Sunday, 30 June 2013

800000 households to get S$77m worth of S&CC rebates

800000 households to get S$77m worth of S&CC rebatesSINGAPORE — Around 800,000 Singaporean HDB households can expect to receive S$77 million worth of Service & Conservancy Charges (S&CC) rebates in 2013. These S&CC rebates were announced during Budget 2013 to help households cope with ...See all stories on this topic » Ministry of Finance - 800,000 HDB Households To Receive $77 ...Around 800,000 Singaporean HDB households can expect to receive $77 million worth of Service & Conservancy Charges (S&CC) rebates in 2013.See all stories on this topic » New HDB flats to become cheaperSINGAPORE- The prices of new flats will become almost 30 per cent cheaper to keep the Singapore dream of home ownership alive, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan pledged Friday.

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Cairo's property market shows selective growth

Cairo's property market shows selective growthDubai: Despite the ongoing economic and political challenges facing Cairo's property market, there is “selective growth” in some residential and retail sectors, according to a new report by property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle. The asking price to ...See all stories on this topic » Cooling measures likely to depress housing market: Keppel CEO ...SINGAPORE — Property cooling measures introduced in January will likely depress the residential market in Singapore but Keppel Corp is confident about the ...See all stories on this topic » HDB issues $1b fixed rate notesSINGAPORE - The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has issued $1 billion, 3-year Fixed Rate Notes under its $22 billion Multicurrency Medium Term Note (MTN)

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Saturday, 29 June 2013

Singaporean developers eye RI's blooming properties

Singaporean developers eye RI's blooming propertiesAn association of Singaporean property developers has announced its interest in investing in Indonesia's booming property industry, during a visit to the Singapore branch of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) on Tuesday. Real Estate ...See all stories on this topic » $77 million worth of service charge rebates for 800000 HDB householdsAround 800,000 Singaporean HDB households can expect to receive $77 million worth of Service & Conservancy Charges rebates in 2013. These rebates were announced during Budget 2013 to help households cope with increases in the cost of living.See all stories on this topic » Australia Emerges as Asia Pacific Commercial Property Investment HotspotProperty Observer quoted data

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Digital Realty Acquires Property in Toronto Market

Digital Realty Acquires Property in Toronto MarketCiting strong demand and limited supply in the Toronto data center market, Digital Realty Trust has acquired a mixed-use property in Markham, Ontario and will convert part of the site for data center use. Digital Realty, the world's largest data center ...See all stories on this topic » Coalition tells troika housing market at bottomBut the assessment was derailed by data from the Central Statistics Office showing prices nationally fell. Latest figures show that property prices in Dublin are 3pc higher than a year ago, but fell 2.6pc nationally. The rate of decline has eased since ...See all stories on this topic » Modi urges Singapore HDB reforms - Bangkok PostBillionaire Bhupendra Kumar Modi, who became a Singapore citizen last

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Friday, 28 June 2013

Investing in overseas properties

Investing in overseas propertiesBased on iProperty.com's 2013 consumer survey (http://www.iproperty.com.sg/asia-property-market-sentiment-report/), respondents in Singapore have shown keen interests in Australian properties. Not surprisingly, one of my purchases was in Melbourne, ...See all stories on this topic » UK house prices flat in MarchNationwide's study found huge variations in the performance of local housing markets, with prices up year-on-year by 15pc in the London borough of Camden and in Cambridge, but down by 10pc in Liverpool and Carlisle. On a regional level, London ...See all stories on this topic » Income Property's Scott McGillivray on navigating a choppy real estate marketAiring on Thursdays on HGTV Canada and in its seventh season, McGillivray, 34,

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French Property Market Still Popular with International Buyers

French Property Market Still Popular with International BuyersThis is excellent news for the French property market as we consistently lead polls of countries offering the best lifestyle and highest quality of life. It may also go some way in negating the effects of M Hollande's new taxes on the wealthy. Indeed ...See all stories on this topic » Investors pull out of Wenzhou property market - China DailyReal estate has lost its allure as an investment option in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, since property prices tumbled due to purchasing curbs imposed by the ...See all stories on this topic » UK house prices up by 0.8% in last year, says NationwideHowever, Nationwide warned that the outlook for the housing market was “unusually uncertain.” The report said that the Funding for

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Thursday, 27 June 2013

Strengthening baht has minimal effect on Thai property market

Strengthening baht has minimal effect on Thai property marketThe Thai baht has strengthened so considerably in recent weeks that it is now at its strongest since the currency was floated in 1997 when the Asian financial crisis struck. The stronger baht has caused a rise in property prices in terms of US dollars ...See all stories on this topic » Property sale rise indicates greater market confidenceThe number of house sales in the UK increased slightly during February showing that serious house hunters remain active in the property market, according to estate agents. The latest figures from the National Association of Estate Agents reveal a rise ...See all stories on this topic » 100 suggestions received in response to HDB's Cool Ideas initiativeSINGAPORE - The Housing and

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