Zaha Hadid, designer of Singapore condo, dies at 65
Dame Zaha Hadid, one of the world’s most renowned architects, died suddenly on Thursday. In Singapore, Hadid was responsible for designing CapitaLand’s d’Leedon condominium...
Continue Reading • 1 Apr 2016
Moody's lowers Singapore banks outlook to negative
Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the outlook on the largest banks in the republic from stable to negative.
Continue Reading • 31 Mar 2016
Rochor Centre to be demolished soon
Rochor Centre, a public housing estate in the Bugis area dating back to the 1970s, will be demolished by end-2016 to make way for the new North-South Expressway...
Continue Reading • 31 Mar 2016
Residential properties dominate Q1 mortgagee listings
Out of the total 70 properties that banks placed on the auction block in Q1 2016, 48 are residential units comprising 15 landed properties and 33 non-landed homes...
Continue Reading • 31 Mar 2016
Factory auctioned for $820,000
A total of eight properties were submitted for sale at a JLL auction held last Thursday (24 March) at The Amara Hotel, of which only one property was sold by mortgagee sale...
Continue Reading • 30 Mar 2016
URA launches tender for mixed-use site at Bukit Batok
A commercial and residential site at Bukit Batok West Avenue 6 was launched for sale by public tender on Wednesday (30 March), revealed the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)...
Continue Reading • 30 Mar 2016
Govt may still relax property curbs this year
Experts still believe the government may ease its property cooling measures later this year or in early 2017, despite the lack of goodies announced for the property sector in Budget 2016...
Continue Reading • 30 Mar 2016
Sotheby’s International Realty expands into Singapore
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC, a firm specializing in marketing luxury properties, announced on Wednesday, 30 March, that it has signed a contract with List Holdings Singapore...
Continue Reading • 30 Mar 2016
PropertyGuru's Overseas Property Outlook H1 2016
We look at three exciting emerging markets - Mongolia, Cambodia and Vietnam, and give you our Guru View.
Login to continue Reading • 30 Mar 2016
PropertyGuru's Commercial Property Outlook H1 2016
Where will the industrial and office sector head to in 2016? We give you the Guru View.
Login to continue Reading • 30 Mar 2016
Newton Road site acquired for $18.8m
Homegrown property firm Amara Holdings is believed to have purchased a freehold bungalow at 31 Newton Road for $18.8 million. This translates to $1,256 psf on the land area...
Continue Reading • 29 Mar 2016
New property cooling measures in major Chinese cities
Chinese authorities recently introduced new property cooling measures in Shanghai and Shenzhen, after residential prices in those first-tier cities skyrocketed in February...
Continue Reading • 29 Mar 2016
Budget 2016: Jurong West and Boon Lay the big winners
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat recently announced a slew of new measures to help Singaporeans and bolster the local economy, in the face of job cuts and a challenging economic outlook...
Continue Reading • 28 Mar 2016
Resale condo prices on upward trend
Prices of completed non-landed private homes rose by 0.4 percent in February 2016, according to latest flash estimates of the NUS Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI)...
Continue Reading • 28 Mar 2016
Property watchers unhappy about lack of goodies in budget
Some prospective property buyers are unhappy over the lack of any measures in the recently announced budget to help Singapore’s sluggish housing market, media reports said...
Continue Reading • 28 Mar 2016
Tussle over privatisation of Lagoon View
District Judge Seah Chi-Ling has dismissed the Lagoon View Owners Association’s (LVOA) case to compel an owner to contribute to a privatisation levy, according to media reports...
Continue Reading • 28 Mar 2016
Work starts on Canberra MRT station
Construction work on the new Canberra MRT station along the North-South Line has commenced, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Saturday (26 March)...
Continue Reading • 26 Mar 2016
New Jurong Innovation District to boost property demand
There were no property-related measures announced in Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat’s maiden budget speech, which came as no surprise to experts...
Continue Reading • 25 Mar 2016
Up to $35,000 in grants to help families own 2-room flats
Families with young children living in rental housing can soon apply for a grant of up to $35,000 to own a 2-room HDB flat, under the Fresh Start Housing Scheme...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2016
Premature to relax property cooling measures: Heng
In his Budget 2016 speech, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced that "it is premature to relax the property cooling measures"...
Continue Reading • 24 Mar 2016