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Can Singapore banks weather the storm as surprise property cooling measures strike?

Stanislaus Jude Chan
Stanislaus Jude Chan • 3 min read
Can Singapore banks weather the storm as surprise property cooling measures strike?
SINGAPORE (July 6): DBS Group Research is downgrading its recommendations for both Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) and United Overseas Bank (UOB) – and slashing their target prices by up to 20%.
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SINGAPORE (July 6): DBS Group Research is downgrading its recommendations for both Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) and United Overseas Bank (UOB) – and slashing their target prices by up to 20%.

This comes after the government yesterday evening announced a couple of property cooling measures that will kick in with effect from today.

“Previous property cooling measures caused loan growth to half from a high of 16% after a year,” says lead analyst Lim Sue Lin in a Thursday report.

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