Continue Reading • 21 Dec 2016
Recap of 2016
PropertyGuru asked several experts to take a look back at the year, and share their reflections on both the Singapore and regional real estate markets. They also gave their predictions for 2017.
Continue Reading • 21 Dec 2016