Condos Near MRT - Detail list of condominiums and apartments near MRT station in Singapore. Must read if you are looking for housing near certain MRT station. Events, Gatherings, Making Friends Hot! - Join our expat community to organise an event ... ( read original story ...)
Are Homes In Singapore Really That Expensive (Compared To Similar Cities)?
Demographia’s International Housing Affordability Survey also lists Singapore’s property market as “seriously unaffordable”, with a price-to-median-income ratio of 4.8 in 2017. To find out the relative affordability of Singapore’s housing market ... ( read original story ...)
Projected population growth of 6.3 million in 2030 expected to impact property market upswing
The current property market upswing has encouraged buyers and investors to re-enter the Singapore property market in anticipation of higher future property prices. A research report by DBS Insights said that the high land prices and momentum seen in the ... ( read original story ...)
AccorHotels to Expand Pullman Brand to Singapore
AccorHotels and EL Development, a Singapore-based property developer, will open a new-build five-star Pullman hotel on a prime site on Hill Street, in the civic and cultural heart of the city. The 342-room hotel will be Singapore’s first Pullman and will ... ( read original story ...)
Jail, fine for man who received stolen property totalling over $440k in cash
Khoo, 23, who served with the Singapore Civil Defence Force, was jailed for 15 months and fined $3,000 on Tuesday (June 12) after pleading guilty to two counts of receiving stolen property and one count of being involved in illegal gambling activities. ( read original story ...)
Frasers Property opens 2nd Tianjin development as it aims to double footprint in China
SINGAPORE - Mainboard-listed Frasers Property said that its Frasers Hospitality business has opened Fraser Place Binhai Tianjin - its second property in Tianjin - on Tuesday (June 12), as the property developer looks to double its footprint in China over ... ( read original story ...)
Pullman To Open First Hotel in Singapore
AccorHotels and EL Development Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based property developer, have announced they will open a new-build five-star Pullman on a prime site on Hill St, in the civic and cultural heart of the city. The 342-room hotel will be Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Deputy PM Says Progress on Global Trade May Unravel
Global trade faces greater uncertainty and there’s a risk progress that’s been made on commerce may unravel because of dispute between China and the U.S., Singapore Deputy Prime ... over accusations of intellectual property theft. ( read original story ...)
Pullman to make Singapore debut in 2022
The first Pullman-branded hotel in Singapore is slated to open on Hill Street in 2022, the outcome of a partnership between Accorhotels and property developer EL Development, which through this deal makes its first foray into hotels. Pullman Singapore will ... ( read original story ...)
Market Reaction Muted After Singapore Summit
The Singapore summit with US President Donald Trump and North ... The jobs report further highlighted the difficulties facing the Bank of England which is clearly keen to start raising interest rates and normalising monetary policy. Unemployment remains ... ( read original story ...)
Asian stocks rise with eyes on Singapore summit
Just don't ask what comprises a 'deal' and we are fine. At the risk of sounding a tad frivolous, that appears to be the truth of the matter,” said Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank in Singapore of the Trump-Kim summit. ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude rose 3 ... ( read original story ...)
Bank stocks dipped from all-time high amidst May-June lull
Singapore bank stocks have declined to 7% YTD ever since they gained 9% during their all-time high this year. OCBC Investment Research analyst Carmen Lee noted that at this year's high, DBS was up 23%, OCBC was up 13%, and UOB was up 13%, which brought the ... ( read original story ...)
Trump meets Kim Jong Un in Singapore
After months of saber-rattling that gave way to flirtation, President Trump finally met face-to-face with Kim Jong Un at a hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore on Tuesday ... meeting in front of a bank of 12 alternating U.S. and North Korean flags where ... ( read original story ...)
Markets Live: ASX lifts on Singapore summit
Commonwealth Bank, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are all weighing the market ... Trump and DPRK leader-Kim are scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. local time in Singapore. While North Korea is not a major economic power on an absolute scale, the marginal gains ... ( read original story ...)
Residential vs Commercial property investment in Singapore: which is right for you?
Commercial properties are an attractive investment to many right now. Rental yields for commercial properties may reach 5% on average, whereas residential units typically have more modest rental yields of 2 to 3% per cent. However, there are many more ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore rolls out tough summit security
The police deployment for the hotly anticipated meeting is expected to be the biggest since 2006 when some 23,000 officers were mobilised for an IMF-World Bank meeting in the city-state. A Kim Jong Un lookalike who said he had been to Singapore beforewas ... ( read original story ...)