Cooling Measures

5 tips when navigating Singapore’s property market in 2016

Property developers are bracing for a tougher market ahead as many unsold units remain, while tenants are calling the shots amid a weakening rental market...

Continue Reading • 29 Feb 2016

Govt won’t let property market crash: Shanmugam

The government has a “rough idea” on when to revise the property cooling measures, “but that doesn't mean that we announce it”, said the minister on Wednesday...

Continue Reading • 4 Feb 2016

TDSR doing its job, stats show

One expert believes that the property cooling measures have helped homeowners to downsize their loan commitment via debt consolidation, capital repayment and other means...

Continue Reading • 2 Feb 2016

Malaysian property promising despite headwinds

The weaker ringgit and softening market conditions makes it a good time to purchase Malaysian property, one economist says...

Continue Reading • 28 Jan 2016

JLL: Home price recovery in 2017

The Singapore property market is bracing for another bad year with home prices and transactions set to remain depressed, although some recovery is expected in 2017...

Continue Reading • 21 Jan 2016

Sliding prices may force govt to adjust property curbs

One analyst reckons that the government is already talking about possibly tweaking some of the property cooling measures...

Continue Reading • 14 Jan 2016

HK to increase housing supply

Public housing supply in the territory has been raised to 97,100 units in the next five years from 77,100 previously...

Continue Reading • 14 Jan 2016

HDB resale prices to be flat in 2016

This year, HDB resale prices will only drop by about one to two percent, says one expert...

Continue Reading • 5 Jan 2016

An opportune time to ease cooling measures: analysts

The slowing economy could offer the best environment to ease some of the property cooling measures, says one analyst...

Continue Reading • 23 Dec 2015

S'pore may ease cooling measures in second half of 2016

The restrictive property cooling measures will likely be eased sometime next year if home prices continue to drop...

Continue Reading • 11 Dec 2015

Home prices to remain depressed in 2016

Private home prices are expected to drop further next year, especially at projects with many unsold units...

Continue Reading • 10 Dec 2015

Home prices would have risen by a third without cooling measures

Tax measures introduced by the Singapore government in recent years have prevented home prices from spiralling out of control...

Continue Reading • 30 Nov 2015

Cooling measures may ease amid continued oversupply

Oversupply in Singapore’s residential market is expected to persist well into 2019 as the average net demand of 17,841 units over 2015-2019 remains below the average net supply of 40,990 units, revealed a Credit Suisse report.

Continue Reading • 26 Nov 2015