SINGAPORE – Two sites for purpose-built dormitories will be put up for sale by the Government in 2027. To be sold on 30-year leases, the sites are… Read More »Sites in Mandai and Upper Jurong Road to be sold for purpose-built dormitories by end-2027
SINGAPORE – It all started over a get-together of old friends and empty nesters whose children are grown up and have moved out of the family… Read More »Can’t bear to downsize your home? Think of it as rightsizing
SINGAPORE – The seeds of his business were sown when Muhammad Hisham Bakri was a child, helping his grandmother make lapis cakes during Hari Raya. Hipster… Read More »He turned a home-based baking business into a thriving enterprise
SINGAPORE – An iconic eight-block public housing project in Tampines with a distinctive brick-faced facade – left largely unpainted for more than 30 years – is… Read More »Plan to paint iconic brick-faced Tampines HDB project to address water seepage draws criticism
SINGAPORE – It will soon be easier for older private developments to undergo a collective sale, following changes to the Land Titles (Strata) Act that were passed… Read More »Lower collective sale thresholds address upkeep cost of old properties, facilitate renewal: Edwin Tong
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) will share learning points from the collective sale regime for private developments with the Ministry of National Development (MND),… Read More »Learning points from private housing market to be taken into account as VERS framework is developed
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s retail sales growth slowed in July, even as sales of recreational goods and watches and jewellery posted double-digit gains. Takings at the till… Read More »Singapore retail sales growth slows to 1.5% in July as food, department store takings fall
SINGAPORE – Workshops and design studios could one day share buildings with homes – bringing jobs closer to where people live, injecting vibrancy into industrial spaces… Read More »Industrial spaces and homes under one roof? JTC explores idea with architects
SINGAPORE – When her daughter got married, a woman helped to pay almost half of the $2.4 million for the matrimonial home, but when the daughter’s… Read More »Woman has no claim over daughter’s home despite helping to pay more than $1m for it
SINGAPORE – Travellers are one step closer to faster cross-border trips following the completion of the RTS Link Woodlands North station on Sept 4, almost six years… Read More »Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS Link: A sneak peek at Woodlands North station, now completed
SINGAPORE – Within the same week, decades-old shopping mall Marina Square and cineplex Yishun 10 announced they would be redeveloped to include residential units, with both properties closing… Read More »More than retail: Why Singapore commercial spaces are redeveloping to add homes and offices
SINGAPORE – More properties linked to Singapore’s landmark money laundering case will be put up for sale through auctions in late September. They include a total… Read More »$3b money laundering case: 24 luxury properties, 2 office spaces up for auction
