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Developers are on the whole increasingly cautious and realistic as there is no urgency to acquire land since the majority had re-stocked their land inventory in the past 1.5 years, says an analyst.

Retail IT spending in Singapore is estimated to grow by 5.8% y-o-y to $163.21 million in 2011 or far above the compound annual growth rate of approximately 4%, says a research firm.

If I like it then I will buy it; Who cares about your superstitions anyway?

But, there remain various reasons to assure investors that Singapore banks are likely safe in the event of a global economic slowdown.

The 748-unit development at Jalan Eunos is now nearly half sold as it continues to buck the traditionally slower sales during the “hungry ghosts” month.

Homebuyers will be very cautious but the satire interest of buying remains primarily due to ego, societal pressure or even therapeutic reasons, says an expert.

The overall desktop PC market is gasping but remains alive.

The 2,541 units released in July might be seen as bullish developer sale sentiments for private homes as this number was exceptionally high but the stats are misleading at face value, cautioned an expert.

With continued high demand for resale flats, owners are taking advantage of the situation by demanding for higher cash-over-valuation (COV) but with the raising of the HDB and EC income ceiling hopefully they taper off high prices, says an ECG Property expert.

13 more units were snapped up from Aug 1 to 14, making the 99-year leasehold development in Hougang Avenue 2 now almost 70% sold.

There’s no future for the grounded airline in Australia even if it resumes operation today (Aug 12), says Royal Bank of Scotland Asia Securities (RBS).

Only 14 out of 41 units are left since it was launched mid July even if a smallest one-bedder of just 323 sft in size now sells at $1,600 psf or up from preview price of $1,450.

A two-tier market within Grade A office space is on a tear, due to a spate of relocations from existing office buildings to newer ones in the CBD.

The last ten years saw airlines in crisis mode but the industry has demonstrated that it can transform itself in the face of challenges, says IATA.

Strong positive rental reversion to only come in 2013, says DMG Research.

But good news for potential buyers as the 95-unit development at Upper East Coast Road remains discounted at preview price of around $1,380 psf on the average.