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News updated on 1 September 2020

• Hotel, commercial use groups see biggest chops in DC rates – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 31 August 2020

• Residential price index increase 1.2% m-o-m in July: NUS – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 28 August 2020

• SINGAPORE INVESTMENT FIRM ACQUIRES SURREY BUSINESS PARK – www.insidermedia.com
• URA steps up tracking of repeated issue of OTPs – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 24 August 2020

• Yearning for more privacy and space while working from home, some young Singaporeans turn to rental market – www.malaymail.com

News updated on 21 August 2020

• Retail Loans Market in Singapore to Shrink – www.finews.asia
• Two office floors in Samsung Hub going for record $4,000 psf – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 19 August 2020

• Despite Covid-19, Singapore real estate remains hot property for global companies looking to tap into the Lion City – www.scmp.com
• Despite Covid-19, Singapore real estate remains hot property for global companies looking to tap into the Lion City – www.scmp.com
• Property market liquidity dipped 5% in Q2 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 18 August 2020

• Zoom opens data center in Singapore – www.sharecast.com
• New private home sales up for 3rd month in row – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 17 August 2020

• Private equity investing in Singapore – www.lexology.com
• Singapore new home sales up in July amid worsening economic outlook – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 14 August 2020

• Ageing in place and the future of nursing homes – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 13 August 2020

• Condo, HDB rents up for 1st time since Feb, but volumes fall – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 12 August 2020

• More than 7,800 HDB BTO flats in 8 estates, including in Bishan, Ang Mo Kio, launched in combined sales exercise – www.straitstimes.com
• Keppel Capital circles $300m Macquarie Park office asset – www.commercialrealestate.com.au

News updated on 11 August 2020

• Life’s a park for residents in Tengah’s newest district – www.tnp.sg
• Singapore’s Real Estate History: Thriving Since The 60s – www.propertyguru.com.sg
• Singapore condo resale volume nearly doubles in July: SRX – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Forett Sells 30% Of Units At Weekend Launch – www.propertyguru.com.sg
• Singapore's luxury non-landed home sales plummet 52.9% to S$659.2m in 1H20 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 10 August 2020

• Forett achieves 30% sales on launch day via ‘virtual balloting’ – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 7 August 2020

• SingHaiyi’s online pivot – www.edgeprop.sg
• JustCo opening 2 more workspaces in S'pore – www.straitstimes.com
• Tuan Sing to sell Robinson Point for $500 million – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 6 August 2020

• Broker's take: DBS says Singapore property plays 'too cheap to ignore' amid attractive valuations – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• HDB resale volume in July highest in two years – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Newbie Simply Sakal bags management contract for 843-unit Siglap condo – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 5 August 2020

• Yanlord and GIC Sign an Investment Agreement of up To RMB 7 Billion – stockhouse.com
• HDB Resale Market Avoided Major Price Correction During Pandemic: OrangeTee & Tie – www.propertyguru.com.sg

News updated on 3 August 2020

• Property scene face hazy prospects in H2 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 31 July 2020

• Co-working space catering to industrial needs launches in Singapore – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 30 July 2020

• Qingjian’s Great Forett Show – www.edgeprop.sg
• Real estate investment sales remain subdued in 2Q2020: Edmund Tie – www.edgeprop.sg
• Adjoining condos at Sophia Road to be up for collective sale with S$64m indicative price – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Competition to heat up at District 21 with upcoming launch – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Aw & Sons Capital buys another 10 shophouses at Teck Chye Terrace – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Analysts attribute this to deferments of loan repayments and auctions being disallowed – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 28 July 2020

• NEA launches Woodlands site for development of funeral parlour – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Working from home is terrible news for office landlords – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 27 July 2020

• M+S secures S$2bn green loan for Marina One building in Singapore – realassets.ipe.com
• Ascendas Reit share price: What’s the latest? – www.ig.com
• Distressed properties sold via private treaty as auctions remain no-go – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 25 July 2020

• Upbeat sentiment after circuit-breaker curbs may have led to slight rise in Singapore property prices in Q2, say analysts – www.malaymail.com
• S'pore office rents flat, while retail rents dip – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore Q2 private home prices surprise with 0.3% uptick – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• S'pore office rents flat, while retail rents dip – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 24 July 2020

• Redefining the workplace – www.edgeprop.sg
• Singapore Private Home Prices Up 0.3% In Q2 2020 – www.propertyguru.com.sg
• HDB resale transactions plunge 41.9% in Q2 amid COVID-19 circuit breaker; prices inch up – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Singapore’s Keppel Capital builds its second Greater Bay Area data centre in Huizhou, rising on city’s infrastructure building spree – sg.news.yahoo.com
• Singapore retail rents down 3.5% in Q2 as vacancy rate rises to 9.6%: URA – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore office rents flat in Q2 as vacancy rises to 12.1%: URA – www.straitstimes.com
• Industrial space prices, rents fall in Q2, will see downward pressure: JTC – www.straitstimes.com
• RedMart to occupy honestbee's former habitat site – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 23 July 2020

