Chinese nationals still buying Singapore homes for their kids
Despite facing weaker currencies and slowing economies, mainland Chinese and Malaysians remain the top foreign buyers of Singapore property, revealed a DTZ report...
Continue Reading • 20 Mar 2016
Katong bungalow put up for mortgagee sale
A freehold site with redevelopment potential at 85 Branksome Road in Katong has been put up for sale by auction, revealed DTZ, the sole marketing agent...
Continue Reading • 19 Mar 2016
HLH launches phase two of Cambodian project
Singapore-listed HLH Group has launched phase two of its maiden mixed-use development in Cambodia, after the first phase was sold out. A total of 437 units were released...
Continue Reading • 19 Mar 2016
Singapore's housing market among the weakest: Knight Frank
Prices of private homes continued their downward trend, falling by 3.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 from the previous year, according to Knight Frank...
Continue Reading • 18 Mar 2016
South Beach wins top design award
South Beach, Singapore’s biggest mixed-use development, has won the only Platinum SG Mark, presented at this year’s Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS) SG Mark awards...
Continue Reading • 18 Mar 2016
Malaysia's property market has hit bottom, says developer
Home sales in Malaysia are expected to recover in the second half of 2016, said Mah Sing Group, the country’s third largest property developer by sales...
Continue Reading • 18 Mar 2016
Top property agents earn 66% more than average Singaporean
The median gross monthly commission earned by the top 300 property agents at ERA Realty Network hit $11,686 in 2015, according to latest statistics from the agency...
Continue Reading • 17 Mar 2016
Expats still paying top dollar for historic bungalows
Sales of black-and-white bungalows, a type of good class bungalow (GCB), are few and far between given their limited number, reported The Wall Street Journal...
Continue Reading • 17 Mar 2016
Colombian city wins LKY prize
Medellín, Colombia’s second largest city, has been named a 2016 recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, said the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)...
Continue Reading • 17 Mar 2016
Developer sales down almost 23% from year ago
New private home sales in Singapore fell by 22.8 percent to 301 units in February 2016, from 390 units in the same period last year, according to URA data...
Continue Reading • 16 Mar 2016
Economists cut growth forecast for Singapore economy to 1.9%
Economists polled by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) are cutting down their growth forecast for the economy for 2016 from 2.2 percent to 1.9 percent, the central bank's latest quarterly survey revealed Wednesday (16 March).
Continue Reading • 16 Mar 2016
REDAS names new chief
Keppel Land group’s former General Manager, Joseph Tan Tai Chiew, will become CEO of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (REDAS) on 1 May...
Continue Reading • 16 Mar 2016
High-ranking civil servant joins CoAssets
Colonel Lawrence Lim Teng Chye, Singapore’s Ex-Chief of Artillery, is set to join CoAssets as Chief Operating Officer. The crowdfunding company is also looking to expand into Australia...
Continue Reading • 15 Mar 2016
Temasek overtakes GIC as Singapore's biggest property firm
Temasek Holdings has been named the biggest real estate firm in Singapore, with total assets under management at US$39.9 billion, according to the latest Estates Gazette ranking...
Continue Reading • 15 Mar 2016
MAS, China central bank renew bilateral currency swap arrangement
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and the People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Tuesday (15 March) announced the renewal of the existing bilateral currency swap arrangement (BCSA) for another three years.
Continue Reading • 15 Mar 2016
Pinnacle@Duxton prices unlikely to climb much higher
The Pinnacle@Duxton in Tanjong Pagar has recorded three transactions of above $1 million so far this year for its 5-room flats, similar to the four deals recorded in Q1 2015...
Continue Reading • 15 Mar 2016
2 in 3 divorcees allowed to buy new flats
National Development Minister Lawrence Wong replies to a query in parliament on the number of divorcees purchasing or renting HDB flats in recent years...
Continue Reading • 15 Mar 2016
900 families got a third HDB loan in 2015
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) granted a third housing loan to around 900 families last year, according to National Development Minister Lawrence Wong...
Continue Reading • 15 Mar 2016
Buyers falling victim to rogue property agents in Malaysia
To earn more money, some unscrupulous property agents in Malaysia are quoting a higher asking price than the seller’s actual selling price, according to a recent opinion piece...
Continue Reading • 15 Mar 2016
JLL remains top in the region, data shows
For the fifth year in a row, JLL has been named the top real estate investment advisory firm in the Asia Pacific region, based on Real Capital Analytics data...
Continue Reading • 14 Mar 2016