Daily Briefing: Residential market likely to see a recovery by 2018; What you need to know about financing SMEs

And here are two things that signal dividend danger.

From Yahoo!: The strong bids for the Toh Tuck Road site on April 11 and high developers’ sales numbers unveiled by URA on April 17 are more signs that the Singapore residential market may be turning the corner, says JLL. According to JLL, signs of recovery began last year with the luxury residential sector when prices bottomed out in 3Q2016. Based on its basket of luxury properties, JLL says prices of luxury properties fell 18.3% in 3Q2016 from their peak in 2013.

From Zuu Online: Managing a private enterprise is not an easy task. Business owners need to ensure that they are always in a position to meet their customers’ requirements. It is necessary to constantly upgrade your products and services so that you can remain competitive. There is also always a constant stream of administrative tasks to be attended to. However, one area that continuously requires an entrepreneur’s attention is finance. Every business needs an adequate amount of cash to survive.

From Motley Fool: Dividend investing may appear to be rather easy. After all, finding stocks with high yields is not particularly challenging. However, a high dividend yield may offer a strong income return, but it can also indicate potential problems with the business. Alongside a high dividend payout ratio, this could suggest a stock is worth avoiding for the long term.

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