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GuocoLand to build 'futuristic' project at Beach Road site

After winning the tender for the commercial site at Beach Road, GuocoLand revealed plans to transform the site into an “iconic city centre work-live-play destination”...

Continue Reading4 Oct 2017

Singapore to have more fenceless condominiums?

With the success of fenceless neighbourhood in cities such as Copenhagen and Hong Kong, industry players expect to see more condominiums in Singapore...

Continue Reading2 Oct 2017

URA launches West Coast Vale site

A 99-year leasehold residential site at West Coast Vale was made available for application under the reserve list of the second half 2017 GLS programme...

Continue Reading29 Sept 2017

URA to launch tender for the former Zouk site

The URA announced on Friday (29 September) that it has accepted an application from a developer to put up the former Zouk site at Jiak Kim Street in Robertson Quay for sale by public tender...

Continue Reading29 Sept 2017

Housing market on road to recovery, say experts

Singapore’s residential market appears to be rebounding, with private home sales reaching about 8,391 units for the first eight months of this year...

Continue Reading18 Sept 2017

Morgan Stanley: Home prices to rise by 8% in 2018

Morgan Stanley has released the most bullish forecast for the Singapore housing market, expecting private home prices to increase by two percent this year, before rising again by another eight percent next year...

Continue Reading11 Sept 2017

Scrapping $5bil underground road frees up land, lifts restrictions

The URA and LTA announced that they have scrapped plans to build the 30km Singapore Underground Road System (SURS), freeing up the land originally intended for it...

Continue Reading30 Aug 2017

Surging developer sales point to further property market recovery

Sales of new private homes in Singapore, including EC units, almost doubled to 2,086 units in July from 1,064 units in the previous month...

Continue Reading16 Aug 2017

Serangoon North Avenue 1 site awarded

Launched for sale on 30 May, the site was hotly contested as it attracted a total of 16 bids

Continue Reading3 Aug 2017

Illegal short-term rentals on the rise, neighbours encouraged to report suspicious activity

More private property owners are renting out their units for illegal short-term stays via apps such as Airbnb. The number of reported cases rose from 377 in 2015 to 608 last year...

Continue Reading2 Aug 2017

EC sales likely to remain strong in Q3

Sales of executive condominiums (ECs) increased by 8.5 percent to 2,026 units in H1 2017 from 1,867 units during the same period a year ago...

Continue Reading31 Jul 2017

Private home prices fall 0.1% in Q2, smallest decline in 15 quarters

Private home prices fell by a marginal 0.1 percent in the second quarter of 2017, compared with the 0.4 percent drop in the previous quarter...

Continue Reading28 Jul 2017

Serangoon North Avenue 1 site attracts 16 bids

The tender for a residential plot at Serangoon North Avenue 1 closed on Thursday (27 July) after drawing 16 bids, said the URA...

Continue Reading28 Jul 2017

Roomorama to cease operations amid stiff competition, tighter regulations

Once boasting an inventory of hundreds of thousands of properties across the world, Roomorama.com has stopped operations...

Continue Reading26 Jul 2017

Chip Eng Seng unit submits $700.7m top bid for Woodleigh Lane site

A plum residential site at Woodleigh Lane just next to Woodleigh MRT station attracted 15 bids at the close of its tender exercise...

Continue Reading12 Jul 2017

New private home sales down 34% in May

Property developers in Singapore sold 1,024 private homes in May, down 34 percent from 1,558 units in April, according to URA figures...

Continue Reading16 Jun 2017

Bidadari: A former cemetery given new life

Bidadari, once known for its cemetery grounds is in the process of being transformed into a new HDB town. Find out how viable living in this new town is.

Continue Reading13 Jun 2017

$75.8 million top bid for Lorong 1 Realty Park site

The tender for a rare landed property site at Lorong 1 Realty Park in Hougang closed on Thursday after attracting 11 bids, revealed the URA...

Continue Reading2 Jun 2017

Woodleigh Lane site expected to attract stiff competition

Out of the three 99-year leasehold sites launched for sale yesterday under the first half 2017 Government Land Sales programme...

Continue Reading31 May 2017

URA launches 3 residential sites, could yield 1,955 homes

Three 99-year leasehold residential sites at Woodleigh Lane, Serangoon North Avenue 1 and Yishun Avenue 9 were released for sale today...

Continue Reading30 May 2017