In Focus
Debt-ridden Singapore firms at risk as interest rates rise
Indebted households are also in danger.
New home sales plunged 37% in Q3 as frugal buyers snub weary developers
Launches also dipped by 60.9%.
Singapore sees uptick in demand for fund admin businesses in 2015
See which roles in the industry are in demand.
District 23 emerges as 3Q14’s residential hotspot for affluent foreign buyers
Increased cost of foreign ownership wasn’t such a difficult pill to swallow, after all.
Chinese and Malaysians dominate Singapore’s foreign property buyers list in 2014
Any spillovers in their economies could affect us drastically.
Developers brace for massive flat glut as condo prices slipped further in Q3
There are 88,627 units in the pipeline.
OCR homes kicked out of the spotlight as mass-market launches dived 67.9% in Q3
Only 527 new condos were released.
Do-or-die move: Developers forced to slash prices of new projects to move inventory in Q3
Hefty fines await those can’t adapt.
Singapore’s public housing supply to be slashed by 25% starting 2015
Only 16,000 BTO flats will be launched.
Worsening inflation seen as Singapore snubs foreign labour
It’s going to be a shaky short term.
Are Singapore residential developer stocks the worst in ASEAN?
These stocks are now officially the region’s cheapest.
Singapore’s vehicle growth rate to be slashed by half starting 2015
There are now almost 1 million cars in the island.
Singapore’s battered private residential sector shunned by picky investors in Q3
Its investment sales value plunged for the 5th straight quarter.
CPF’s score plunges in global pension index amid mounting adequacy concerns
Non-residents should have CPF too, policymakers told.
Stingy tenants lock horns with landlords as office rents surged to record high in Q3
The gap in rental expectations is steadily widening.
Time for an overhaul: MAS zooms in on aging REITs in proposed policy shift
Find out what analysts have to say.
Commentary
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