Developer sales up 15% in October despite no major launches
Sales of new private homes excluding executive condominiums (ECs) rose 15.4 percent to 758 units in October from 657 in the previous month, according to URA data...
Continue Reading • 15 Nov 2017
New home sales slow in Sept due to Ghost Month
Property developers sold 657 private housing units in September, down 47.3 percent from 1,246 units in the previous month, according to data released on Monday by the URA...
Continue Reading • 17 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 Reading • 2 Oct 2017
GuocoLand leads nominations for PropertyGuru Awards
More than 20 real estate projects from 16 companies and joint venture firms have been shortlisted for the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore) 2017...
Continue Reading • 28 Sept 2017
Eye on Changi: Take to the skies
Mention Changi, and thoughts immediately turn to the thrill of a holiday for which one inevitably departs from Changi Airport. Visitors to the area are often enchanted...
Continue Reading • 21 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 Reading • 18 Sept 2017
New development charges to affect en bloc deals
DBS expects the recent hike in development charge (DC) rates for condominiums to affect developers’ profitability as breakeven prices may increase by up to four percent...
Continue Reading • 14 Sept 2017
Vietnamese developers not scared of Ghost Month
After a two-quarter break, some of Vietnam’s major real estate developers suddenly launched flagship projects between late August and early September...
Continue Reading • 13 Sept 2017
Singapore developers ramp up landbanking activity
Seven of the top 10 developers with the biggest residential landbank and unsold units in launched projects are local developers, according to the Business Times...
Continue Reading • 5 Sept 2017
Nominations open for PropertyGuru Philippines Property Awards 2018
Nominations are now open for the sixth annual edition of the PropertyGuru Philippines Property Awards, which was officially launched...
Continue Reading • 3 Aug 2017
China’s real estate industry to see mega consolidation
Citigroup Inc expects a huge wave of consolidation within China’s real estate industry as big property developers swallow up rivals...
Continue Reading • 11 Jul 2017
GuocoLand to issue S$170mil bonds
Singapore-listed real estate developer GuocoLand plans to issue bonds collectively valued at SGD170 million that pays an interest rate of 3.9%, reported The Business Times. Expected to be issued on Thursday (15 June), the bonds will mature by February 2023. GuocoLand will use the net proceeds...
Continue Reading • 12 Jun 2017
Chinese developer seeks more projects in Singapore
Logan Property, a developer listed in the Hong Kong bourse, is considering other residential and commercial projects in Singapore
Continue Reading • 12 Jun 2017
Developers sold 1,555 private homes in April
Property developers sold 1,555 new private homes in April 2017, down 12.6 percent from 1,780 units a month earlier, according to URA data...
Continue Reading • 16 May 2017
Developers tap VR tech to market projects
Property developers are making use of virtual reality (VR) technology to assist them in marketing their new projects, media reports said...
Continue Reading • 11 May 2017
Wong: URA grants exemptions on GFA
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) permits developers to exclude some spaces from the computation of the gross floor area (GFA)...
Continue Reading • 5 Apr 2017
S’pore property developers face a dilemma after rule changes
Property developers are faced with a difficult decision after the government closed a tax loophole that enabled them to offload residential units in bulk...
Continue Reading • 3 Apr 2017
Cambodia Property Awards 2017 winners announced
A total of 17 awards were given out during the PropertyGuru Cambodia Property Awards held last Friday (24 March) in Phnom Penh, which was attended by over 300 guests...
Continue Reading • 28 Mar 2017
Villagers in HK protest proposed development of rural areas
The villagers of Wang Chau in Hong Kong are fighting hard to save their homes, after the government served them an eviction notice, asking them to leave the area by 2018...
Continue Reading • 22 Mar 2017
New private home sales up 155.8% in Feb
Even with only one new project launch, the number of private residential units (excluding ECs) sold by developers rose 155.8 percent to 977 units in February 2017...
Continue Reading • 16 Mar 2017