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The housing market, a sector that is highly sensitive to interest rate changes, is also demonstrating unexpected resilience.

Singapore mortgage rates nearing an affordability tipping point that may hit borrowers’ disposable income and dent buyer demand

SINGAPORE (Apr 2): DBS Vickers Securities is remaining bullish on Singapore’s banks as a dividend yield play, while highlighting rising mortgage rates as the sector’s bright spot amid higher cost of funds this year.  

SINGAPORE (Jan 25): Rising interest rates and the latest round of property curbs have put the brakes on mortgage demand at Singapore’s banks, potentially further dragging down the city’s housing market.

WASHINGTON (Nov 23): US home resales rose in October to their highest level in more than 9-1/2 years as homebuyers, buoyed by an improving labor market, took advantage of still-low mortgage rates to snatch up properties after many were shut out during the