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Market Analyst Claims Prices Of Industrial Property Not Sustainable

July 15th, 2012 · No Comments

SINGAPORE: Forecast of higher investment yields are driving demand and prices of industrial properties. The strong economic growth ever since the rebound from the US debt crisis in 2008 has produced a lot of additional economic activity. This has improved demand concerning industrial space in Singapore in the last two years. Most recent data from […]

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Singapore developers̢۪ tactics over ABSD could lead to intervention

July 3rd, 2012 · No Comments

In an action to surge Singapore’s property sales a number of  Singapore property developers are reimbursing the destructive additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD). Being introduced by the government in late 2011, ABSD was introduced to suppress Singapore’s residential property market. This has caused many eyebrows raising particularly on the part of regulators and may have […]

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Applications Surpass Number Of Flats Available

June 16th, 2012 · No Comments

THE large combination of 7,978 HDB flats put up for sale on Wednesday has acquired vigorous interest from home-buyers, and as a result, there are already more applications in comparison to the number of that are readily available. Numbers on the Housing Board website confirm that 8,551 applications were received as of 5pm yesterday – […]

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Remarkable Rebound For HK Property Sales, Uncertainty Remain

May 7th, 2012 · No Comments

The residential property market in Hong Kong witnessed a remarkable rebound in sales volume with prices become stable last month. This is based on the  March 2012 market review from Knight Frank. Other encouraging factors include the lack of additional regulatory measures in the 2012/2013 Budget and a low interest rate environment, the report further […]

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Reason Why HDB Resale Flat Prices Will Not Fall Any Time Soon

April 13th, 2012 · No Comments

Why HDB resale flat prices will not fall any time soon When property agency bosses at a seminar early this month envisaged a 3 to 5 per cent drop in the prices of Housing and Development Board (HDB) resale flats for this year, probably declining up to 10 per cent should economic conditions get worse, […]

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Luxury Residential Prices In HK Edged Down

March 22nd, 2012 · No Comments

According to Colliers International’s Residential Market Research & Forecast Report, both luxury residential prices and rents edged down in 4Q 2011 and are likely to witness downward adjustment pressure in 2012. During the three-month period ending November 2011, the total number of sales and purchase agreements of residential units notably fell by 27.7 per cent […]

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