Singapore property

SINGAPORE (Feb 23): The worst isn’t over for Singapore’s property market, after government curbs helped push home prices lower for a third year in 2016, said Kwek Leng Beng, the billionaire chairman of City Developments.

SINGAPORE (Jan 3): RHB says Singapore property prices are expected to fall by between 3-7% in 2017, but there is no relaxation of property cooling measures in sight.

SINGAPORE (Dec 12): JP Morgan says it prefers developers over Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-REITs) going into 2017, even as S-REITs have outperformed both developers and the benchmark FSSTI this year.

SINGAPORE (Dec 6): Maybank Kim Eng is maintaining a “neutral” stance on Singapore’s property sector while positioning defensively at the lower end of the risk spectrum, expressing a preference for exposure to stable platforms over trading portfolios

SINGAPORE (Nov 15): Donald Trump's presidency will affect the Singapore property market in three ways, says JP Morgan in a recent report. 

SINGAPORE (Oct 25): New property launches have continued to draw crowds, following in the footsteps of the recent launch of Forest Woods and Alps Residences last month, according to analysts Rachel Tan and Derek Tan from DBS Vickers.

SINGAPORE (Oct 5): Still-buoyant sentiment in the mass market could allow Singapore’s property developers to raise prices, but might trigger further policy tightening on top of the property cooling measures in place, says Maybank Kim Eng.

SINGAPORE (Oct 3): Singapore developers are keen to replenish their land banks as unsold inventories have fallen below the historical average.

SINGAPORE (Sept 28): DBS Vickers Securities says Singapore’s property sales volumes for October could be an “interesting data point to note”, given overwhelming interest shown at two new residential developments, Forest Woods and The Alps Residences

SINGAPORE (July 1): Singapore home prices dropped for an 11th quarter, posting the longest losing streak on record, as the government holds steadfast on cooling measures it has rolled out since 2009, for fear of reigniting the market.