7 ex-HUDC estates have begun en bloc process
Four former Housing and Urban Development Company (HUDC) estates have changed hands so far this year via en bloc sale -- the highest in any year, reported Channel NewsAsia...
Continue Reading • 5 Oct 2017
REDAS: Fast-paced land acquisitions at higher prices not sustainable
While City Developments and Hong Realty acquired Amber Park for a record $1,515 per square foot per plot ratio, Redas president Augustine Tan warned...
Continue Reading • 5 Oct 2017
GuocoLand to build 'futuristic' project at Beach Road site
After winning the tender for the commercial site at Beach Road, GuocoLand revealed plans to transform the site into an “iconic city centre work-live-play destination”...
Continue Reading • 4 Oct 2017
Reason for 75% support for Neighbourhood Renewal Programme
The Housing Board’s Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP) enhances the living environment of two or more adjacent precincts...
Continue Reading • 4 Oct 2017
Gov’t to help Lorong Geylang households get new flats
The authorities have pledged to help the 35 households along Lorong 3 Geylang that plans to acquire a new Housing Board flat, reported Today Online...
Continue Reading • 4 Oct 2017
880,000 HDB households to get U-Save rebate in Oct
About 880,000 households living in HDB flats here will get the next instalment of the GST Voucher – Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebate this month, announced the Ministry on Finance on Monday (2 October)...
Continue Reading • 3 Oct 2017
Private home prices rebound marginally in Q3: URA
Private home prices across Singapore rose by 0.5 percent quarter-on-quarter in Q3 2017, reversing the 0.1 percent dip in the previous three-month period, according to flash estimates published by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) today...
Continue Reading • 2 Oct 2017
HDB resale prices down 0.6% in Q3
Prices of HDB resale flats fell 0.6 percent to 132.9 in the third quarter of 2017, revealed flash estimates of the Resale Price Index (RPI)...
Continue Reading • 2 Oct 2017
Singapore to have more fenceless condominiums?
With the success of fenceless neighbourhood in cities such as Copenhagen and Hong Kong, industry players expect to see more condominiums in Singapore...
Continue Reading • 2 Oct 2017
Home price growth accelerates in Aug: SRPI
Overall prices of non-landed private homes here rose 0.9 percent in August on a monthly basis, surpassing the 0.6 percent gain in July, revealed flash estimates of the NUS Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI).
Continue Reading • 29 Sep 2017
UOL associate acquires Nanak Mansions for $201.1mil
In the latest en bloc sale, UOL Group associate, Secure Venture Development (No.1) Pte. Ltd. (SVD1), acquired the freehold Nanak Mansions at 92-128 Meyer Road for $201.1 million...
Continue Reading • 29 Sep 2017
Ridgewood condo mulls en bloc sale
The owners of the 464-unit Ridgewood Condominium along Mount Sinai Drive in District 10 plans to hold an extraordinary general meeting on 14 October to vote on whether to create a collective sale committee, reported the New Paper...
Continue Reading • 28 Sep 2017
GuocoLand leads nominations for PropertyGuru Awards
More than 20 real estate projects from 16 companies and joint venture firms have been shortlisted for the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore) 2017...
Continue Reading • 28 Sep 2017
S’pore home prices have hit rock-bottom: BNP Paribas
Multinational bank BNP Paribas SA believes prices of residential properties in Singapore are set to recover as it has already hit rock-bottom, media reports said...
Continue Reading • 27 Sep 2017
Haunting 101: What you need to know
Singapore being a small country with more built up areas than not, it stands to reason that our haunting per square foot is higher than other, larger nation.
Continue Reading • 25 Sep 2017
Assessing your home using Feng Shui
Stunning views, amenities, security and having a sense of community are some of the common reasons why some of us would prefer to live in an apartment compared to a landed property...
Continue Reading • 21 Sep 2017
5 most haunted places in Singapore
The Ghost Month, which is traditionally an inauspicious time to buy property or get married, just ended on 19 September. The Chinese believe that ghosts roam freely on the earth...
Continue Reading • 21 Sep 2017
Eye on Changi: Take to the skies
Mention Changi, and thoughts immediately turn to the thrill of a holiday for which one inevitably departs from Changi Airport. Visitors to the area are often enchanted...
Continue Reading • 21 Sep 2017
Get the Guru View: Graveyard appreciation
Before Singapore’s independence, Bishan was already a home for those who passed before, a cemetery for the Cantonese and Hakka communities of Singapore.
Continue Reading • 21 Sep 2017
Industry players slam ‘Yistana’ listing for being disrespectful
The move by some property agents to capitalise on the presidential appeal of Yishun flats to sell units have drawn flak with some industry players calling their actions as “disrespectful”.
Continue Reading • 20 Sep 2017