Singaporean property consultant Mr Kamal (not his real name) works in Malaysia and shuttles between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore every month to care for his elderly mother who lives alone in a flat in Jurong. Life is tough for the 41-year-old who feels that ... ( read original story ...)
Eye on Bedok: Singapore’s most populous neighbourhood
Tay Huey Ying, head of research at JLL Singapore, identifies Seaside Residences and Grandeur Park Residences as the two most recent property launches in the area. Both are 99-year leasehold condominium projects, with the 841-unit Seaside Residences having ... ( read original story ...)
Developers worry upturn in Singapore property market may trigger more cooling measures
Developers have grown more optimistic about the current and future state of the Singapore property market, but worry about the Government introducing more cooling measures. The Real Estate Sentiment Index (Resi), jointly developed by the Real Estate ... ( read original story ...)
CDL leads S’pore property industry in sustainability
(Photo: Christopher Chitty) City Developments Limited (CDL) announced on Tuesday (24 October) that it was named as Singapore’s highest scoring property firm in CDP’s latest rankings for climate change response. The home-grown developer received a score ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore home prices picking up as government eases restrictions
SINGAPORE -- Singapore's home prices are rising, thanks to the government's recent easing of restrictions put in place years ago to curb soaring property prices. With home sales increasing significantly, property developers are looking for more land while ... ( read original story ...)
Mongolian developers join elite list of PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards contenders
Five companies from Mongolia have made the elite shortlist of the annual PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards, the region’s biggest and most respected real estate awards programme, which takes place in Singapore this November. In association with MGL ... ( read original story ...)
Mapletree Commercial Trust DPU up 9.3% to 2.24 Singapore cents in Q2
Gross revenue rose 21.7 per cent to S$107.2 million, while net property income jumped 23.4 per cent to S$84.4 million. Earnings per unit was 2.14 Singapore cents, up from 1.94 Singapore cents a year earlier. Net asset value per unit was S$1.37 as at Sept ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia and Singapore strengthen their ties
Cambodia has asked Singapore to consider importing agricultural products such as rice, pepper and mangoes, to welcome more migrant workers from Cambodia and to cooperate on the illicit trade of cultural property. Both sides also expressed their ... ( read original story ...)
Chart of the Day: Singapore’s home prices fell with slow GDP growth
Historically, Singapore's private home prices have a strong correlation ... in tandem with higher GDP growth expectations of 2.7% in 2017 and 2.9% in 2018. "With property cooling measures still in place, and all else constant, we are unlikely to see ... ( read original story ...)
Keppel-KBS US REIT Seeks to Raise $448 Million in Singapore IPO
Units of Manulife U.S. REIT, which is backed by office buildings in Los Angeles and Atlanta, have risen about 9.6 percent in Singapore since its IPO last year. Cromwell Property Group last month shelved the listing of a property trust that was set ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese property developers love Singapore so much, it might kill us
Foreign property developers, mainly China property developers, have a real fascination with Singapore. That’s good news for government land sales, because if you haven’t noticed, this island is damned tiny. That means they’re forced to bid ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese developer acquires another residential plot in Singapore for US$462m
Shenzhen-based Logan Property has Singapore firmly in its sights. The company has bought a large scale residential site for S$629 million (US$462 million) – its second in the city within five months. The Hong Kong-listed firm won the bid for a project ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese developer acquires another residential plot in Singapore for US$462 million
Shenzhen-based Logan Property has Singapore firmly in its sights. The company has bought a large scale residential site for S$629 million (US$462 million) – its second in the city within five months. The Hong Kong-listed firm won the bid for a project ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s 50 largest real estate agencies in 2017
Overall, 2017 has been kinder to property firms. The rollout of government cooling measures eased and private home sales surged. But for the biggest player in Singapore, even these positive drivers might not be enough to shield smaller, margin-squeezed firms. ( read original story ...)
Property Agent Commissions – What Singaporeans Might Not Know
Property agents cannot handle most money related to the property transaction on your behalf. In purchase and sale transactions for all properties in Singapore, e.g. refer you to a moneylender and advertise your property without your consent.While a ... ( read original story ...)
Property market heats up: prices expected to rise by 10% in 2018
Despite the property cooling measures which are in place, UOB Kay Hian expects home prices in Singapore to climb by 5 to 10% in 2018. Morgan Stanley concurs, predicting that property prices will increase by 10% by the end of 2018. According to Vikrant ... ( read original story ...)