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Singapore to remain Asia's strongest office market

Singapore to remain Asia's strongest office market

Office rents will rise 8% in 2019 amidst stable leasing demand from finance and law tenants.

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Home price growth could ease to 2% in 2019: Fitch Ratings

Mortgage rate hikes could further dampen property price growth.

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TPG grapples with risk of negative cash-flow until 2024

It could fail to hit EBITDA-breakeven revenue of $150m over the next four years.

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Office market's takeup rate hit 1.59 million sqft in 2018

This surpassed the net supply of 1.51 million sqft.

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Homegrown SMEs turn to Hong Kong for short-lived IPO rally

However, they failed to sustain the momentum as they trade below offer prices.

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Investors pool cash into S-REITs amidst dovish Fed stance

Sector yield spread of 4.2% is above the 10-year average of 3.8%.

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Singapore banks' earnings turnaround hit by steep funding costs

NIMs have only inched up by 2-12 bp since 2015 even as the 3M SIBOR soared 58bp.

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Developers take a beating as new home sales set to crash 20% in 2019

This translates to around 7,500-8,500 sold units.

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Singapore IPO proceeds plunge to $730m in 2018

The bourse booked the second lowest performance since 2008.

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M&A activity fell 30.7% to $90.86b in 2018

This is the lowest annual period since 2013.

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Singapore's rental market weakens as expat demand dwindles

The number of Singapore non-residents dropped 0.1% to 1.64 million in June as global economic views sour.

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Singapore's staggering healthcare costs may be pushing medical tourists away

Malaysia and Thailand offer more cost-competitive alternatives.

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Automakers go electric to avoid phase-out in Singapore's car-lite future

Nissan will soon be launching its battery electric vehicle Nissan LEAF to Singapore.

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Property sales dropped 12.5% to $31.4b in 2018

En bloc sales plummeted 95% HoH to $484.08m in H2 from $9.69b in H1.

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These Singaporean companies are poised to become the next unicorns

Online marketplace Carousell is one of the main contenders.

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Singapore YTD bond issuance hits record high at US$34.3b

Mega-deals from the financial services sector including DBS and UOB raised US$23.9b.

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Steep rents set to boost office REITs only by H2 2019

Leasing costs rose by double-digits to 14.8% in Q3.

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