Tag: mortgage

How much more will borrowers end up paying? Let’s get to the most immediate concern. For our first example, consider a buyer who has purchased a private, non-landed property at $1.4 million. We’ll ass... ( read original story ...)

It certainly bode well for Singapore when Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the healthy surplus on the government's balance sheet on Tuesday (Feb 19) – and along with it, the rolling out of th... ( read original story ...)

The new president of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (Redas), Chia Ngiang Hong, called for a review of property cooling measures at the industry association’s annual Spring Festiv... ( read original story ...)

It’s a tired trope throughout Asia to say Singapore lacks soul. Clean, walkable streets. Efficient traffic. Effective public transport. Well-organized family fun. Innovative bars and restaurants. Shin... ( read original story ...)

JOHOR BARU, Feb 21 — The palatial property that inspired writer Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asian books is owned by the Johor royal family, Bloomberg reported today. Known as Istana Woodneuk, it is an aba... ( read original story ...)

PropNex further strengthens its position as Singapore’s largest listed real estate agency with over 7,500 salespersons. Global Alliance Property (GAP), which operates under the Century 21 franchise, h... ( read original story ...)

The DRC, which measures to the total number of foreign to local employees in a workforce, will be reduced. It will fall from 40 per cent to 38 per cent from 1st January 2020, and then fall to 35 per c... ( read original story ...)

Singapore home prices are unlikely to stage a rapid rebound after the government imposed further property curbs in mid-2018, the finance chief of the city-state’s largest developer said. “If we see a ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore home prices are unlikely to stage a rapid rebound after the government imposed further property curbs in mid-2018, the finance chief of the city-state’s largest developer said. “If we see a ... ( read original story ...)

Nonetheless, its market share of Singapore residential mortgages remained at 31 percent. For the entirety of 2019, the lender thinks than its housing loan business would grow by approximately $1.5 bil... ( read original story ...)

DBS kicked off the reporting season for Singapore banks, with smaller peers Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp and United Overseas Bank reporting results on Friday. CEO Piyush Gupta said in a statement that ... ( read original story ...)

“Expectations for a spending spree are high on past surpluses, likely elections and downside economic risks,” Mohamed Faiz Nagutha, an economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Singapore, said bef... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Singapore has tied up with India’s largest financial service provider Edelweiss Group to allow clients of both entities to access their respective platforms- Bank of Singapore’s wide range of ... ( read original story ...)

A growing number of property investors in Singapore are turning their attention abroad. Of the 803 respondents to the 2019 EdgeProp-Knight Frank Homebuyers’ Sentiment Survey, 29.4% said they would be ... ( read original story ...)

Property market watchers are looking forward to Singapore’s 2019 Budget, which is set to be delivered by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday (18 Feb). In last year’s budget, the government intro... ( read original story ...)

In this week’s issue: Unbiased New Launch Review – Stirling Residences Resale Property Transactions (January 25 – February 1) Happy reading! To wisdom and beyond Singapore Property Weekly I… by on Scr... ( read original story ...)