cooling measures

SINGAPORE (July 23): RHB is downgrading its sector “overweight” on Singapore real estate to “neutral” on expectations of transaction volumes for 2018 to fall by 10% from the 10-15% rise previously, and for prices to stay flattish over 2H18-2019.

SINGAPORE (July 16): Linda Chan, an office administrator, had been considering buying a second property for investment. But those plans are now on hold after the government introduced a new wave of property cooling measures.

SINGAPORE (Oct 16): Singapore home sales fell in September as developers marketed fewer projects in a month considered inauspicious by Chinese homebuyers.

(July 28): Singapore home prices have ground steadily lower since reaching a record in 2013, when the government imposed the last of a slew of measures to cool a red-hot market. Authorities in the Southeast Asian island-state loosened some of those restri

SINGAPORE (June 29): Singapore’s property cooling measures are here to stay, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

SINGAPORE (May 22): After languishing for many years because of cooling measures enforced by the government, transaction volumes are rising and property prices are stabilising, encouraging hopes for a property market revival. The government’s tweaks to

SINGAPORE (April 4): Taking your chances on Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) could be a wiser investment decision than putting your capital in the local property market, says Tata Goeyardi of Religare Capital Markets.

SINGAPORE (Dec 1): City Developments has been actively unlocking the value of its portfolio through asset monetisation, and has another $3 billion worth of assets remaining that are suitable for injection into funds. Yet, its share price is trading at a 3