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Developers lose pricing power after en bloc fever
Developers lose pricing power after en bloc fever
Prices are expected to grow 0-2% for homes on expensive land bought during the en bloc cycle.
Genting Singapore and Marina Bay Sands to invest $9b in expansion works
They are expected to create up to 5,000 jobs.
FastGo launches new ride-hailing price model in Singapore
Instead of collecting 20% commission fee, FastGo charges its drivers a fixed daily amount.
NTUC FairPrice fires first salvo in supermarket war
Its price freeze of 100 FairPrice housebrand products until 30 Jun 2020 kicked off a price competition amongst housebrands.
Can Grab plug Singapore SMEs' funding crunch?
The on-demand platform is aiming to be the preferred financial partner of Southeast Asia's micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Can startups cash in on Asia's growing family office segment?
Raffles Family Office is open to investing in healthtech, fintech and cybersecurity startups.
What killed Mandarin Gardens' $2.9b en bloc deal?
Size and requirement woes plagued what could have been the largest en bloc deal in Singapore’s history.
URA Draft Master Plan to boost mixed-use properties in CBD
One of the plan’s main thrusts includes injecting more homes into the CBD.
Supermarkets lock horns for coveted HDB retail spaces
Smaller supermarket players such as Hao Mart are facing off against giants like Sheng Siong in a race to set up shop in new Housing and Development Board (HDB) supermarket spaces.
Check out these hot co-living spaces in Singapore
Easycity offers rates for as low as $800 per month.
Singapore's foreign workers left in limbo amidst tighter manpower rules
The foreign worker quota in the services sector will be cut as finance minister Heng notes that the growth in S-pass services holders hit a five-year high in 2018.
Here's why Singapore couldn't top global transport satisfaction rankings
Almost 3 in 5 Singaporeans find it more stressful to use public transport.
Business expansion created 26,500 jobs in 2018
ICT roles such as chief information officers, database designers & administrators and IT security specialists were in hot demand.
Singapore is 3rd most vulnerable APAC country to Chinese trade decline
The city trails Hong Kong and Mongolia.
Local buyers account for 76.6% of home purchases in 2018
Seven in 10 or 67.5% of the transactions were priced below $1.5m.
Private residential property stock nearly hit 370,000 units in 2018
Big projects like Kingsford Waterbay and North Park Residences received their TOPs in Q4.
Bike-sharing firms hit a dead end in Singapore
But homegrown startups like SG Bike and Anywheel are picking up the slack after the retreat of Chinese bike-sharing unicorns from the market.
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