Lian Beng secures $136.8m contract to build 9 condos
Lian Beng Group has been awarded a $136.8 million contract via a tender to build nine resident blocks at Potong Pasir Avenue 1 in Toa Payoh...
Continue Reading • 29 Nov 2017
Singapore PR lost over $50k in Airbnb scam
A Singapore permanent resident from South Korea had paid €32,154 (S$51,600) to rent a non-existing Paris apartment they found in Airbnb...
Continue Reading • 28 Nov 2017
Singapore’s property debt drops amid rise in real rates
Morgan Stanley believes the accumulation of debt due to property acquisitions in Singapore has eased thanks to higher real rates...
Continue Reading • 28 Nov 2017
NParks has big plans for Sembawang Hot Spring
Singapore’s National Parks Board (NParks) announced during a public exhibition on Saturday (25 November) that the 0.1ha Sembawang Hot Spring will be transformed into a 1ha community park by 2019...
Continue Reading • 27 Nov 2017
More private homes investigated for flouting minimum stay law
The number of private residential properties investigated by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) for breaching the minimum stay law has risen from 1,000 between 2014 and 2016...
Continue Reading • 27 Nov 2017
Home sellers raising their prices by 4% in some areas: PropertyGuru Index
Home sellers are already starting to price their units higher following recent signs of a property market recovery in Singapore...
Continue Reading • 24 Nov 2017
S’pore economy to grow up to 3.5% in 2017
Singapore’s gross domestic product (GDP) is forecasted to rise between three percent and 3.5 percent for the whole of 2017...
Continue Reading • 24 Nov 2017
PropertyGuru News and Views Issue 119
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Login to continue Reading • 23 Nov 2017
Property trends in 2018
These three important trends will continue to shape the property market next year...
Continue Reading • 23 Nov 2017
From policeman to property developer
At the recent PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards, Oxley Holdings’ executive chairman and CEO Ching Chiat Kwong was honoured as the Singapore Real Estate Personality of the Year...
Continue Reading • 23 Nov 2017
News Roundup (November 2017)
Our top Singapore property stories...
Continue Reading • 23 Nov 2017
Eye on Fernvale: The new kid on the block
Pristine new HDB flats reach for the sky, and the new Seletar Mall, opened just three years ago, proudly boasts the very first cineplex in Sengkang, making Fernvale an entertainment hub...
Continue Reading • 23 Nov 2017
Temporary blip in HDB resale transactions, dwindling first-timer demand
The latest HDB resale data for the third quarter of 2017 saw a fall in both prices and transaction volumes. The Resale Price Index (RPI) fell by 0.7 percent from 133.7 during Q2...
Continue Reading • 23 Nov 2017
6 things to know before buying a property
Ironically the budget, or at least your capability to finance the mortgage on the property (including taking out bank loans), is your best tool. Ascertaining your financial viability...
Continue Reading • 23 Nov 2017
Singapore listed one of Asia Pacific’s top real estate investment markets
After two years of falling rents caused by a glut of supply and a sluggish economy, the promise of a bottom in the city-state’s office market pushed its ranking...
Continue Reading • 23 Nov 2017
Kismis View up for en bloc sale for $102mil
Kismis View along Lorong Kismis within the Upper Bukit Timah area has been put up for en bloc sale...
Continue Reading • 23 Nov 2017
Developers to acquire more residential sites
At least 13 housing site tenders are expected to close for the remainder of the year...
Continue Reading • 22 Nov 2017
Russian magnate embroiled in one of biggest lawsuits over housing defects
From being the priciest transaction in Singapore’s property scene, the $10.5 million sale of a 315 sq m apartment unit...
Continue Reading • 22 Nov 2017
Overall subscription rate for BTO flats down in November
Despite the robust demand seen for three- and four-room flats in Tampines and Geylang, the overall subscription rate for Build-to-Order (BTO) flats continued to fall during the November sales exercise...
Continue Reading • 21 Nov 2017
Property agency expands into S’pore amid housing market recovery
London-based property specialist Chestertons and Singapore’s RHT Wealth Holdings have teamed up to launch a new real estate consultancy in the city-state that will serve as its gateway into the rest of the region...
Continue Reading • 21 Nov 2017