Fri 09 Nov 2018 at 12:29
SINGAPORE: In divorce cases where one party is given the option to take over the other’s share of the matrimonial property, who should bear the ongoing mortgage and property tax payments until the transfer is complete? The Court of Appeal clarified the issue on Thursday (Nov…
Wed 07 Nov 2018 at 18:11
A woman seeking to enforce her claim to acquire a $1.23 million apartment unit against an owner who disputes the sale has thrown up an unusual case. The unit in Pearl Bank Apartments in Outram is part of a $728 million collective sale to CapitaLand. If…
Thu 01 Nov 2018 at 02:18
SINGAPORE: Two residential sites and one White site with a combined yield of 2,000 homes and 540 hotel rooms were released for sale under the second half 2018 Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme on Wednesday (Oct 31). The plot of land at Kampong Java Road belonging…
Thu 01 Nov 2018 at 01:00
SINGAPORE: Guess which city managed to top a luxury real-estate ranking despite a slew of cooling measures to tame its property market? Yes, the tiny island nation of Singapore, nudging out Hong Kong. Luxury home prices rose 13 percent in the quarter ended Sept. 30 from…
Sat 27 Oct 2018 at 15:22
Singapore’s long romance with public housing is going through a rocky patch, threatening to undermine one of the most popular government policies. For decades, the no-frills, affordable apartments have been integral to the city-state’s way of life, helping young couples achieve their dreams of home ownership…
Fri 26 Oct 2018 at 11:29
SINGAPORE: The number of resale transactions for flats rose nearly 19 per cent in the third quarter of this year as prices remained flat, according to figures released by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Friday (Oct 26). Resale transactions jumped from 5,941 cases in…
Fri 26 Oct 2018 at 10:42
SINGAPORE: The rise of property prices in Singapore slowed significantly in the third quarter, after the Government announced measures to cool the red-hot market, data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Friday (Oct 26) showed. Private home prices rose 0.5 per cent in the July to September…
Tue 23 Oct 2018 at 19:19
SINGAPORE: The Housing Board incurs a deficit annually, mainly from its homeownership programmes. The Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) net deficit jumped 44.4 percent to about $1.72 billion in fiscal year 2016/2017 compared to $1.19 billion a year ago, partly due to more new flats being…
Mon 22 Oct 2018 at 18:16
SINGAPORE: They made up 5.5% of the total number of buyers in Q3 from 5.2% in Q2. This chart from Huttons shows that the number of foreign property buyers in Singapore actually inched up from Q2 to Q3 despite the hefty Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD)…
Fri 19 Oct 2018 at 00:44
SINGAPORE: In a bid to reduce the strain new developments pose on local infrastructure, the authorities have moved to ensure that there will be fewer shoebox units offered in new private non-landed residential buildings outside the Central area. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) revised guidelines for such properties on…
