UK residential property among top targets for Singapore investors. While foreign investment in Singapore has increased tremendously on the back of mega deals such as Qatar Investment Authority’s purchase of Asia Square Tower 1 for US$2.45 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Why property buyers should be interested in Bitcoin
With smart contracts, the landlord can just encode the contract onto the property listings. The prospective tenant ... For example, we currently pay about $2,000 to $3,000 for conveyancing fees in Singapore. If smart contracts allow for transactions ... ( read original story ...)
Property market could spring to life in Oct
SINGAPORE (Sept 25): Maybank Kim Eng expects a busy month ahead for the local property market. The brokerage cum research house is predicting strong bids for the tender for a prime commercial site on Beach Road which will close this Thursday as prime ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Ascendas REIT Acquires Office Property In Australia For A$83.8 Mln
SINGAPORE (Sep 25) -- Singapore's Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust said Monday it has acquired an office property in Queensland, Australia for A$83.8 million ($66.7 million). The freehold 14-storey property, with total floor area of 13,131 square ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s red-hot en-bloc market attracts fresh $1b sale bid
Spring Grove condominium, in Singapore's swanky diplomatic district ... "Our clubhouse is a heritage-listed property as it used to house the US ambassador. So the developer that buys the land will have a heritage-listed building as well," said Mr Adrian ... ( read original story ...)
Cromwell pulls out of $1.7b Singapore float
Cromwell Property has shocked investors with its decision to pull ... with Mr Weightman saying the European real estate investment trust, to be listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, was part of its strategy to diversify its capital sources and increase ... ( read original story ...)
HDB LOANS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN BANK LOANS FOR THE PAST DECADE!
But from 2008 to the present, bank loans have been much cheaper ... costs so as to level the playing field and reduce the divide between the RICH and POOR in Singapore. The person buying an HDB flat shouldn't be hit by an interest rate higher than the ... ( read original story ...)
9 Spokes signs Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore’s OCBC Bank
9 Spokes International Ltd (ASX:9SP) and Singapore’s OCBC Bank have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enter further negotiations. This follows the successful proof of concept with OCBC in June this year, and provides the company with ... ( read original story ...)
Journalist covering the Trillanes bank story threatened
Jam Sisante, a reporter for GMA News, was threatened for reporting on Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s trip to Singapore to disprove accusations that he was holding ill-gotten wealth in various bank accounts. “So my friend and colleague Jam ... ( read original story ...)
AN ANALYST’S TAKE ON SINGAPORE BANK STOCKS & USD STRATEGY
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Singapore’s property cooling measures from 2011
Cooling measures form an integral and important part of the Singapore property market. Investors say it’s punitive and unnecessary while the banks and government claims it enhances stability of the market. In whatever case, the cooling measures are here ... ( read original story ...)
Plans for tougher restrictions on foreign buyers to help first-time buyers get on property ladder
Foreign buyers will face tougher restrictions on purchasing British property under plans being worked up by the ... off plan by particularly Far Eastern buyers – China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia," a Whitehall source said. “They are bought when ... ( read original story ...)
Rody insists on Trillanes’ bank accounts
OPPOSITION Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was wrong when he claimed the alleged bank accounts were not his, even if he had flown to Singapore to disprove them, President Rodrigo Duterte has said. In a speech before Davao-based journalists Friday, Duterte ... ( read original story ...)
Lessons from Singapore and Israel: Two ends of India’s friendship arc
Like Singapore, Israel too has ensured full integration of its stakeholders with a networked human resource-based and data-linked knowledge bank. There are no silos of knowledge there either. That was the big takeaway for India, which needs to get its act ... ( read original story ...)
How to find cheap beer in Singapore
clearly doesn't drink beer much. Because Singapore is one of the most expensive countries in the world to enjoy a pint of beer, thanks to our astronomical alcohol taxes. A chart put together by Deutsche Bank puts us right at the top when it comes to the ... ( read original story ...)
Duterte to reveal Trillanes bank account ‘partners’
what more in banks outside the Philippines," he said. On September 18, Trillanes flew to Singapore to counter Duterte's claims that he holds two bank accounts in DBS Bank and another in "Hongkong Shanghai Bank." The next day, DBS Bank Alexandra Road said ... ( read original story ...)