At first glance, Singapore’s residential market data suggests that demand from Chinese buyers has declined sharply. That is true for one group: mainland Chinese nationals… Read More »Are Chinese Buyers Retreating from Singapore Property? What the Data Really Says
For more than two decades, Punggol and neighbouring Sengkang have been among the clearest examples of Singapore’s ability to create housing at scale. Large tracts… Read More »Punggol East’s Next Housing Frontier: What 25 Hectares of Riverside Land Could Mean for Singapore’s Housing Strategy
Singapore’s largest money-laundering case is entering its final and most visible stage: turning seized luxury assets back into cash. In September 2026, 24 luxury residential… Read More »Singapore’s S$3 Billion Money-Laundering Case: Why Singapore, Why Property and Where Will the Money Go?
The collapse of Taste Orchard is no longer simply a story about an unsuccessful retail concept. It has become a complicated network of lawsuits involving… Read More »The Taste Orchard Fallout: What the Hao Mart–OG Dispute Teaches Us About Master Leases, Sub-Tenancies and Commercial Risk
Frasers Property’s decision to acquire and redevelop Yishun 10 is more significant than the approximately 110 homes planned for the site may initially suggest. On… Read More »Frasers Property’s Yishun 10 Acquisition: Why the Redevelopment Is a Strategic Expansion of Northpoint City
Singapore’s latest Land Betterment Charge revision looks modest at first glance. From September 1, 2026, the average LBC rate rose 3.4% for non-landed residential land,… Read More »Why Singapore’s Land Betterment Charges Jumped So Sharply in Kallang, Bayshore and Other Hotspots
The Berlayar Drive Government Land Sales (GLS) site has just established a new land-price benchmark for a pure residential site in Singapore’s Rest of Central… Read More »Berlayar Drive GLS at $1,515 PSF PPR: Why This Low-Density Greater Southern Waterfront Site Could Command $3,000 PSF or More
A potential S$500 million transaction involving about 50 conservation shophouses could become one of the most significant portfolio deals in Singapore’s shophouse market in recent… Read More »Why a US Pension-Fund-Backed Investor May Pay S$500 Million for Tony Chen’s Leasehold Singapore Shophouses
The announcement that Taiwanese technology group FIC Global Inc (FICG) intends to establish a regional innovation and supply-chain centre at Woodlands Gateway may initially look… Read More »Why FIC Global Is Opening in Woodlands: The Bigger Johor–Singapore Industrial Strategy Taking Shape
Singapore’s decision to raise the household income ceiling for Build-To-Order (BTO) flats from $14,000 to $16,000 may initially look like a relatively straightforward housing-policy adjustment.… Read More »Could Singapore’s Higher BTO Income Ceiling Help Lift the Birth Rate? Why the Move From $14,000 to $16,000 May Matter More Than It Seems
Executive summary China’s property downturn has become a fiscal problem because the pre-2021 growth model tied local-government finances to real estate through several overlapping channels:… Read More »China Is Tightening the Net on Offshore Wealth — What It Could Mean for Singapore Property
Executive summary The Bayshore Drive Government Land Sale is a landmark mixed-use, transit-integrated parcel in the new Bayshore waterfront precinct. URA awarded the 99-year site… Read More »Bayshore Drive GLS: In-Depth Land, Comparable and Development-Economics Analysis