To simplify matters, here’s the most basic method to calculate net rental yield — something you must understand before you invest in any property in Singapore: To calculate rental yield, first know your probable rental income. Say you’re looking to ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsubishi, MUFG Conduct Successful Pilot Payment With Major Thai Bank’s Blockchain
The Mitsubishi Group has successfully completed a pilot sending money from Thailand to Singapore using Thai Krungsri bank’s blockchain tech. The pilot, conducted in the Bank of Thailand’s (BOT) regulatory sandbox, was executed by Japan’s Mitsubishi ... ( read original story ...)
8 countries show the impact of HSR on property prices
Now that Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has confirmed it would pull out of the KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, it’s likely that homeowners and property buyers the Jurong region might be feeling what Spiderman felt at the end of ... ( read original story ...)
How are Singaporeans using their first property as an investment?
Unfortunately, property prices are in a slump at the time ... Wrong. The rate of inflation in Singapore is around three per cent per annum, and your investment has not kept up with that. And this is after you've put up with various inconveniences for ... ( read original story ...)
Frasers Property acquires owner of new logistics warehouse in Netherlands for €25m
SINGAPORE - Frasers Property on Friday (May 25) said it has acquired a new freehold logistics warehouse in the Netherlands. Its indirect subsidiary Frasers Property Investments (Europe) BV entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Acacia BV and ... ( read original story ...)
Why Donald Trump should come to Singapore anyway
It seemed that, like the property market here, what hothead Kim needed wasn’t dialogue but some serious cooling measures. In Singapore, particularly in Mandarin Gardens, we know how hard it is to pull off something successfully. There’s this thing ... ( read original story ...)
HSR demise could hit Jurong property prices, say reports
Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority masterplan was supposed ... All these developments would also have pushed up property prices in Jurong. The island republic's media is also quite gloomy with the latest Malaysian decision over the project. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to feel loss of HSR project
The absence of the rail connection will make the district less attractive to businesses as well as Malaysians who could have used the HSR to commute into Singapore to work, said International Property Advisor chief executive Ku Swee Yong said. "The ... ( read original story ...)
Of desi food, clubs and cricket in Singapore’s ‘Little India’
The current president of the club is an Indian, Sher Baljit Singh, who runs his own successful property business. The Singapore Cricket Club, which was established in 1852 Recently I was in Singapore for a day-long visit and came to know much about the ... ( read original story ...)
Kempinski Hotels to open first Singapore property
Kempinski Hotels is set to open its first hotel in Singapore. The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore will be part of the Capitol Singapore mixed-use development in the downtown civic district. Singapore’s Perennial Real Estate Holdings will own and ... ( read original story ...)
High capital growth for landed housing in Singapore
Singapore’s property market has seen a limited supply of landed property over the past five years. Despite the scarcity of landed homes, the number of unsold inventory has been at a record low, with limited freehold supply coming into the market. ( read original story ...)
High capital growth in landed housing in Singapore
Industry experts indicate that now is the best time to invest in Singapore property market. By Mindy Chong Singapore’s property market has seen a limited supply of landed property over the past five years. Despite the scarcity of landed homes ... ( read original story ...)
“Anxious” Deutsche Bankers in Singapore seek exit and call headhunters
“More and more Deutsche Bank people have been getting in touch,” says a Singapore-based recruiter, speaking on condition of anonymity. “They all want to know what else is out there, because leaving now may be better than hanging on during another big ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore upgrades first-quarter GDP, 2018 outlook on resilient demand
“It shows that they’re a little bit confident going forward,” OCBC bank chief economist, Selena Ling said, adding that the revision is in line with Singapore’s central bank’s monetary policy change in April, when it tightened for the first time ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Property Firm Switches Bets from China to Europe
Less than four years after its public offering as a play on China’s red-hot property market, Singapore’s First Sponsor Group Ltd. is banking on continental Europe to fuel earnings growth. “We expect growth predominantly to come from Europe, but will ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of China partners Qoo10 to launch new co-brand Mastercard credit card
Bank of China Singapore Branch (BOCSG) has launched a co-brand Mastercard credit card with Singapore's largest online retailer Qoo10. Bank of China Singapore Branch (BOCSG) has launched a co-brand Mastercard credit card with Singapore's largest online ... ( read original story ...)