CapitaLand sells entire stake in Nassim Hill Realty for $411.6m
CRL Realty, a wholly-owned subsidiary of property giant CapitaLand, has sold its 100 percent stake in Nassim Hill Realty (NHR) to Kheng Leong Company for $411.6 million...
Continue Reading • 17 Jan 2017
New town square opens in Punggol
Punggol residents now have a new community town square where they can enjoy various activities such as exercise, music and food events...
Continue Reading • 16 Jan 2017
Section of Rail Corridor to be sealed off
A section of Singapore’s 24km Rail Corridor in the vicinity of the old Bukit Timah Station will be closed during Q1 2017 so that the Public Utilities Board (PUB)...
Continue Reading • 16 Jan 2017
7 good reasons to buy a condominium townhouse in Singapore
Special Advertising Feature: Townhouses are hybrid developments that enable residents to enjoy the experience of living in a landed property...
Continue Reading • 16 Jan 2017
More developers dangling carrots to move units
More condo developers are offering incentives, such as deferred payment schemes to lure home buyers, following its success in moving units last year...
Continue Reading • 13 Jan 2017
HDB’s cat ban in the spotlight again
The Housing Board’s ban on pet cats is under the spotlight again after an HDB notice advising a Woodlands resident to remove his cat from his flat attracted online attention...
Continue Reading • 13 Jan 2017
Fix spalling concrete before it becomes a serious problem
A Yishun HDB flat made headlines last week, after an 80-year-old man was hurt by falling concrete pieces from the bathroom’s ceiling. However, the issue of spalling concrete...
Continue Reading • 13 Jan 2017
Credit Suisse: Time is ripe to ease property cooling measures
Credit Suisse believes that the time is ripe for an easing of some of the property cooling measures, given that several of its objectives have been met...
Continue Reading • 12 Jan 2017
World’s first composite lift unveiled in Singapore
Singapore Lift Company (SLC) has launched the first composite lift in the world, paving the way for the city-state to manufacture a revolutionary type of elevators...
Continue Reading • 12 Jan 2017
Fewer property agents, agencies in 2017
There has been a continuous drop in the number of licensed real estate agencies and registered agents in Singapore, as more agencies and agents exit the industry...
Continue Reading • 11 Jan 2017
Small number of defects reported from home improvement works
The number of reported cases of defects due to workmanship of Home Improvement Programme (HIP) works beyond the Defects Liability Period (DLP) is small...
Continue Reading • 11 Jan 2017
Crowdfunder CoAssets forms new real estate subsidiary
As part of the company’s growth strategy, crowdfunding platform CoAssets has formed a fully-owned subsidiary called CoAssets Real Estate (Care)...
Continue Reading • 11 Jan 2017
Perumal Road site attracts $174m top bid
A residential with first storey commercial site at Perumal Road in Litte India attracted strong interest from developers, with 11 bids submitted at the close of its public tender...
Continue Reading • 10 Jan 2017
Singapore housing market still sluggish: report
Amidst a slowdown in Singapore’s economy, its residential market remained sluggish during the third quarter of 2016, with home prices down by 2.89 percent year-on-year...
Continue Reading • 10 Jan 2017
HDB to ramp up BTO flat supply ahead of launch
The Housing and Development Board is looking at ways on how it can advance the construction work of some BTO projects and build them ahead of their sales launches...
Continue Reading • 10 Jan 2017
Some higher income families allowed to get rental flats
The income ceilings set for various government subsidies serve different purposes, and differ based on the nature of help provided...
Continue Reading • 10 Jan 2017
S’pore construction activity to pick up in 2017
The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) expects the total value of construction contracts to be awarded this year to hit between $28 billion and $35 billion...
Continue Reading • 9 Jan 2017
Experts don’t foresee more surprise land acquisitions
Experts believe the surprise acquisitions of Jurong Country Club and Raffles Country Club to make way for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR)...
Continue Reading • 6 Jan 2017
Owners of United Engineers said to be mulling sale
The biggest stakeholders of United Engineers Limited (UEL), which has a market capitalisation of $1.7 billion, have officially begun evaluating buyer interest...
Continue Reading • 6 Jan 2017
Govt to acquire Raffles Country Club land for HSR
The Raffles Country Club in Tuas will be acquired to make way for the facilities of the upcoming KL-Singapore High Speed Rail and future Cross Island Line’s western depot...
Continue Reading • 5 Jan 2017