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Property
Singapore 1Q private housing price index dip q-o-q for second straight quarter in flash estimates
SINGAPORE (Apr 1): Singapore’s private residential property price index decreased by 0.9 percentage points to 148.7 points in 1Q19 from 149.6 points in 4Q18.
April 01, 2019
Singapore economy
Singapore to have more CBD living, go underground to free space
SINGAPORE (Mar 27): The garden city of Singapore wants to be even more green. It also wants more homes in its central business district, and plans to move facilities underground to free up living space.
March 27, 2019
Singapore Jan private home sales fall 17.8% on year
SINGAPORE Feb 15 (Reuters): Sales of private homes by developers in Singapore fell 17.8% in January from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.
February 15, 2019
M&A
Worldwide Hotel Group unit places record bid for rare hotel site after cooling measures
Editor's note: We have corrected an earlier version of Bloomberg's story to say Midtown Development is a subsidiary of Worldwide Hotel Group, and not Oxley as previously stated
January 16, 2019
Broker's Calls
Few bright spots in sight for local residential sector in near term, says OCBC
SINGAPORE (Jan 3): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining “neutral” on the local residential sector after Singapore home prices posted their first decline in six quarters, according to recent Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) flash estimates.
January 03, 2019
Property
Singapore shoe-box rule may cheer home buyers, not home builders
(Oct 24): Putting an end to “shoe-box sized” apartments in Singapore may be reason for residents to cheer but for developers, it could prove a double whammy.
October 24, 2018
Property
Property launches continue unabated despite new curbs
SINGAPORE (Oct 23): Despite the new property development policies, City Developments and Oxley debuted their latest properties, Whistler Grand and Kent Ridge Hill Residences respectively, last weekend.
October 23, 2018
Broker's Calls
1 Tengah town, 2nd CBD, 3 MRT lines behind CMT's Westgate buy
SINGAPORE (Aug 28): Capitaland Mall Trust (CMT) announced it was acquiring the balance 70% of the units in Infinity Mall Trust (IMT) which holds Westgate mall.
August 28, 2018
Property
Singapore home sales soar in July on minute-to-midnight buying
SINGAPORE (Aug 15): Private home sales in Singapore soared to the highest in 16 months in July as buyers rushed to snap up properties hours before curbs aimed at quelling speculation came into effect.
August 15, 2018
Property
Singapore June private home sales down 20.2% from a year ago
SINGAPORE (July 16): Sales of private homes by developers in Singapore fell 20.2% in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday.
July 16, 2018