SINGAPORE - OCBC Bank, like the other two Singapore lenders, is feeling the chill of last year's property cooling measures with its mortgage book "reduced visibly" for the first quarter of 2019. "Our ... ( read original story ...)
Property Jargon of the Day: Agent Commissions
Looking for a property? Find the home of your dreams today on Singapore’s largest property portal 99.co! You can also access a wide range of tools to calculate your down payments and loan repayments, ... ( read original story ...)
Property Jargon of the Day: Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP)
Every day, we pick a piece of property jargon to demystify on 99.co. Today, we’re looking at the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP): The EIP is a housing policy unique to Singapore. It was instituted in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore central bank studying licences for virtual banks
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank is studying whether to allow financial technology firms to operate digital-only banks in the city-state, it said, following moves by regulators in other ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore property prices fall: Is this a good time for Indian nationals to buy?
Singapore, May 6 (ANI): Singapore property developer has gone bust for the first time since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. Developers Astoria and Lerida, which have the same owner, are now insolvent ... ( read original story ...)
UOB finds Singapore home loans flat after cooling measures, with growth from region
SINGAPORE - United Overseas Bank is the second Singapore lender to feel the sting of last year's property cooling measures. While UOB posted a rise in its overall mortgage book, the bank said it came ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore industrial a picture of cautious optimism
The report said that the Singapore industrial property market starting the year on a positive note as net absorption of industrial space improved quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year. Tay Huey Ying, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to fast-track AI patent applications
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (Ipos) is to fast-track artificial intelligence-related patent applications to push the Republic's efforts to develop its digital economy. The agency ... ( read original story ...)
Private property prices dip slightly in Q1: URA
SINGAPORE: Prices of private residential properties in Singapore ... up from the 2 per cent decrease in the last quarter of 2018. Non-landed property prices declined 1.1 per cent, compared with the ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporeans are able to afford property despite finding prices high, says PropertyGuru survey
The results, which came out in the leading property technology company’s bi-annual Consumer Sentiment Survey, was conducted on 643 people in Singapore and more than 3,400 respondents across Southeast ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore dethrones China in global property investments rankings for 2018
It invested US$18b globally, translating to 36% of the total last year. Singapore took the lead from China as the major source of Asian investment in global property markets last year, Colliers ... ( read original story ...)
Expert Talks and Exclusive Deals at the EdgeProp International Property Show 2019
Singapore, 24 April 2019 – EdgeProp’s first International Property Show is taking place on 4 and 5 May 2019 at the Level 3 Concourse of Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre. The two-day ... ( read original story ...)
Property Jargon of the Day: Holding Power
Today we look at holding power, and why it matters to property owners: In Singapore’s property market, “holding power” typically refers to the ability of a home owner to keep servicing the property ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore residential market outlook remains stable in 2019
A CGS-CIMB research said the Singapore residential market outlook remained relatively stable in 2019. The research ‘Real Estate Day wrap-up’ said both property developers and property services ... ( read original story ...)
Sharp drop in Singapore Q1 property investment sales: Colliers
REAL estate investment sales in Singapore fell 52 per cent year on year to S$5.3 billion in the first quarter of 2019, on cooling in the latest bout of en-bloc fever and from residential property ... ( read original story ...)
Commercial property sector remains buoyant in Singapore
Colliers International’s Asia Market Snapshot Q1 report said that Singapore’s commercial property sector and hotel market remain buoyant. Despite the optimism in the commercial property market, the ... ( read original story ...)