Chart of the Day
Chart of the Day: Job postings drop 1.9% MoM in August
Chart of the Day: Job postings drop 1.9% MoM in August
The recent drop left postings 17.6% lower than a year ago.
Chart of the Day: 5 most popular HDB towns amongst Singaporean homebuyers
The top 5 HDB towns accounted for 37.4% of transactions in 2Q23.
SG’s data centre vacancy rate hits record-low of less than 2%
The Lion City has under 4MW of available leasing space.
Chart of the Day: How did Singapore’s IPO market perform in 1H23?
Data from EY showed that Singapore only had 3 IPOs year-to-date.
Which sector has the strongest hiring intention for Q3?
Almost half (48%) of employers plan to hire in Q323.
SG’s office market hit by increasing vacancy pressure
A CBRE report showed that vacancy may hit around 10% by the end of 2023.
6 in 10 B2B organisations expect growth in marketing budgets next year
They believe their “financial fluency” investment will finally pay off.
5 technologies likely to drive change in the construction industry
Seven in 10 firms plan to increase spending on construction technologies.
SG to see a 20% growth in inbound cross-border M&A activity in 2023
It is amongst the top growth markets this year.
Industrial leasing volume rebounds in Q1
Volume increased by 2.5% YoY to 3,229 tenancies.
More than half of SG households have changed their grocery-buying habits
Forty-two per cent said they now have a lower budget for groceries.
Physical stores vs e-commerce: Which do Singaporeans prefer?
Over half of Singaporeans want to shop in-store and finish online, or vice versa.
Singapore is 4th most preferred travel destination in APAC
It ranked behind Hong Kong.
What are Singaporeans’ preferred markets for commercial real estate investment?
Investors from SG deployed a total of US$15.8b into global real estate in 2022.
Chart of the Day: Prices of property sale listings grew 0.7% in Q1
It rebounded close to the data from the third quarter (Q3) of 2022.
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