In Focus
Rock bottom: Homeowners struggle with woefully low rental yields in Q3
This level hasn’t been seen in over 14 years.
Landlords’ profits continue to shrink as private condo rents slip 5.3% in October
Rents have been falling for 9 straight months.
Big developers brace for bidding war over lucrative Jurong Lakeside land plot
Discover who the most aggressive bidder will be.
Potential investors snub Singapore retail assets amid intensifying labor crunch
Retail rents will continue to languish.
Struggling developers failed to sell almost 7,000 newly-launched flats in Q3
1 in 2 units were in the OCR.
Upside surprise: HDB resale prices inched up in October on back of higher EC costs
Resale volume climbed 5.7%.
Developers flooded with unsold units as new home sales plunged 42.6% in Q3
New launches crashed 63.8%.
Debt-ridden Singapore firms at risk as interest rates rise
Indebted households are also in danger.
New home sales plunged 37% in Q3 as frugal buyers snub weary developers
Launches also dipped by 60.9%.
Singapore sees uptick in demand for fund admin businesses in 2015
See which roles in the industry are in demand.
District 23 emerges as 3Q14’s residential hotspot for affluent foreign buyers
Increased cost of foreign ownership wasn’t such a difficult pill to swallow, after all.
Chinese and Malaysians dominate Singapore’s foreign property buyers list in 2014
Any spillovers in their economies could affect us drastically.
Developers brace for massive flat glut as condo prices slipped further in Q3
There are 88,627 units in the pipeline.
OCR homes kicked out of the spotlight as mass-market launches dived 67.9% in Q3
Only 527 new condos were released.
Do-or-die move: Developers forced to slash prices of new projects to move inventory in Q3
Hefty fines await those can’t adapt.
Singapore’s public housing supply to be slashed by 25% starting 2015
Only 16,000 BTO flats will be launched.
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