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 ...)
S’pore property, Asia looking up: Fidelity
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, Asia looking up: Fidelity
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 ...)
SRX: Singapore private resale prices increase 0.4% in May
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 ...)
Modest land supply is expected for H2 2017 GLS Programme
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 ...)
Chinese developer seeks more projects in Singapore
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 ...)
GuocoLand to issue S$170mil bonds
Singapore-listed real estate developer GuocoLand plans to issue bonds collectively valued at SGD170 million that pays an interest rate of 3.9%, reported The Business Times. Expected to be issued on Thursday (15 June), the bonds will mature by February 2023 ... ( read original story ...)
A new setback for London property market
The U.K. election result will create more uncertainty for the London property market, affecting values and sales volumes, real estate brokers say. London homebuilders that develop high-end homes dropped after the hung parliament. Crest Nicholson Holdings ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkong Land and IOI Properties to jointly develop Central Boulevard site
SINGAPORE (June 12): Hongkong Land and IOI Properties Group ... Hongkong Land is a member of the Jardine Matheson Group while IOI Properties is a leading public-listed property developer in Malaysia. The site to be developed was a “white” site in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore property prices expected to climb, fuelled by collective sale market
Property prices are expected to move up in the coming months and now may be a good time to start looking if you have not bought your property, said Carmen Lee, head of research for OCBC Investment Research, during a briefing on the mid-year market outlook ... ( read original story ...)
Are Singapore, Indonesia bank stocks worth it?…
I have admired Singapore for its fairy tale rise from a somnolent British colony on the southern tip of Malaya to its role as the financial, aviation, retail and technology hub of Southeast Asia. In the past decade, I have happily braved the perennial ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore central bank to use blockchain tech for new payment transfer project
SINGAPORE: With many countries’ central banks and government regulators exploring the possible use of Blockchain technology in their existing systems, Singapore has gone ahead and conducted a post-trial analysis to test out the effectiveness of the ... ( read original story ...)
Interesting highlights of Singapore’s Planning Areas
One in 10 people living in Punggol is under the age of four, and it has recently been dubbed Singapore's baby town. Punggol is one of Singapore's oldest inhabited areas, dating back to almost 200 years before the arrival of the British. Early inhabitants ... ( read original story ...)
Are Singapore, Indonesia bank stocks worth it? Apparently, they are
I have admired Singapore for its fairy tale rise from a somnolent British colony on the southern tip of Malaya to its role as the financial, aviation, retail and technology hub of Southeast Asia. In the past decade, I have happily braved the perennial ... ( read original story ...)
Betting on Emerald Bay in Puteri Harbour
“But I was completely bowled over when they handed over the property,” he recalls. “It was even better than some of the projects I’ve seen in Singapore.” Building a waterfront resort development from scratch Emerald Bay sits on a 111-acre ... ( read original story ...)
CDL and SEAS officially open Singapore Sustainability Academy
Singapore-listed developer City Development (CDL) and the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) officially opened the Singapore Sustainability Academy on June 5, the UN World Environment Day. Located at the previously underutilised roof ... ( read original story ...)