City Developments (CDL)

M&A

CityDev extends final offer deadline for M&C Hotels to Jan 26

SINGAPORE (Jan 24): City Developments has extended its final offer deadline to 1pm, Jan 26, in its bid for Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc.

City Developments not extending Jan 26 deadline for Millennium & Copthorne Hotels offer

SINGAPORE (Jan 17): City Developments says it is not extending its Jan 26 deadline for its offer to privatise Millennium & Copthorne Hotels.

Broker's Calls

Maybank stays positive on Singapore property developers amid mortgage rate hike

SINGAPORE (Jan 16): Maybank Kim Eng Research is keeping its “positive” rating on Singapore’s real estate sector as property developer stocks are expected to ride on the market’s cyclical upturn.

Broker's Calls

Why these two developers remain CIMB's top sector picks

SINGAPORE (Jan 16): CIMB is retaining its sector “overweight” on Singapore’s property market while anticipating for primary home sales to improve  y-o-y to 11,000 to 12,000 units, and private home prices to rise by up to 5% y-o-y.

In print this week

Where to invest in 2018?

SINGAPORE (Dec 25): From the en bloc craze to meteoric spikes in tech stocks, 2017 has been coloured by significant asset price gains. Driven by the rally in blue chips, the Straits Times Index is up 18.5% in the year to Dec 18, a notable improvement from

M&A

CDL says M&C Hotels buyout offer documents sent out; First close date set at Jan 23

SINGAPORE (Dec 21): City Developments (CDL) has sent out the offer documents for the buyout of Millennium & Copthorne (M&C) Hotels to the latter's shareholders.

Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy

UOB ties up with CDL-linked property rental start-up Mamahome

SINGAPORE (Dec 13): United Overseas Bank (UOB) is working with Mamahome to provide the payment service for the Shanghai-based start-up providing apartment rental matching services in its first overseas market outside China.

Property

Singapore home property prices to rise faster over next 2 years, says Goldman Sachs

SINGAPORE (Dec 13): Goldman Sachs says residential property prices in Singapore could beat previous expectations and increase by 5% per annum in 2018 and 2019.

Property

M&C Hotels agrees to sweetened 620 pence per share offer from CityDev

SINGAPORE (Dec 9): Millennium & Copthorne Hotels has agreed to a sweetened takeover offer from City Developments.

Broker's Calls

Residential property prices to rise by as much as 5% in next 2 years, says Macquarie

SINGAPORE (Nov 27): Macquarie Research believes the Singapore property sector is headed for an upcycle, with residential property prices expected to rise by 3-5% per annum over the next two years.
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