Singapore's investment market feared to remain muted this year

On back of higher interest rates.

According to Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management’s Asia Pacific Real Estate Strategic Outlook, given the anticipation of interest rate rise, the investment market in Singapore is expected to remain slow in 2014.

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Real estate investment activities remained buoyant in 2013, underpinned byan active market for initial public offerings by REITs.

Apart from deals sealed by REITs, however, transaction volumes—particularly strata-titled sales—remained muted due to the tight cap rates and the impact of the Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) framework implemented in June 2013.
 

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