Singapore remains the best place for expats: HSBC survey
Singapore has once again – for the fourth consecutive year – emerged as the best place for expats to live and work, reported Channel NewsAsia citing an HSBC survey...
Continue Reading • 12 Oct 2018
Property cooling measures decimated en bloc sales market
Singapore’s latest round of property cooling measures proved effective in cooling its red-hot collective sales market. In fact, only two en bloc redevelopment sales...
Continue Reading • 11 Oct 2018
La Ville condo relaunched with lower asking price of $140.6m
Marketing agent JLL revealed that most unit owners at La Ville, a 40-unit freehold condominium at Tanjong Rhu Road, have agreed to relaunch the project’s en bloc tender...
Continue Reading • 10 Oct 2018
Singapore government says Oxfam inequality index flawed
Instead of satisfying ideologically driven indicators, the city-state sets out to achieve real outcomes in education, health and housing, said Desmond Lee...
Continue Reading • 10 Oct 2018
Govt to open Mandai nature park by 2022
The Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat is set to be designated as Singapore’s newest nature park, announced Second Minister for National Development Desmond Lee on Sunday (7 Oct)...
Continue Reading • 9 Oct 2018
Singapore fares poorly on tackling inequality
With Singapore ranked among the bottom 10 countries globally on tacking inequality, Oxfam International has urged the city-state’s policymakers to increase social spending...
Continue Reading • 9 Oct 2018
GCB of former HDB chairman sold for nearly $94m
The freehold good class bungalow (GCB) of Lim Kim San, the Housing and Development’s Board’s (HDB) first chairman, has changed hands for $93.9 million...
Continue Reading • 8 Oct 2018
Cairnhill Mansions collective sale finally gets green light
The en bloc sale of Cairnhill Mansions will finally proceed at $362 million, following a settlement with the penthouse owner who opposed the sale, reported the Business Times...
Continue Reading • 8 Oct 2018
New town hub to rise in Punggol by 2021
Some 1,000 Punggol residents had a glimpse of the 42,300 sq m integrated hub that is set to open in their town by 2021 during the project’s groundbreaking ceremony...
Continue Reading • 8 Oct 2018
More properties go en bloc despite property curbs
The government’s latest property cooling measures have not deterred homeowners from putting their properties up for collective sale...
Continue Reading • 5 Oct 2018
Amara’s Newton luxury project to launch next week
Amara Holdings, a firm with various businesses like hotels and specialty restaurants, is poised to launch its 10 Evelyn residential development...
Continue Reading • 5 Oct 2018
CapitaLand gets $300m sustainability-linked loan
CapitaLand revealed on Thursday (4 Oct) that it has clinched a $300 million multi-currency sustainability-linked loan from DBS Bank...
Continue Reading • 4 Oct 2018
No plans to buy back unsold flats due to Ethnic Integration Policy
The government has no plans to buy back flats from homeowners who claim they are unable to sell their units due to the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP)...
Continue Reading • 4 Oct 2018
Newton freehold duplex up for grabs at $41m
Three Buckley, a freehold residential development in Newton, was put up for sale on Tuesday (2 Oct) via expression of interest (EOI)...
Continue Reading • 3 Oct 2018
Faber Garden up for en bloc sale again
The owners of Faber Garden have relaunched the 236-unit development for en bloc sale, after its first attempt closed...
Continue Reading • 3 Oct 2018
Over 100,000 jobs, 20,000 homes to be created in Jurong
While Jurong may be considered ulu among some home buyers, Singapore’s industrial heartland is set to become a more vibrant...
Continue Reading • 3 Oct 2018
40 percent of Mayfair Gardens sold over launch weekend
Mayfair Gardens, Oxley Holdings’ latest luxury condominium project in Bukit Timah, moved 40 percent or 87 of its 215 units...
Continue Reading • 2 Oct 2018
Le Arc Apartment up for collective sale at $20m
Le Arc Apartment, a 12-unit residential development at 6, Lorong 26 Geylang has been put up for collective sale...
Continue Reading • 2 Oct 2018
HDB resale prices on decline again
After a brief stint on the upside, prices of resale flats continued its downward trend as it fell 0.2 percent in Q3 2018...
Continue Reading • 1 Oct 2018
Private home prices rise at slower pace
While private home prices continued to increase in the third quarter of 2018, the hike in prices was slower at 0.5 percent...
Continue Reading • 1 Oct 2018