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SREITs struggle amid weak sales and declining tourist arrivals in 2H14
SREITs struggle amid weak sales and declining tourist arrivals in 2H14
But office rents are expected to spike.
The shops are shrinking: Retailers forced to move to smaller shops as rents rise in Q2
Rents inched up 0.6% in Q2.
Singapore’s transport reform is no cause for joy for local investors: DBS
Everyone is hoping for too much too soon.
Flat glut: Developers grapple with unsold flats as supply goes through the roof
Almost 175,000 units are expected in the next 3 years.
Private home supply glut hits 14-year high in Q2
7 out of 10 new units remain unoccupied.
2 out of 3 Singaporeans want property cooling measures to ease: survey
Discover the measure that property seekers dislike most.
Five-year low: Prices of private homes slide further in 2Q
Rental prices follow suit.
Painful plummet: Singapore’s GDP growth to dip to 3%
Manufacturing suffered a staggering 9.7 pp drop.
Money slap: 1 in 50 Singaporeans a millionaire
The city is definitely Asia’s wealth hub.
Dull domestic property market driving big developers overseas
SREITs are fleeing from slow demand and elevated prices.
Singapore set to overtake Switzerland as world’s largest wealth management hub: report
Bankers are in very great demand.
Residential REITs face severe sales slowdown in 2H14
Developers are in for a 40% drop.
Don't talk to bankers: 4 out of 10 Singaporeans have stopped trusting their banks
They're only after profits, clients claim.
Meet Singapore's AAA online shoppers
It's mainly middle managers in Singapore vs professionals in HK.
Price standoff: Industrial space sales slide as stingy buyers lock horns with developers
The landlords may soon be forced to yield.
That’s unfair!: 1 out of 2 Singaporeans unhappy with CPF
But the richer ones couldn’t care less.
Fears escalate as private residential investment sales hit 5-year low in Q2
It’s a double whammy of TDSR and lukewarm developer interests.
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