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Adjustments made in March not a sign of unwinding of measures Authorities imposed curbs on property market since 2009 Singapore’s central bank said it’s not yet time to ease property curbs and the adjustments made by the government in March don’t ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's central bank said that the city-state's property cooling measures remain necessary. Monetary Authority Managing Director Ravi Menon said the recent easing of the curbs shouldn't be seen as signaling the government would relent. Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore regulators have proposed rules that will make it easier for banks to conduct or invest in non-financial businesses, such as eCommerce and digital payment platforms — allowing banks to better compete with non-bank firms in these areas. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE property stocks are set for their best annual performance in five years, and strategists believe the rally is far from over. With an expected pick-up in real estate following the easing of housing curbs, developers are expected to be the bright ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore's central bank will streamline regulatory requirements to allow banks to conduct or invest in non-financial e-commerce businesses, it said late on Tuesday. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, speaking at an event organised by the ... ( read original story ...)

we crunched the numbers to provide an approximate salary you and your spouse should be earning before you consider buying a certain type of property in Singapore. This, of course, is primarily focused on your ability to keep up with your mortgage payments. ( read original story ...)

"While it is certainly a positive-sounding headline, I am not sure it is the grand type of event that will arrest the negative momentum afflicting the company," said Mr Todd Schubert, the head of fixed income research at Bank of Singapore. ( read original story ...)

There were fewer concerns the Goods and Services Tax rollout in India will be inflationary as most essential goods and services have been exempted from the new regime, the Development Bank of Singapore said today. The reform is set to be implemented from ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore property stocks are set for their best annual performance in five years, and strategists believe the rally is far from over. With an expected pickup in real estate following the easing of housing curbs, developers are expected to be the bright ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's residential property market is getting mixed signals from prices, sales, rents and developers' land purchases Some analysts see signs of a gradual recovery, as end-users come off the sidelines But developers may see their margins get squeezed ... ( read original story ...)

Economists surveyed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) expect 2017 growth to be 2.5 percent, up from previous forecast of 2.3 percent More upbeat view was due to better manufacturing, bank lending performance Singapore to release advance ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE property is starting on a long uptrend, said a top executive at Fidelity International. "This current down cycle seems to me to have been going on for a long time," said Tim Orchard, who is chief investment officer equities, Asia Pacific ex-Japan. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE property is starting on a long uptrend, said a top executive at Fidelity International. "This current down cycle seems to me to have been going on for a long time," said Tim Orchard, who is chief investment officer equities, Asia Pacific ex-Japan. ( read original story ...)

Resale prices of non-landed private homes in Singapore increased 0.4 per cent in May, flash estimates from SRX Property showed on Tuesday (June 13), with 17.4 per cent increase in volume of sales compared to May 2016. Prices last month also increased by 1 ... ( read original story ...)

Paying too high a price for land will squeeze profit margins. At a state tender last month, a tie-up between Hong Kong-listed Logan Property Holdings - a newbie to the Singapore property scene hailing from China's Guangdong province - and Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

Logan Property, a developer listed in the Hong Kong bourse, is considering other residential and commercial projects in Singapore, particularly those situated in prime areas, reported The Business Times. In May, the firm and Chinese conglomerate Nanshan ... ( read original story ...)