SINGAPORE monies that went into overseas real-estate investments last year rose by about 40 per cent to a record US$28.4 billion, up from US$20.4 billion in 2016 and upending the last high of US$27.6 billion in 2015. Sovereign wealth fund (SWF) GIC had a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s overseas property investment soared 40% in 2017
Singapore’s overseas real estate investment surged by around 40 percent to a record US$28.4 billion (S$37.2 billion) in 2017, making it the fifth-biggest source of capital globally, after the US, Hong Kong, China and France, reported Business Times. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Overtakes China as Largest Asian Investor in U.S. Property
Singapore ousted China to become the biggest Asian investor in U.S. commercial property last year. It was the first time since 2012 that the city outspent China, according to data from Real Capital Analytics and Cushman & Wakefield Inc. Deals by Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Home Loan – 5 Things That Can Affect Property Buying
The Credit Bureau of Singapore (CBS) keeps a credit report of every Singaporean ... Whenever you are submitting your application to banks for a home loan, banks will look up for your credit report from CBS. The credit report from CBS would then give ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s property industry ranks as #1 hottest in ASEAN market in 2018
Whilst the property scene in Singapore did pick up towards the end of 2017, Morgan Stanley predicts that the market will be even more bullish in the next two years. We’re talking an 8% increase in home prices in 2018, and again in 2019. Morgan Stanley ... ( read original story ...)
5 Things That Can Affect Your Home Loan for buying a property
We help you analyse the most suited loan package from the universe of loan packages that are offered by the banks in Singapore. All you have to do is to contact us, a Mortgage Broker here. ( read original story ...)
Long winter ending for S’pore property market
The worst may be over for Singapore's property slump. After a four-year slide in private residential prices, analysts are now calling an end to the property downturn. Singapore home prices have risen for two consecutive quarters, and are expected to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s 99.co buys UrbanIndo, Indonesia’s largest independent property site
99.co, a Singapore-headquartered property listings site with prominent investors, has acquired UrbanIndo, one of the largest property sites in Indonesia, a person familiar with the deal told Tech in Asia without revealing the exact terms of the transaction. ( read original story ...)
5 super important things to check when buying a property over 20 years old
You could say old houses in Singapore are like cheese: they get finer with age, and also tend to smell like them. Here’s what you need to look for if the house is 20 years or older, besides a really good air freshener: Once a property has 40 years or ... ( read original story ...
Singapore central bank head hopes cryptocurrency tech will survive ‘crash’
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The head of Singapore’s central bank said on Monday he hoped the technologies underpinning cryptocurrencies such as blockchain would not be undermined by an eventual crash in the digital money. The city-state has been positioning ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GDP to grow slower this year
And with the property market showing incipient signs of recovering ... companies continue to struggle with labour shortages and slower demand. Nonetheless, Singapore’s positive business environment and sound economic fundamentals are expected to provide ... ( read original story ...)
Overly optimistic bids may derail property market rebound
While the property market is expected to head for a rebound, analysts believe the optimism surrounding Singapore’s property market may lead to market instability, reported Singapore Business Review. This comes as the intense competition for en bloc sites ... ( read original story ...)
Property prices expected to rebound 3-7% so which stocks should do well?
SINGAPORE (Jan 12): RHB expects property prices to rebound by 3-7% in 2018, driven by an improving job market, strong surge in the en-bloc market and falling inventory levels. However, a soft rental market, rising interest rates, intense competition in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore property prices expected to rebound 3%-7% so which stocks should do well?
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Singapore’s Frasers Property appoints Ilaria del Beato UK CEO
Frasers Property UK, a member of Singapore-listed Frasers Centrepoint, has appointed Ilaria del Beato as its chief executive officer. Del Beato brings with her nearly 30 years of real estate and finance experience, most recently as CEO of GE Capital UK. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to hear first case on legality of media streaming boxes
The organisation has been actively lobbying the Singapore government to block streaming software embedded in these media boxes. The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore told Bloomberg last year that it was not the medium (media boxes) but rather the ... ( read original story ...)