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Resale condo prices up 0.6% in December

Prices of completed non-landed private homes in Singapore continued to rise in December at 0.6 percent...

Continue Reading30 Jan 2018

Private home prices rise for 2 straight quarters

Overall private home prices in Singapore rose by 0.8 percent in Q4 2017...

Continue Reading29 Jan 2018

What young couples must know before buying their first home

A young couple will experience many firsts together when they get married. An important first is deciding which property to purchase as their martial home...

Continue Reading25 Jan 2018

Oxley now holds the largest residential land bank

After a flurry of overseas ventures, Oxley Holdings now holds the biggest residential land bank in Singapore...

Continue Reading24 Jan 2018

Makeway View joins collective sale frenzy with $168mil tag

Singapore’s collective sale market continues to heat up with the recent launch of Makeway View, a freehold residential development in Newton...

Continue Reading24 Jan 2018

Lian Beng to ride wave of housing market recovery

Singapore-listed construction company Lian Beng Group has positioned itself to take advantage of the recovering private housing market...

Continue Reading19 Jan 2018

Two Airbnb hosts to plead guilty to illegal home-sharing

The lawyer of two Airbnb hosts who were charged in Singapore with unauthorised short-term letting...

Continue Reading17 Jan 2018

Singapore falls to 8th most expensive place in Asia to rent mid-market homes

Singapore has continued to slip down the list of most expensive location for rental accommodation in Asia...

Continue Reading17 Jan 2018

Singapore’s GDP to grow slower this year

The weak construction sector is expected to drag Singapore’s real GDP growth at a slower pace...

Continue Reading15 Jan 2018

Overly optimistic bids may derail property market rebound

While the property market is expected to head for a rebound, analysts believe...

Continue Reading15 Jan 2018

BCA sees steady improvement in construction market

With the rescheduling of “a few major public sector infrastructure projects”, total construction contracts awarded last year fell below expectations at $24.5 billion...

Continue Reading12 Jan 2018

Park West condo sold en bloc for $840.89m

Third time’s a charm. The owners of Park West have finally succeeded in selling the condominium via collective sale...

Continue Reading12 Jan 2018

118 HDB flats involved in mortgagee sales

There had been 118 cases of completed mortgagee sales involving HDB flats from January 2013 to November 2017...

Continue Reading11 Jan 2018

Singapore property market rebound may extend through 2019

Analysts believe the four-year slump that has plagued Singapore’s property market may have come to an end...

Continue Reading11 Jan 2018

Most BTO flat buyers in mature estates are first-timers

On average, about 80 percent of people buying Build-to-Order (BTO) flats in mature estates from the Housing and Development Board (HDB)...

Continue Reading9 Jan 2018

2,500 households took up HDB’s Lease Buyback Scheme

About 2,500 families have successfully applied for the Housing and Development Board’s Lease Buyback Scheme (LBS)...

Continue Reading9 Jan 2018

Singapore’s unsold units at seven-year low in Q3 2017

With the improved buyer sentiment over the recent months, unsold home inventory in Singapore fell to a seven-year low...

Continue Reading9 Jan 2018

3 new roads in Bidadari estate to partially open on Sunday

Three new roads in Bidadari estate – Bidadari Park Drive, Alkaff Crescent and Woodleigh Link – will be partially opened on 14 January...

Continue Reading8 Jan 2018

First community-built playground opens in Sembawang Close

Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong on Sunday (7 January) opened Singapore’s first playground...

Continue Reading8 Jan 2018

Skirting minimum tenancy rule with early exit clause

Despite the prosecution of two men in December for providing short-term stays via Airbnb...

Continue Reading8 Jan 2018