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This is the fifth year the headline rate has failed to go over 1%.

Even with a quarterly increase, a rental gap could emerge as landlords shake up tenant priorities.

Demand is expected to be subdued in 2020 due to companies’ budget restraints for expansion. Office space rents saw a decrease of 3.2% in Q4 2019, a bigger plunge compared to the 0.6% slide in the previous quarter, according to a report by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). For the whole of 2019, office space rentals declined 3.1%.

Prices of landed homes grew 5.7% for the whole year. Prices of private homes leapt 2.7% YoY for 2019, according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). For Q4 2019, prices also grew 0.5%. Prices of landed residential properties rose by 5.7% whilst those of non-landed properties rose by 1.9%. For Q4 2019, prices of landed and non-landed properties increased by 3.6% and fell by 0.3% respectively. For the whole of 2019, prices of non-landed properties in Core Central Region (CCR) decreased by 1.7%, whilst prices in Rest of Central Region (RCR) and Outside Central Region (OCR) increased by 2.8% and 4.2% respectively. Home rentals Rents also enjoyed growth in 2019, having risen by 1.4% compared to the 0.6% increase in 2018. For Q4 2019, rents dipped 1%. Rentals of landed properties decreased by 3.4% whilst rentals of non-landed properties increased by 1.9%. For Q4 2019, rentals of landed and non-landed properties both decreased by 1.6% and 0.9%, respectively.

It will target over 4GW of installed capacity across solar and wind.

Its office and business park assets’ gross revenue and NPI rose.

Income from PGIM ARF boosted its growth.

It acts as an “gatekeeper” for authenticity and product condition.

The area posted the highest occupancy rate for retail properties.

Capitaland led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 1.3% expansion.

And Singapore is named as a destination with the richest multigenerational family offerings.

77% of Chinese tourists in the city use mobile payments.

Full- year contributions from Keppel DC Singapore 5 boosted its distributable income.

It received higher gross revenue from 21 Collyer Quay and Capital Tower in Q4.

Users of Grab’s Mastercard can earn points at over 53 million merchants worldwide.

Singapore poses as a hard-ground for virtual entrants.