Tag: property

The head of Singapore's intellectual property office says that standardising how ASEAN firms deal with patents will draw more investments to the region. He pointed to an initiative that speeds up part ... ( read original story ...)

Buying a home in Singapore is a milestone but it can also be a financial minefield if you don’t calculate affordability properly. Many buyers assume that if the bank approves their loan, they’re safe. ( read original story ...)

Despite growing awareness of the need to diversify, a recent Manulife survey found that cash remains the most important tool for retirement preparation for one in three people. Read more Read more at ... ( read original story ...)

Mortgages are 23-24% of gross loans. According to Macquarie Equities Research, it sees UOB as most exposed of the big three banks to Singapore mortgage repricing. Macquarie believes this will continue ... ( read original story ...)

A friend of mine has shifted rental units 4 times in the past 6 years. Along the way, she’s had her fair share of horror stories: landlords charging her for mysterious “extra costs,” appliances that ... ( read original story ...)

Mortgage brokers are specialist that are well versed with the banking loan process and have access to hundreds of mortgage and loan packages across many banks. Mortgage brokers help property buyers to ... ( read original story ...)

Home Loans in Singapore Simply put, taking out a home loan involves borrowing money from the bank in order to pay for the property. In the case of HDB property, it is also possible to borrow money ... ( read original story ...)

For a fixed two-year mortgage, the Singapore mortgage rates across banks has increased from 1.15 per cent in December last year to 2.25 per cent in May, Mr Paul Ho, chief officer at iCompareLoan said, ... ( read original story ...)

In the latest Savills World Cities Prime Residential Index for the first half of 2025, Singapore emerged as the world’s costli ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The stress of paying for a house seems to be rising in tandem with home loan interest rates, according to a bank’s financial survey. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE] The manager of CapitaLand Ascendas Reit (Clar) announced on Monday (Aug 18) the proposed divestments of five Singapore properties. Read more at The Business Times. ( read original story ...)

Realion forecasts that full-year investment sales could still reach between $20b and $25b. Singapore’s property market held steady in the second quarter of 2025, but the outlook across sectors ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's private home sales snapped a four-month losing streak to rise sharply in July, driven by robust sales at most of the new residential launches. Developers in July sold 940 units, excluding ... ( read original story ...)

A Singapore court charged a property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offences, over flights and luxury hotel accommodation given to a disgraced ex-transport minister ... ( read original story ...)

Founded as a merchant bank in 1935 by Ee Cheong’s grandfather, Wee Kheng Chiang, UOB has transformed itself from a single Singapore branch to a regional banking powerhouse with S$524 billion ... ( read original story ...)

By Q4 2008, the country was in recession, dragged down by the global financial crisis. Over the course of the year, the combined market capitalisation of Singapore-listed equities shed half its value, ... ( read original story ...)