SINGAPORE: Private home prices fell by 3 per cent for the whole of 2016, according to flash estimates from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Tuesday (Jan 3). This is the smallest price drop in
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Supply of private homes from confirmed government land sales up 7.4% for first-half of 2017
SINGAPORE – The supply of private homes from confirmed government land sales is set to go up in the first-half of 2017. On the Confirmed List are five private residential sites which can yield 2,330
Read moreMore than 5,200 households apply for HDB’s Proximity Housing Grant
SINGAPORE – When housewife Jennyfer Aw Young and her husband Wang Dewei, both 34, wanted to buy their first home in 2008, they went for a four-room Build-To-Order flat in Punggol as it was readily
Read morePlan to save wildlife at Lentor site marked for housing
To save rare animals in a forested area in Lentor, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has for the first time embarked on a novel wildlife management plan. The 30ha plot designated for private housing is
Read moreThe place to invest in Asia- Malaysia
1: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Good: Low transaction costs, high yields for luxury apartments, reforms improved rental market. Bad:High rental income tax, pro-tenant rental market. The economy is slowing, the ringgit is depreciating, and there’s a
Read moreSingapore Home Prices Slide by Most in More Than Seven Years
Singapore home prices dropped by the most in more than seven years as developers offered discounts amid signals from the government that it won’t roll back property curbs initiated in 2009. An index tracking private
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