In Focus
June home sales crash to nine-year low as new project launches vanish
June home sales crash to nine-year low as new project launches vanish
Old projects drove sales last month.
Singapore’s grueling home price deadlock might finally be broken this year
Developers and sellers will capitulate.
Rig builders' hopes sink as Brazil's grand oil dreams crumble
Petrobras brought them more pain than gain.
Glitzy Orchard Road malls are losing the critical battle for shopper traffic
Locals prefer sub-urban malls.
Unloved, unaffordable shoebox units flood property auctions
27 units went on the block in Q2.
IDA overrides incumbents, rolls out the red carpet for fourth telco operator
A spectrum auction will be held in early 2016.
The price bloodbath is over for the luxury residential property market
Sales ticked up as buyers sought bargains.
REIT managers heave a sigh of relief as MAS unveils benign new rules
The three feared proposals were not implemented.
Posh penthouses go under the hammer as market weakness escalates
37 large apartments were put up for sale in 1H.
Private residential property prices down 0.9% in Q2: URA
This is the seventh straight quarter of decline.
Most Singapore firms looking to exit China on back of slowing growth, rising costs
64% have already moved their Asia headquarters.
Overly restrictive labour measures might be suffocating Singapore's growth: BofAML
Labour productivity won't pick up the slack.
Singapore’s romance with Chinese tourists may be well and truly over now
New destinations are appearing on their radars.
MAS unleashes scathing rebuke against SGX after back-to-back market outages
The bourse will shell out $20m to boost systems.
MAS to keep policy stance even as headline inflation bleeds red
Deflation dynamics are different this time.
Singapore Savings Bonds have an unexpected and risky downside for local banks
Retail deposit competition will intensify.
Analysts see an end to property cooling measures as sorry sales trend continues
It might happen in 1H16.
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