Tag: mortgage

Doesn’t anyone get their mortgage from their own bank, anymore? By: Phoenix Lee/ Seven months after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the latest housing curbs on property purchases, ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Mar 4): Singapore’s monetary policy stance remains appropriate for current conditions and there is no need for policy stimulus if the economy performs as expected, central bank managing dir... ( read original story ...)

There are certain limits to investing in property in Singapore. Even in a lacklustre property market, private property is still exorbitantly priced and comes with a whole bunch of inconveniences, like ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s monetary policy stance remains appropriate, the city-state’s central bank’s chief said on Wednesday, in comments that follow a disappointing run of recent economic da... ( read original story ...)

is urging the Singapore government to transform the island into a vibrant tourist hotspot like Indonesia’s Bali, reported Bloomberg. “Sentosa was touted when it first started (as an island) for the ri... ( read original story ...)

Here’s everything a foreigner needs to know about the buying property in Singapore can be found in the Residential Property Act (Chapter 274) of the Singapore Law. Yet, seeing that a couple hundred pa... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)