Residential Property
Co-living operator Hmlet launches 150-room facility
Co-living operator Hmlet launches 150-room facility
Weekly stays cost between $1,105 to $2,240.
Foreigners snapped up 23% of month-to-date private condo purchases
Buyers from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan and unspecified origin accounted for 16% of the transactions.
Proptech startup UrbanAgents aims to match buyers to elite agents
It only enrolls the top 5% of firms’ agents to its platform, who get minimum commission fees of $1,888.
Chart of the Day: Sold luxury condo units hit record-high to 137 in Q2
The highest unit price rose over $5,125 psf for a penthouse in Boulevard 88.
Chart of the Day: These condo projects sold the most units in Q2
Amber Park sold out 157 units at an average price of $2,480 psf.
Private project launches up 23.1% in Q2
Eight projects came from the Rest of Central Region.
Chart of the Day: Secondary sale transactions plunged 62.35% to 1,840 units
Buyer sentiment was down in Q2.
Chart of the Day: Foreigners snapped up 18% of total apartment purchases in Q2
There was a surge of demand from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Chart of the Day: Industrial property prices down 0.2% in H1
Multiple-user factories in areas with heavy industries led the decline.
Parc Clematis weekend preview attended by over 5,000 visitors
SingHaiyi's recent project garnered 5,000 visitors in its first weekend preview.
Condo rents up 0.8% in July
CCR led the price hike on monthly and yearly basis, boosted by supply and demand factors.
OUE executive chairman buys Nassim Road GCB for $95m
The consideration is 10.1% higher than the property’s average market value of $86.25m.
Proptech firm Ohmyhome adds renovation and moving services to mobile app
The platform now offers a total of ten services.
Propnex profits slips 45% to $5.7m in H1
Commission income fell as strong en-bloc activities before the cooling measures contributed to the strong resale activities in H1 2018.
Private condo resales up 32.2% to 882 units in July
Prices were down 0.5%.
Yanlord Group Q2 profits down 41% to $170.15m
The total gross floor area delivered to customers decreased and hit revenue.
Braddell View owners revive en bloc bid for $2.08b
It was earlier put up for sale on 27 March.
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