Property seekers still keen despite COVID-19. Here's what they are looking at.
Following the Circuit Breaker Period (BCP) implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Singaporeans have been strongly urged to remain in our homes to curb further outbreaks. Since then, real estate agents have been experiencing a sharp decline in inquiry calls and requests for property viewing,...
Continue Reading • 20 Apr 2020
Residential market sentiment to weaken amid restrictive containment measures
Knight Frank expects market sentiment to weaken amid concerns over job security as well as restrictive containment measures due to Covid-19.
Continue Reading • 20 Apr 2020
Singapore residential sales rose 20% in Q1: Huttons Asia
Residential sales in Singapore climbed 20% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020.
Continue Reading • 17 Apr 2020
Developer Focus: SingHaiyi Group Limited
SingHaiyi triumphed 6 awards at the 9th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore).
Continue Reading • 16 Apr 2020
Private home sales fall 32.4% in March amid Covid-19
Transactions sharply tapered off as the effects of the Covid-19 began to hurt sentiment reverberate through the economy.
Continue Reading • 16 Apr 2020
Singapore investment sales to grow 5% per annum in 2019-2024
Property investment sales in Singapore is projected to grow 5% per year in the longer term over 2019 to 2024 even as this year’s sales is expected to drop 24% year-on-year, revealed a Colliers International report.
Continue Reading • 15 Apr 2020
Residential sector dominates investment sales in Q1 2020
Cushman & Wakefield attributed the surge in volume to the award of various residential Government Land Sales sites in Q1 2020.
Continue Reading • 14 Apr 2020
Construction sector to register double-digit decline in Q2
Economists expect the construction industry to suffer a big hit in the second quarter of 2020 from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Continue Reading • 13 Apr 2020
Supporting You Further with COVID-19 Relief Initiative: Circuit Breaker Edition
Dear Agent Partners, Hope you and loved ones are coping well, the time we're facing now is an exceptional one. Being the first to roll out a suite of relief initiatives for you on 18th March 2020, we understand that the situation has since progressed. We have heard your feedback and are committed...
Continue Reading • 13 Apr 2020
Construction of BTO flats to be fast-tracked after circuit breaker period ends on 4 May
Construction of BTO projects will be quickened after the circuit breaker period is over.
Continue Reading • 13 Apr 2020
Covid-19: Some homeowners forced to move into half-finished homes
Flat owners whose units require extensive renovations that cannot be completed by 9 April were advised to delay renovations works until the lifting of the circuit breaker measures, said an HDB spokesperson.
Continue Reading • 9 Apr 2020
3 Online Courses We Recommend to Property Agents
With the COVID-19 situation around the world, many of us have found ourselves spending more time than usual at home. Some of us are making our money's worth on Netflix, whilst some of us have taken the time to do home self-improvements. In addition to supporting our agent partners with a suite...
Continue Reading • 8 Apr 2020
Former property agent sentenced to jail for swindling client of more than $26,000
Kamsaton Rohani was sentenced to suffer 11 months of jail time after pleading guilty to cheating one of her clients.
Continue Reading • 8 Apr 2020
Project Focus: Frasers Tower by Frasers Property Singapore
Situated on prestigious Cecil Street in the thick of Singapore’s central business district, Frasers Tower is currently one of District 1’s most in-demand Grade-A commercial addresses.
Continue Reading • 8 Apr 2020
MAS waives TDSR limits for deferred mortgage repayments
Borrowers who apply to defer either their home loan’s principal payment or both their interest and principal payments will be exempt from the TDSR limitations.
Continue Reading • 8 Apr 2020
Singapore unveils $5.1bil third support package, known as the Solidarity Budget
In total, the government is set to commit $59.9 billion, or about 12% of Singapore's GDP in a battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Continue Reading • 7 Apr 2020
Third round of support measures to be announced under new “Solidarity Budget”
Third support measures will be known as the Solidarity Budget and will be announced by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat today at 3pm.
Continue Reading • 6 Apr 2020
Covid-19: Showflat galleries suspended for a month
Some developers will continue to showcase their projects with the help of technology, while others are looking to delay their launches.
Continue Reading • 6 Apr 2020
Kopar at Newton sells 77 units ahead of closure order for showflats
Kopar At Newton sold 77 units ahead of the "circuit breaker" measures on April 7. Photo: CEL Development.
Continue Reading • 6 Apr 2020
HDB lift buttons sprayed with ‘self-disinfecting coating’
Town councils across Singapore have coated 1.5 million lift buttons inside 26,000 HDB lifts and lift lobbies.
Continue Reading • 3 Apr 2020