Govt urged to review HDB's studio apartment scheme
The leasehold ownership of studio apartments is much less than for a two-room HDB flat...
Continue Reading • 10 Mar 2015
Harsher penalties for construction safety violations
Injury cases at worksites have risen from over 10,000 in 2011 to 13,000 last year...
Continue Reading • 10 Mar 2015
SIBOR continues to rise, up 115% from last year's low
The Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR) continues its upward movement on Monday (9 March) as the greenback maintains its strength against the local currency. SIBOR is a benchmark rate to which most home loans are pegged at. Rising by some 3 percent to 0.836 percent yesterday from 0.812...
Continue Reading • 10 Mar 2015
For sale: Ridout Road good class bungalow
The large site could be subdivided into four smaller plots of GCB land...
Continue Reading • 10 Mar 2015
Ascott adds third property in Nusajaya
Ascott steps up presence in Iskandar Malaysia...
Continue Reading • 10 Mar 2015
London flat let in record 40 minutes
A 301 sq ft one-bedroom flat on Pollen Street in London's Mayfair has let within just 40 minutes of being listed – setting a new speed record in the London rental market.
Continue Reading • 10 Mar 2015
5 important buy-to-let tips
If you are searching for a perfect buy-to-let investment property anywhere in the world, here are five things to consider before you put pen to paper and sign on the dotted line.
Continue Reading • 10 Mar 2015
Apartments at Marina Bay condo fetch above $3,000 psf
The three comprise 4-bedrooms and are located on high floors...
Continue Reading • 9 Mar 2015
Condo sales drop 60% since introduction of TDSR
Transactions dived from 12,909 units in the first half of 2013 to just 5,126 units in the last six months of 2014...
Continue Reading • 9 Mar 2015
Healthy demand for Kingsford Waterbay units
Condo prices range between $1,050 - $1,180 psf at the 99-year leasehold project...
Continue Reading • 9 Mar 2015
Sentosa Cove bungalow sales down sharply from 2013
Only three bungalows were sold on the island last year, down from 18 in 2013...
Continue Reading • 9 Mar 2015
Work starts for 6 Thomson-East Coast Line stations
Set to be completed by 2021, the six will serve around 150,000 residents...
Continue Reading • 9 Mar 2015
Rochor Canal re-opens after $48m makeover
A 1.1km-long stretch of the Rochor Canal between Jalan Besar and Crawford Street has been transformed into a vibrant waterway...
Continue Reading • 9 Mar 2015
10 reasons for not buying a residential property
Most Singaporeans would avoid buying a residential property close to a cemetery...
Continue Reading • 6 Mar 2015
Super luxury bungalow prices rise to $1,428 psf
This is up 6.7 percent from $1,338 psf in 2013, says CBRE...
Continue Reading • 6 Mar 2015
More being done to promote greening of private estates
An initiative was set up in 2014 to encourage indoor gardening...
Continue Reading • 6 Mar 2015
Aussie retirees advised to move to Malaysia
New book discusses how Australian retirees can live comfortably for less overseas...
Continue Reading • 6 Mar 2015
Singapore is world's fastest growing city for ultra-rich
Concentration of wealth remains in Singapore, Hong Kong, New York, London and Mumbai over the next decade...
Continue Reading • 5 Mar 2015
Exec condo prices may not fall much, say experts
Many EC land sites were acquired at higher prices earlier, leaving developers little room to adjust prices...
Continue Reading • 5 Mar 2015
2 in 3 S'poreans worry they can't afford housing in old age
But overall consumer satisfaction in the housing market improves, reveals PropertyGuru survey...
Continue Reading • 5 Mar 2015