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The Singapore government has announced a system that will enable home buyers and sellers in Singapore to rate real estate agents' service quality. The rating will be publicly displayed online along with the history of property transactions closed by the ... ( read original story ...)

2017 was a dramatic year for the Singapore market, with invaluable lessons for investors to glean from for 2018. Stocks in the semiconductor and property sectors had a pretty good run in 2017. These were characterised by improving fundamentals, coupled ... ( read original story ...)

Real estate investors should look at the central, south, southeast and southwest areas, as properties in these areas are likely to boom in the Year of the Dog. Owners of properties in these areas, whose prices have appreciated, should definitely consider ... ( read original story ...)

In Singapore, all properties, be it residential, industrial or commercial, are subject to property tax. For residential property, the tax rate differs, depending on whether it’s an owner-occupied or non-owner-occupied property. With Singapore being a ... ( read original story ...)

Sunway unit Sunway Developments Pte Ltd plans to jointly acquire a private residential property – Brookvale Park in Singapore – with Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd. Both entities have entered into a collective sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with the ... ( read original story ...)

Besides the trend we observed in income and property taxes, it seems that an increase in GST is imminent in Singapore. Given what we’ve observed from analysis above, this could be a departure from the past where the increase in tax was mostly impacted ... ( read original story ...)

It ranked as the second most active buyer and overtook Hong Kong. Capital outflows from Singapore have grown consistently in recent years, from just $11.11b (US$8.4b) in 2014 to $20.62b (US$15.6b) in 2017, JLL revealed. According to its global capital ... ( read original story ...)

Steven Mayes - Managing Director, JLL Sri Lanka awarding winners Nalin Herath – Managing Director, Home Lands Skyline (Pvt) Ltd and Harshani Herathat the 2017 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards in Singapore The PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore came in at 9th place on global intellectual property (IP) index. Scoring 84%, the city-state is ahead of Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand, and only came second to Japan in Asia-Pacific region. The global IP index Create analyses ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore has improved its score in the latest United States Chamber of Commerce intellectual property (IP) index, coming in ninth out of 50 economies. It ranked 8th in the previous year's index before five more countries were added. Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore has improved its score in the latest United States Chamber of Commerce intellectual property (IP) index, but this did not prevent it from slipping one place to rank ninth out of 50 economies. Singapore's score of 84 per cent (33.45 ... ( read original story ...)

Getting your first property in Singapore can be quite an experience and stressful. With getting that property being one of the biggest ticket purchases for many, the learning journey will be especially steep and stressful without external help. Recognising ... ( read original story ...)

Their overseas property investment increased by 40% in 2017, with the total value of investment amounting to $37.18b (US$28.4b), according to a Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) report. Another report from Real Capital Analytics (RCA) ranked Singapore as the ... ( read original story ...)

Under section 378 of the Singapore Penal Code, theft occurs when one dishonestly takes movable property out of another’s possession without that person’s consent. While it is possible to steal lost property, taking abandoned property will not be theft ... ( read original story ...)

This article first appeared on Frugal In Singapore. When most people hear the word “auction”, they think “distressed sale”. In many other parts of the world, this is mostly true. Although I own a few things from distressed sales and have bid in ... ( read original story ...)

Singaporean authorities are close on Commerzbank’s heels. Source: AP Commerzbank has run into compliance trouble in Singapore, where officials have warned Germany’s second-largest bank that it didn’t check customers carefully enough under “Know ... ( read original story ...)