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Eye on Marina Bay: City by the bay

Besides being the best place to witness fireworks, Marina Bay ignites a magic spark of its own.

Continue Reading27 Sept 2014

No confirmation on RTS location

Confirmation of the location of the Johor Bahru RTS station is required before both countries can finalise the alignment of the crossing between JB and Singapore.

Continue Reading27 Sept 2014

S'pore property outlook challenging until 2020: report

Outlook remains challenging for rest of 2014 as market controls set to feature...

Continue Reading26 Sept 2014

Home ownership rate still at 90%

The number of resident Singaporean households who own their homes climbed to 1.06 million last year, while home ownership rate remained at 90 percent during the last two years.

Continue Reading26 Sept 2014

Highest proportion of elderly in downtown area

The highest concentrations of elderly can found in the downtown area and older estates. In fact, 20 percent of the residents in downtown areas like Tanjong Pagar and Bugis are within this age bracket.

Continue Reading26 Sept 2014

Auction sales jumped to $30 million

Nine properties were sold at a total of $30.46 million in Q3 2014 so far, a significant leap in sales value, compared to the total of $9.28 million recorded in Q2 2014 for the same number of properties.

Continue Reading25 Sept 2014

Tiong Bahru: One of world's newest property hotspots

Residential property investors to look to new markets...

Continue Reading25 Sept 2014

Wider price gap between HDB flats, private homes

Despite the cooling residential market, it has become harder for HDB homeowners to switch to a private condo due to the widening price gap between these types of properties.

Continue Reading25 Sept 2014

Govt releases two sites under Confirmed, Reserve List

The URA and HDB will be releasing two sites with residential component for sale under the H2 2014 Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme.

Continue Reading25 Sept 2014

Medical tourists buy up units at condo's soft launch

Forte Suites in District 8 sold 20 percent of total units at soft launch...

Continue Reading25 Sept 2014

Real estate firms provide training on data protection

To help agents from violating the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry rules, real estate agencies have set up training sessions, policies and hardware solutions to enable agents to better understand the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).

Continue Reading25 Sept 2014

New down payment scheme will benefit the elderly

Last year, 47 elderly homebuyers cancelled their new flat bookings because they were unable to raise the down payment.

Continue Reading25 Sept 2014

Lower down payment for selected BTO flats

Flat owners who downgrade to a new two or three-room flat in a non-mature estate now have the option to pay half the down payment for the new flat when they sign the Agreement for Lease.

Continue Reading24 Sept 2014

BTO flats launched from $18,000

HDB launched 4,630 new flats in six projects under the September 2014 Build-To-Order (BTO) exercise today.

Continue Reading24 Sept 2014

M5 condo show flat opens

Amara Holdings' M5 condo will open its show flat for viewings this Friday, with prices starting from under S$1 million for the much-anticipated project.

Continue Reading24 Sept 2014

Lake Life won't be another cookie-cutter condo

Lake Life set to be first condominium to offer driverless electric shuttle to MRT...

Continue Reading24 Sept 2014

HSR excluded from marketing 2 EC projects

HSR International Realtors have been excluded by its alliance partners from marketing two upcoming Executive Condominium (EC) projects.

Continue Reading24 Sept 2014

The Interlace offers fully furnished units from $2.8 million

CapitaLand is currently offering 30 fully-furnished units of varying decor themes and sizes for sale at The Interlace, making it one of the first developers in Singapore to do so.

Continue Reading23 Sept 2014

Mobile app to address municipal complaints

A new mobile app created for the upcoming Municipal Services Office (MSO) will make it easier for the public to provide feedback on municipal issues.

Continue Reading23 Sept 2014

Good property consultants do not trade

Property consultants may be lured into investing in real estate, but a good consultant should be able to remain detached and not get carried away.

Continue Reading23 Sept 2014