Cooling measures to stay even after PAP victory
With property prices in the city-state remaining relatively high, the government is likely to take a more gradual approach in easing some of the measures...
Continue Reading • 15 Sept 2015
Landed property ownership looking more like a reality
With the government's property cooling measures having led to a fall in home prices, could your dream of owning a landed home become a reality sooner than planned?
Continue Reading • 10 Sept 2015
Private property prices down 3.2% from year ago
Singapore's private home prices continued to fall in Q2 2015 from last year...
Continue Reading • 2 Sept 2015
Developers to delay new launches in election lead-up
Singapore developers are hoping the newly-elected government will relax the cooling measures, but that isn't expected to happen any time soon...
Continue Reading • 20 Aug 2015
Cooling measures paid off: Khaw
The overheated housing market, which had been a hot button issue in the 2011 General Election, has achieved a soft landing...
Continue Reading • 17 Aug 2015
Govt still watching housing market closely
Singapore's residential market may be in a correction phase, but the government is still monitoring the situation after prices hit record highs some years back...
Continue Reading • 17 Aug 2015
Luxury homes: Languishing or luxuriating?
Nearly six years after the property cooling measures were first implemented, how is the luxury residential market doing? We find out.
Continue Reading • 17 Aug 2015
MAS: Still too early to ease cooling measures
Singapore's central bank feels that private home prices have not softened much, echoing the views of the government...
Continue Reading • 22 Jul 2015
Review of cooling measures not dependent on election: Shanmugam
The elections are not a factor as to whether the government will tweak the cooling measures as they were introduced a while back...
Continue Reading • 10 Jul 2015
HDB resale prices still falling 2 years on
HDB resale prices continued to drop in the second quarter...
Continue Reading • 2 Jul 2015
Govt may review cooling measures by year-end
A UOB report claims the government may reduce the seller's stamp duty (SSD) and tweak the additional buyer's stamp duty (ABSD)...
Continue Reading • 22 Jun 2015
S'pore home prices still falling
In the past year, prices of non-landed private homes have fallen 3.3 percent...
Continue Reading • 12 Jun 2015
Foreigners return to buy luxury property
More foreign buyers are showing interest in Singapore luxury homes...
Continue Reading • 25 May 2015
Prices of private homes down 1.0%
Private home prices fell for the sixth straight quarter, according to URA data...
Continue Reading • 24 Apr 2015
Cooling measures likely to be eased end-2015: DBS
The government is still waiting for home prices to drop further before taking action to tweak the policies...
Continue Reading • 9 Apr 2015
Govt may review cooling measures this year, say reports
Housing prices and foreign buying among other factors appear to be moving in the desired direction...
Continue Reading • 27 Mar 2015
Suburban condos expected to still sell
The cooling measures are forcing buyers to become more quantum sensitive, which benefits projects in outlying regions...
Continue Reading • 20 Mar 2015
Super luxury bungalow prices rise to $1,428 psf
This is up 6.7 percent from $1,338 psf in 2013, says CBRE...
Continue Reading • 6 Mar 2015
Relaunches expected in 2015 to push unsold units
With many units left unsold from prior launches, OrangeTee Research and Consultancy predicts the market will be hit by a wave of relaunches of Singapore properties for sale.
Continue Reading • 17 Feb 2015
Review of cooling measures tops wish list
A survey shows participants wish the government could review its cooling measures for Singapore properties.
Continue Reading • 29 Jan 2015