The reasons behind Indonesian purchases are varied; some buy because their children are studying in Singapore or they need routine medical check-ups, while others buy the property merely for investment or security. (Shutterstock/beersonic) Indonesian ... ( read original story ...)
Property group Mapletree acquires more student housing assets in US
SINGAPORE - Property group Mapletree Investments has acquired another cluster of eight student housing assets from Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors, taking its total portfolio in United States to 17, the company said on Friday (June 2). The newly ... ( read original story ...)
Property developer prepares dinner for Muslim foreign workers to break fast
SINGAPORE — Executives from international property developer Lendlease and community leaders became “chefs” for a while on Thursday (June 1), during a cook-out at Paya Lebar Quarter. They were preparing food and serving migrant workers as a gesture ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore to keep hiring in hunt for growth, CEO says
SINGAPORE — Bank of Singapore, which recently broke into the ranks of Asia’s top 10 private banks, intends to keep hiring more relationship managers and focus on serving a wealthier bracket of customers to keep expanding its assets under management. ( read original story ...)
Singapore April bank lending rises 7.0 pct y/y
SINGAPORE May 31 Total bank lending in Singapore in April rose 7.0 percent from a year earlier, helped by increases in loans to financial institutions as well as housing and bridging loans, central bank data showed on Wednesday. Loans and advances by ... ( read original story ...)
Three S’pore property developers to snap up with the impending market uptick
SINGAPORE (May 30): Maybank Kim Eng Research is turning positive on Singapore’s property developers with expectations of a potential rebound in property prices, even without further policy easing. UOL Group remains Maybank’s top “buy” pick with a ... ( read original story ...)
Completed condo prices dip 0.6% in April: NUS index
View of high-rise apartments in Singapore. Prices of completed private non-landed residential properties fell 0.6 percent in April 2017, compared to a 0.8 percent rise in the month before, according to latest flash estimates of the NUS Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Trillion Global invests S$67mil in Thailand condominium project
The Singapore real estate investment firm also invested an additional 760 million baht in a luxury condominium project by Singha Estate – THE ESSE at SINGHA COMPLEX. (Artist’s Impression: Singha Estate) As a stamp of approval to Thailand’s property ... ( read original story ...)
KSH Holdings FY2017 net profit down 33.4%
With this, the company proposed “final and special cash dividends of 1.5 Singapore cents and 0.5 Singapore cent per share, respectively, bringing the total dividends declared in FY2017 to 3.25 cents per share”. KSH also proposed to issue one bonus ... ( read original story ...)
Logan Property turns to Singapore in its bid to diversify
Drawn by the city-state’s stable operating environment and low tax system, Logan Property Holdings marked its maiden foray into Singapore with a record $1.003 billion bid for a prime residential site in Stirling Road with Nanshan Group, reported The ... ( read original story ...)
Property: Is housing in Singapore affordable?
Affordable housing is an ongoing debate, which probably goes as far back as the moment public housing was invented. It’s not uncommon, especially in Singapore, for the affordability of homes to be a hot topic. You may be wondering why we can never come ... ( read original story ...)
This Singapore Start-up Wants to be the Trivago of the Mortgage World
Eugene Huang knows the mortgage business like the back of his hand. He spent eight years at Standard Chartered Bank—first as a mortgage advisor, then eventually as the head of a 70-strong sales team, handling SGD24 billion in loan books. Still, he felt ... ( read original story ...)
Property Buying in Singapore – What Should you know?
Paul Ho (iCompareLoan.com) 20 May 2017. Everyone wants to know how to make money from buying and selling properties or making a rental yield. But should you read news about property sell-out launches of 300 units, 500 units to determine whether this is the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Land Gets Record S$1 Billion Bid From China Buyers
Logan Property, Nanshan submit top bid for Stirling Road site Price adds to signs housing market is rebounding from slump A residential plot in Singapore may fetch a record price for a government land sale, with a Chinese consortium putting in the highest ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore property comeback fuelled by developers' hunger
Developers' hunger for land is adding to signs that Singapore's housing market is making a comeback after three years of price declines. As new home sales surge after an easing of property restrictions in mid-March, developers are becoming more aggressive ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore consortium appointed master developer of Amaravati City start-up area
Map of start-up area (Image: Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)). A Singapore consortium comprising Ascendas-Singbridge and Sembcorp Development has been appointed master developer of the Start-up Area in Amavarati, which is the new capital of ... ( read original story ...)