SINGAPORE – Opened to much fanfare in 2011 and a seven-minute walk from Bedok MRT station and interchange, Bedok Point was to be a highlight… Read More »Bedok Point closure a lesson that malls in suburban clusters need good access and retailers: Experts
SINGAPORE – Until recently, civil servant Norman Lopez did not think much of what he pays when patronising the KPT Kopitiam at Block 848, Yishun… Read More »Residents and stallholders worry about price hikes as coffee shop sales see record prices
SINGAPORE – Being picked for the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers) used to be great news for Housing Board dwellers, akin to striking the… Read More »Sers no longer viewed as a guaranteed ‘windfall’ after Ang Mo Kio episode
SINGAPORE – Moves by central banks around the world to raise interest rates to tame inflation are already fuelling sharp downturns in housing markets as… Read More »Rising rates hit prices worldwide but S’pore property market expected to be resilient
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Amazon.com has signed a lease for about 369,000 sq ft at the new IOI Central Boulevard Towers in Singapore, the Business Times… Read More »Amazon said to ink big office lease at IOI Central Boulevard Towers
SINGAPORE – Prices for Housing Board resale flats rose for the 24th straight month in June even as fewer units were sold, with the proportion… Read More »HDB resale prices rise for 24th straight month in June; ground floor Yishun flat sold for $1m
SINGAPORE – Mixed-use development People’s Park Centre in Chinatown has been put up for collective sale by public tender with a reserve price of $1.8… Read More »People’s Park Centre up for collective sale at $1.8 billion
SINGAPORE – A five-room Housing Board flat at Block 28 Marine Crescent changed hands for $1,010,888 this month, marking the first million-dollar HDB resale transaction in… Read More »Five-room Marine Parade flat sold for $1.01m; first million-dollar flat in estate
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The local property investment market recorded some $8.2 billion worth of transactions in the second quarter of 2022, bringing the… Read More »S’pore property investment sales nearly double to $20.2b in first half of 2022: Knight Frank
SINGAPORE – The Housing Board regularly monitors the resale market for HDB coffee shop transactions, as well as the prices of food, and “will not… Read More »HDB will review policies for coffee shop food affordability if necessary: Desmond Lee
SINGAPORE – Additional duties on property transfers and stake transfers in property holding entities to nameless living trusts are not meant to be wealth taxes but are… Read More »Additional duties on property transfers into trusts are not meant to be wealth taxes: Chee Hong Tat
SINGAPORE – New 99-year leasehold condominiums in the suburbs – a segment buttressed by HDB upgraders – are about to get even pricier. Two upcoming… Read More »Prices of new leasehold condos in suburbs set to rise
