REAL estate investment sales in Singapore fell 52 per cent year on year to S$5.3 billion in the first quarter of 2019, on cooling in the latest bout of en-bloc fever and from residential property ... ( read original story ...)
Commercial property sector remains buoyant in Singapore
Colliers International’s Asia Market Snapshot Q1 report said that Singapore’s commercial property sector and hotel market remain buoyant. Despite the optimism in the commercial property market, the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is betting big on India’s property market — but it’s part of a larger international trend
The Indian real estate sector has seen a lot of international investments over the past few years - many of which seems to have come from one source: Singapore. In fact, out of the $14 billion worth ... ( read original story ...)
UBS Singapore to take entire office space at 9 Penang Road
Singapore-listed property developer SingHaiyi Group has announced that investment bank UBS Singapore will be taking up the entire 381,000 sq ft of Grade A office space at 9 Penang Road, a new ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore 2nd Most Expensive Housing Market
Despite Singapore taking second place, home prices are rising more rapidly in both Chinese cities. Since last year, the average property price growth in Hong Kong (5.5 percent) and Shanghai (11.2 per ... ( read original story ...)
Property Jargon of the Day: Lease Decay
As the lease runs down, the property value will eventually fall to zero. Note that to date, only one residential land plot in Singapore seems to actually be reaching the end of its lease. This is a ... ( read original story ...)
Impact of low interest rates on Asia-Pacific commercial property prices likely to be limited, says UBS
Hong Kong commercial property has been boosted by investment capital from mainland China, but major cities in the region, including Singapore, Shanghai and Seoul, had all been boosted by global ... ( read original story ...)
Keppel completes first LNG cargo import from North America
Keppel Gas Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Infrastructure Holdings Pte Ltd, has completed its first Liquefied Natural Gas cargo import under Singapore's Spot Import Policy ... ( read original story ...)
A dozen buyers eye Citibank’s India BKC office: Report
Around 12 suitors have placed bids for Citibank's Indian head office located in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Business Standard reported. Private equity firm Blackstone, Singapore-based GIC, K ... ( read original story ...)
DBS says exposure by REITs to CWT default more manageable than thought
SINGAPORE (Apr 17): DBS Group Research is not overly worried about the local industrial REITs – AIM APAC REIT (AA REIT), Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) and Cache Logistics Trust (CacheLog Trust) – ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exports Slump on Worst Electronics Drop Since 2013
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s electronics exports slumped in March by the most since 2013, an ominous sign that it will take longer for the city state to shake off a regional demand slowdown from earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s OCBC Seeks Partner for China Securities Business
(Bloomberg) -- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. is looking for a Chinese firm to team up with on a securities joint venture on the mainland, the latest foreign bank seeking to capitalize on the ... ( read original story ...)
Keppel-KBS US REIT kept at ‘buy’ by DBS on positive outlook
SINGAPORE (Apr 17): DBS Group Research is maintaining its bullish stance on Keppel-KBS US REIT (Kore) on the stock’s positive outlook. In particular, Kore has guided that it could achieve on average ... ( read original story ...)
DBS partners China’s Sinosure for Belt and Road project push
SINGAPORE - DBS Group Holdings is partnering China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) on projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), especially those from Asean. Sinosure is the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s mobile payments growth hits 46% in 2019
It lags behind Vietnam in terms of growth rate. Mobile payments in Singapore climbed 12 ppt from 34% in 2018 to 46% in 2019, making the nation the fifth fastest in terms of mobile payments growth in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exports Slump on Worst Electronics Plunge Since 2013
Singapore’s electronics exports slumped in March by the most since 2013, an ominous sign that it will take longer for the city state to shake off a regional demand slowdown from earlier this year. ... ( read original story ...)