Archive for November, 2009

Reit Investors Get A Reality Check

November 30th, 2009
Reit Investors Get A Reality Check They discover the ability of most Reits to deliver decent yields – something which many had neglected when they chased capital gains before the recession After a heart-stopping year, investors in real...View Property

From Fishing Village To Desert Paradise In 40 Years

November 29th, 2009
From Fishing Village To Desert Paradise In 40 Years IN A land seemingly built for the purposes of conspicuous consumption, Dubai never lacked extravagant icons of success. The most extravagant – and most emblematic of the once sleepy...View Property

Cool Response To Smaller HDB Flats

November 27th, 2009
Cool Response To Smaller HDB Flats ALMOST a year ago, the Government pledged to ramp up the supply of smaller flats to meet demand from downgraders amid Singapore’s deepest recession. But 12 months on, new Housing Board figures...View Property

Consumers Back Proposals To Regulate Real Estate Agents

November 27th, 2009
Proposals To Regulate Real Estate Agents Members of the public said that property agents must pass a standard industry entrance examination before they are allowed to practise. The exam should not only test them on practical knowledge of...View Property

Government Aims To Cool Property Market, Not Crash It

November 24th, 2009
Aims To Cool Property Market MEASURES to cool the property market appear to have been successful in tempering market exuberance for private homes. Addressing Parliament yesterday, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said that the latest figures from...View Property

Moves To Cool Property Market Worked: Mah

November 24th, 2009
Cool Property Market Too early to decide whether to restore two loan schemes Measures introduced by the government in September to cool the property market have had an effect, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan told Parliament yesterday. But...View Property

Private Home Buyers Go Slow

November 22nd, 2009
Private Home Buyers Go Slow Year-end lull hits auction deals and new launches as buying sentiment cools The auction market is seeing more sellers eager to beat the year-end lull as sentiment cools. However, buyers do not seem to...View Property

The Dollars And Sense Of Home Loans

November 22nd, 2009
The Dollars And Sense Of Home Loans Get a package that matches your income profile and appetite for risk Home buyers were recently advised not to throw caution to the wind in their anticipation of fulfilling the Singapore...View Property

Serangoon Ave 3 Condos Top $600 psf

November 20th, 2009
Serangoon Ave 3 Condos Top $600 psf The Serangoon Avenue 3 area came into focus last month when Hong Leong Holdings won a land parcel there in a government tender with a bid of $221 million, which...View Property

Singapore Offices 3rd Most Expensive In Asia

November 18th, 2009
Singapore Offices 3rd Most Expensive In Asia Slowdown in fall in rents in Q3 attributed to confidence in economic recovery OFFICE space in Singapore was the third most expensive in the region in the third quarter, as the...View Property