Eye on Mount Sophia: Home on the hill
Despite being close to the city, Mount Sophia offers residents some serenity and being perched up on a hill does not make homes there any less accessible in any way.
Continue Reading • 16 Dec 2014
Spike in EC launches pushes up new home sales
Sales of new private homes rose to 1,267 units in November 2014, including ECs...
Continue Reading • 15 Dec 2014
43 cases of fallen windows from Jan to Nov
BCA has recorded 43 cases of fallen windows from HDB and private homes for the first eleven months of 2014.
Continue Reading • 15 Dec 2014
680 HDB blocks to get solar panels
The Housing Board plans to equip 680 HDB blocks and three of its commercial & industrial properties by end-2016 under its Solar Capability Building Programme.
Continue Reading • 15 Dec 2014
Mixed-use development on Sophia Road up for collective sale
Mixed-use development Peace Centre and Peace Mansion on Sophia Road has been put up for collective sale by tender at an indicative price of S$680 million.
Continue Reading • 15 Dec 2014
Several major projects in Iskandar to start next year
Iskandar's principal developer UEM Sunrise is set to work at a breakneck pace in Johor next year due to the start of several catalytic projects in Nusajaya, including the groundbreaking ceremony of Motorsports City in Gerbang Nusajaya.
Continue Reading • 15 Dec 2014
Private home prices down almost 5% in 2014
Prices of private properties in Singapore fell by 4.79 percent during the first nine months of 2014, compared to an annual increase of 2.1 percent in the same period last year.
Continue Reading • 12 Dec 2014
81% of Popular's Balestier condo unsold
In a statement, the group said there are still 21 unsold units in Ei8ht Raja as at 31 October 2014, and only five units were sold since obtaining the Temporary Occupation Permit in May 2013.
Continue Reading • 12 Dec 2014
Geylang lodgings a lucrative business
Despite being shabby, walk-up apartments in Geylang have turned into a lucrative source of income for property agents, who use them to house foreign workers.
Continue Reading • 12 Dec 2014
Christmas patio outside HDB flat to remain
A resident of Toa Payoh will get to keep the Christmas decorations he installed outside his ground floor HDB flat thanks to the help from his MP
Continue Reading • 12 Dec 2014
Lake Life a hit with first-time buyers
Around 45 percent of Lake Life's buyers were first-time buyers, and the project sold 521 out of its 546 units during its launch – a record for the most first-day sales since the government tightened mortgage rules.
Continue Reading • 11 Dec 2014
Govt exploring new concept for worship spaces
MND is looking at the possibility of some religious groups co-sharing spaces and going high-rise...
Continue Reading • 11 Dec 2014
Thong Sia Building in Orchard Road up for sale
Opportunity to own a freehold commercial and residential building in Orchard ...
Continue Reading • 10 Dec 2014
Architecture firm proposes retirement home with farming facilities
A design studio has designed Home Farm, a conceptual proposal for retirement housing for Singapore that combines apartments and facilities with vertical urban vegetable farming.
Continue Reading • 10 Dec 2014
SLP International joins forces with popular YouTubers to educate young buyers
First video released is a short music parody on a current pop song called BANG BANG...
Continue Reading • 10 Dec 2014
HDB resale price index revised to cover all towns, flat models
Revision of the HDB resale price index takes into account more attributes, such as age, size, storey and proximity to amenities...
Continue Reading • 9 Dec 2014
Hong Leong Group is Singapore's top seller
City Developments Limited (CDL) and its parent Hong Leong Group emerged as Singapore's top seller of residential units, selling 1,370 new homes so far this year.
Continue Reading • 9 Dec 2014
Rochester 20 welcomes first tenant
The world's largest chemical company, BASF launched the BASF Learning Campus (Singapore) at Rochester 20 yesterday.
Continue Reading • 9 Dec 2014
Govt trims land sales in sluggish times
Fewer land sales made available to allow the market to absorb unsold units...
Continue Reading • 8 Dec 2014
Govt defers sale of Holland Village site
A mixed-development site in Holland Village initially placed on H2 2014 confirmed list, has been moved to the reserve list of H1 2015 Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme.
Continue Reading • 8 Dec 2014