Residential Property
Do new HDB rules against PRs subletting flats reveal alarming trends?
Do new HDB rules against PRs subletting flats reveal alarming trends?
Statistically speaking, only around 2K or barely 0.2% of the 890K HDB flats are owned by PRs and are being rented out but here’s possibly why the...
Yanlord Land Group sets up new company in Nanjing
Principal activity will be Property development & management.
Private homes launched in June fell dramatically by 46% MoM
Consequently, inventory of launched and unsold units dip by 1% as take-up rate rose to 104%.
Chart of the Day: New homes launched reach five-month record
The 14,272 figure surpassed the total launched for the full year prior to 2010.
Home buying spike in July will be short-lived
Newly confident home buyers will snap up deals this month but the purchasing spree will peter out by end-2012, says Colliers International.
Hungry ghost festival to haunt private home launches
Who will buy the 10,000 new homes in 2H12?
Private home sales plunge 16% in June
This is the worst month in 2012.
Chart of the Day: Rents for non-landed properties steady at S$3.53 per sq ft
Island-wide median rents for landed homes meanwhile continued to rise reaching S$2.63 per sq ft per month.
City Developments most vulnerable to policy risks
CDL plans to launch only three projects for the rest of the year.
Property investment guide: Getting the right properties for the right people
Over dinner the other night some chaps at the other end of the table were discussing how clever they had been with their Singapore property...
UOL to launch residential component of The Esplanade in 2012
Nomura only expects three projects to contribute to UOL's earnings beyond FY13.
Park Olympia ignites price war in Flora Drive
Speculators see Fraser's Palm Isles cutting prices as Koh Brothers launches 486-unit Parc Olympia over the weekend.
CapitaLand subsidiaries sell entire stake in United Malayan Land
CapitaLand is expected to earn approximately S$5.9 million for the financial year ending 31 December 2012.
Chart of the Day: High-end rent getting cheaper?
Tracking by Savills revealed rents of high-end non-landed residential properties fell for four consecutive months.
Chart of the Day: Leasing demand remains robust
There were a total of 18,948 leasing transactions in the first five months of 2012.
New subletting restrictions levied on Singapore PRs
HDB has revised the subletting rules shortening it to a 1-year period and only if permanent residents have not done so before.
Residential sector hits $4.76b in 2Q12
The total investment sales value increased by an amazing 78.9%.
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