Tag: property

China is widely expected to trim its benchmark mortgage reference rate at a monthly fixing on Tuesday, as banks’ improving net interest margins give authorities some leeway to use monetary stimulus to ... ( read original story ...)

You are subjected to the MSR (30%) when buying HDB flat and first-hand EC, while the TDSR (55%) is applied for financing private properties. ( read original story ...)

China's central bank left a key policy rate unchanged as expected on Sunday when rolling over maturing medium-term loans, with uncertainties around the timing of an easing by the Federal Reserve ... ( read original story ...)

With World Pangolin Day on Feb 17, The Straits Times takes stock of national efforts to save the animal. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Friday (Feb 16) announced several financial measures to help both Singaporeans and businesses in his Budget speech.  These included more payouts to ... ( read original story ...)

The lowest threshold will be raised from $8,000 to $12,000 and the highest band from over $100,000 to over $140,000 from 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Some home owners will pay less property tax when the annual value (AV) bands for owner-occupied properties are raised next year. ( read original story ...)

Singapore will raise the threshold for property tax payments and lower a penalty imposed on developers that don’t sell projects in time, underscoring concerns about the slowing real estate market and ... ( read original story ...)

The government will monitor the market and give another property tax rebate next year if necessary, says Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: New private home sales in Singapore more than doubled in January from a month earlier after the resumption of property launches. Excluding executive condominiums (ECs), developers sold 281 ... ( read original story ...)

Recovery is expected to kick in in the second half of the year. According to CBRE, 2023 witnessed a stalemate between buyers and sellers arising from mismatched price expectations. This led to real ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - A former real estate agent ... In November that year, Tan and the woman set up a joint bank account to deposit the proceeds. Deputy Public Prosecutors Rimplejit Kaur and Mark Chia stated ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore home sales posted the weakest January sales since 2009, adding to signs that the property boom is fading. ( read original story ...)

Kamsaton Rohani had cheated her client of more than $26,000 in 2018 and served 11 months' jail in 2020 Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

In its budget wish list 2024, PropertyGuru has urged the government to reduce the 15-month wait for private property downgraders and withhold the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) for Singaporean ... ( read original story ...)

Everybody loves credit card sign-up promotions, but not many of us realise the promotions don’t end with a welcome gift. Banks actually shower us with tons of lifestyle deals and perks just for owning ... ( read original story ...)