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Recent measures in Singapore aim to slow pace of price increase for resale HDB flats, while Hong Kong has stuck to its policies despite home prices being in the midst of a five-year low. ( read original story ...)

Home affordability a key gripe among Singaporeans, with some in limbo after government imposed cooling measures to ease red-hot property market Measures expect to dampen demand and help keep public ... ( read original story ...)

Is it time to invest in property shares? Analysts tell CNA why they have not written off Singapore-listed property stocks entirely, despite the cooling measures. ( read original story ...)

The latest round of property cooling measures announced in Singapore has raised questions about affordability, and whether an HDB flat is for home ownership or an asset. Host Steven Chia is joined by ... ( read original story ...)

Is it time to invest in property shares? Analysts tell CNA why they have not written off Singapore-listed property stocks entirely, despite the cooling measures. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s rental market could get even hotter due to the latest property curbs and a tightening housing supply. Rents for private apartments have soared nearly 31% by September compared ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s rental market could get even hotter due to the latest property curbs and a tightening housing supply. Rents for private apartments have soared nearly 31% by September compared with a year ... ( read original story ...)

Limited financial capacity and difficulty securing bank loans are a few challenges Singapore youths face when buying a Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat. The Independent Singapore reached out ... ( read original story ...)

Owning a home is so much a way of life in Singapore that buying a BTO flat is a Singaporean way of proposing marriage. Yet, renting has become more commonplace in recent years. This is in part because ... ( read original story ...)

The influx of new money has pushed up rentals to rates "never entertained before" Cyril Tuzeman, of boutique real estate agency Vesper Homes said. ( read original story ...)

Pramod Shenoi of CreditSights says "households are going to look very carefully at where they're putting their money." ... ( read original story ...)

When it comes to landed properties, the truth is that the overwhelming demand is for freehold homes. But in 2022, with interest rates, as well as private homes, soaring, that may simply be impractical ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese buyers have scooped up the biggest number of Singapore's private apartments in 2022 compared with other foreigners, underscoring the amount of wealth flowing into the Republic from the world's ... ( read original story ...)

Mainland Chinese buyers have scooped up the biggest number of Singapore’s private apartments this year compared with other foreigners. ( read original story ...)

More young Singaporeans are considering renting and flat sharing as they find current property prices too high, according to a PropertyGuru study.  Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Home loan rates in Singapore on Tuesday hit as high as 3.85 per cent, a level not reached in many yearsUOB fired the latest salvo in raising home loan rates, launching two-year fixed rate packages at ... ( read original story ...)