Your home loan is probably the single biggest financial commitment you’ll ever take on, and one you could spend the next few decades paying for. Given the magnitude, you obviously want to ensure you lighten the load as much as possible. That’s why it ... ( read original story ...)
Why is my home loan being rejected
The bank will assess your credit rank, which is available from the Credit Bureau of Singapore (CBS). If your credit rank is BB or below, the bank may decline your loan. This usually happens because of repeated late payments, or because you sought large ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Manufacturing Activity Keeps Growth Momentum
Anecdotal evidence in the survey showed that most electronics manufacturers are optimistic of continued growth of their businesses into the next year, the institute said. An upturn in the global technology cycle has fueled strong growth in Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore researchers’ underwater robot inspired by manta ray
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Researchers in Singapore have built an underwater robot that looks and swims like a manta ray, using only single motors and flexible fins to propel it through water in a manner uncannily like its biological cousin. It’s not the ... ( read original story ...)
Brokers’ Call: Singapore Property
We recommend an "overweight" stance on the sector, preferring stocks with exposure to the residential, hotel and office segments, which are expected to outperform as we head deeper into the upcycle. We are cautious on retail and industrial factory and ... ( read original story ...)
Experience the exceptional
Singapore is the perfect place for rugby fans from all over the world to ‘try’ this spring. It has already run two marvellous editions of the HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens, as well as played host to Sunwolves’ Super Rugby games and the Italy-Scotland ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shares end lackluster; OCBC, United Overseas Bank fall
Singapore stocks fell on Monday, dragged lower by lenders such as OCBC and United Overseas Bank amidst subdued Asian shares. Asian shares were less euphoric, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan hovering near a one-month trough ... ( read original story ...)
Singtel, Mobike to explore use of technology to boost ability to locate bicycles
A trial of such IOT technology is expected to begin in the first quarter of next year, said Mr Arthur Lang, chief executive officer of Singtel's international group. He added that the use of IOT will help further Singapore's Smart Nation ambitions. ( read original story ...)
Singapore model-actress Sheila Sim enjoys bachelorette party with celebrity friends
Singapore actress and model Sheila Sim enjoyed an intimate bachelorette party in the company of close celebrity friends such as actors Nathaniel Ho and Chen Han Wei over the weekend. The 33-year-old is expected to tie the knot this year with someone whose ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shares less euphoric as OCBC, United Overseas Bank drag
Singapore stocks fell on Monday, dragged lower by lenders such as OCBC and United Overseas Bank amidst subdued Asian shares. Asian shares were less euphoric, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan hovering near a one-month trough ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shares open 0.1% down on Monday
SINGAPORE: Singapore stocks opened 0.1 per cent lower on Monday, with the Straits Times Index shedding 3.68 points to 3,445.86 as at 9.03am. About 47.6 million shares worth S$65.5 million in total changed hands, working out to an average unit price of S$1 ... ( read original story ...)
Allgreen scoops up 2 Singapore land parcels after 6-year hiatus
ROBERT Kuok's Allgreen Properties has scooped up land parcels in Singapore for the first time in recent years through two collective sale tenders in the upscale Bukit Timah area. It acquired Royalville for S$477.94 million and Crystal Tower for S$180.65 ... ( read original story ...)
MAS points to risks in the Singapore property market
The recent surge in collective sales poses potential risks to the stability of the local property sector. Hence, market players should proceed cautiously, according to the 2017 Financial Stability Review (FSR) published by the Monetary Authority of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Home Prices Vulnerable to Rising Supply, MAS Says
(Bloomberg) -- The rising supply of homes and slowing population growth may undermine the recent recovery in Singapore residential property prices, according to the country’s central bank. Future development projects could potentially add 20,000 private ... ( read original story ...)
StanChart Marathon participants complain of mobile app issues, ‘poor’ coordination of event
Runners relying on the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon mobile app to track their progress also reported issues during the race, saying that the app did not record their run properly. "None of the timing stations showed on the app apart from the ... ( read original story ...)
‘Rampant’ Singapore piracy prompts Hollywood lobby for crackdown
The Singapore government said it didn’t consider the devices themselves to be illegal. The boxes also can view legally available websites such as YouTube. At Sim Lim Square, an electronics market a short drive from the president’s official residence ... ( read original story ...)