3,500 applicants barred after cancelling HDB booking
Since March 2012, about 3,500 applicants who cancelled their booking for a HDB flat have been barred from buying BTO flats for one year.
Continue Reading • 4 Nov 2014
Colliers boosts investment services team
Three partners at Land Empire join Colliers International as of today in its investment services team.
Continue Reading • 4 Nov 2014
Batam to get movie-themed resort
Landstar Development and Infinite Studios have unveiled The Scene, a unique movie-themed holiday resort in the coastal area of Nongsa in Batam, Indonesia.
Continue Reading • 4 Nov 2014
Malaysia to host World Urban Forum in 2018
Malaysia has won the bid to host the World Urban Forum in 2018 and expecting 15,000 international visitors for the conference, which discusses urban living issues.
Continue Reading • 4 Nov 2014
Chip Eng Seng wins $232.8m HDB contract
Chip Eng Seng Corporation, via its wholly owned subsidiary Chip Eng Seng Contractors, has won a $232.8 million contract from the HDB.
Continue Reading • 4 Nov 2014
Making a mark in Cyprus
More than 25% of what will be the tallest building in Cyprus, The Oval, has been sold
Continue Reading • 4 Nov 2014
70-year flats unlikely to see strong demand: Khaw
National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan feels it isn’t necessary for HDB to sell new flats with a 70-year lease alongside 99-year flats as there is unlikely to be strong demand...
Continue Reading • 3 Nov 2014
5 major upcoming launches
Several new private residential projects could launch in the next six months...
Continue Reading • 3 Nov 2014
Dispute on development charges for KTM land resolved
M+S Pte Ltd will not have to pay development charges on three parcels of land formerly occupied by Malayan Railways (KTM) in Singapore.
Continue Reading • 3 Nov 2014
HDB's decision goes under judicial review
A 47-year-old businessman wants the High Court to review whether HDB acted unfairly in its decision to seize his flat.
Continue Reading • 3 Nov 2014
Singapore tops ease of business ranking again
Singapore continues to be the economy with the most business-friendly regulations, according to the World Bank's annual Doing Business survey.
Continue Reading • 3 Nov 2014
Springleaf Nature Park officially opens
The Springleaf Nature Park, the first of four new nature parks around the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, was launched last Saturday...
Continue Reading • 3 Nov 2014
CapitaLand bags five awards
Property giant CapitaLand has won five awards at the Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS) 15th Investors’ Choice Awards...
Continue Reading • 3 Nov 2014
Bank lending in Singapore flat in September
Total bank lending in Singapore remained flat in September from August, recent data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) revealed Friday (31 October). According to the central bank, loans and advances by domestic banking units in the city-state amounted to S$604.5 billion ($473.2...
Continue Reading • 31 Oct 2014
Free weekend seminar on Aussie property investment
For those looking to buy an Australian property, particularly in Melbourne, but need some advice, AAM Realty International is organising a complimentary two-day seminar this weekend at Grand Park City Hall in Singapore.
Continue Reading • 31 Oct 2014
Why buy Thailand property, and why buy now
If any property buyers and investors felt prices would decline as a direct result of May's coup and on-going martial law in Thailand, they would have been very much mistaken.
Continue Reading • 31 Oct 2014
More interim flats for couples
The government will increase the supply of flats under the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) by adding another 800 flats, including in Bukit Merah and Queenstown.
Continue Reading • 31 Oct 2014
Lake Life's average price below $860 psf
The Lake Life executive condominium (EC) in Jurong Lake District has unveiled the pricing of its units.
Continue Reading • 31 Oct 2014
Last quarter likely to be quiet
Prices of private residential property could show slowing declines in Q4 2014.
Continue Reading • 31 Oct 2014
URA approves 3 large-scale housing projects
The Urban Redevelopment Authority provisionally approved two private housing projects with more than 1,000 units each in Q3 2014,
Continue Reading • 31 Oct 2014