• Singapore financial district vulnerable to rising sea levels: CBRE – wkzo.com
• Marina Bay Sands sinks to US$113 million loss in Q2 on circuit breaker closure – www.straitstimes.com
• Prices, rents of industrial space fall in Q2; more downward pressure to come: JTC – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 22 July 2020

• TROUBLED SHIPPING FIRM PUTS SINGAPORE OFFICE BUILDING ON THE BLOCK FOR S$350M – www.mingtiandi.com
• Singapore tycoon to open 1,000 cloud kitchens globally – www.straitstimes.com
• CapitaLand Mall Trust’s net property income falls 22% in 1H and other APAC REIT news – apacrealestate.com

News updated on 21 July 2020

• Hoe Chiang Road hospitality site in CBD up for sale with $715m guide price – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 17 July 2020

• Retail rents to fall more sharply amid mounting mall vacancies – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 16 July 2020

• New private home sales post surprise rebound – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 15 July 2020

• Singapore new home sales rebound, hit 7-year high for month of June: URA data – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 14 July 2020

• Condo resale volume recovers in June while prices hold steady: SRX – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 13 July 2020

• MacPherson Road industrial building up for sale with S$21m guide price – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 10 July 2020

• HDB resale volume jumps 6.7 times in June: SRX – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 9 July 2020

• HDB resale volume jumps 570% m-o-m in June on 'circuit breaker' easing: SRX – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 6 July 2020

• Springleaf Tower office floor up for sale with guide price of more than $26m – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 3 July 2020

• S'pore property investment sales fall 45% in first half of year: Report – www.straitstimes.com
• New home sales in June projected to double that of May – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 2 July 2020

• Private home prices slide further in second quarter amid circuit breaker – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore home prices decline, and the worst may not be over – www.nst.com.my

News updated on 1 July 2020

• Singapore private home prices weaken further with 1.1% drop in Q2: URA flash data – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 25 June 2020

• Private housing supply cut due to Covid-19 fallout – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 23 June 2020

• 2 Geylang condos up for collective sale – www.straitstimes.com
• Property firms expect more transactions as physical viewings of resale flats, showrooms resume in Phase 2 reopening – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 22 June 2020

• Two strata office floors at GB Building on Cecil Street for sale – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 18 June 2020

• Commercial property owners try their luck at sales en bloc as circuit breaker is lifted – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 17 June 2020

• Ascott secures contracts for 25 new properties – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 16 June 2020

• Home Is Where Singapore’s New Casino Is – www.bloomberg.com
• Clark County housing market rebounds – www.columbian.com

News updated on 15 June 2020

• New private home sales jump 75% in May despite shuttered showflats and COVID-19 restrictions – www.channelnewsasia.com
• CapitaLand banks on CapitaStar to recover residential, retail businesses – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 14 June 2020

• High Street Centre up for collective sale at $800 mil – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 12 June 2020

• Virtual tours and opportunities: The Singapore property market during COVID-19 – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Singapore's property market shrinks amid pandemic – www.aa.com.tr

News updated on 11 June 2020

• A look at Stanley Ho's foray into high-end Singapore property – www.asiaone.com
• Rents may weaken further even as rental volume bottoms out – www.straitstimes.com
• New private home sales rebound in May despite virus curbs – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 10 June 2020

• Condo resale prices hold steady in May – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 5 June 2020

• Singapore’s private home prices likely to rebound after Covid-19 – www.edgeprop.sg
• The reimagined office – www.edgeprop.sg
• HDB resale volume hits new low, but prices hold steady – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 4 June 2020

• Singapore Landlords Need a Post-Covid Remake – www.washingtonpost.com
• Transaction volume by foreign home buyers fall 26.1% in 1Q2020 – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 3 June 2020

• Singapore’s private home prices likely to rebound after Covid-19 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Landlords to give SME tenants more rental relief under proposed amendments to COVID-19 laws – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Law for landlords to provide rental waiver for affected businesses during Covid-19 to be introduced in Parliament – mothership.sg

News updated on 1 June 2020

• Why Singapore's private residential market will remain attractive in the long term – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 31 May 2020

• A look at Stanley Ho’s foray into high-end Singapore property – www.scmp.com
• Singapore agrees to further extend KL-S'pore High-Speed Rail project suspension till Dec 31 at Malaysia's request – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 29 May 2020

• Property sector in limbo as projects’ sales galleries stay closed – www.edgeprop.sg
• Positioning investment strategies in a post-Covid world: BlackRock – www.edgeprop.sg
• 7,800 BTO flats will be offered in August 2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• 2nd residential site up for sale, tender extended due to Covid-19 – www.straitstimes.com
• Wealthy buyers continue to shop for luxury homes in Singapore even as overall private home sales plunge – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 28 May 2020

• New Bill could level playing field between landlords and tenants – www.straitstimes.com
• JTC launches six Industrial GLS sites for 2H2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Government land site in Tanah Merah could see healthy demand despite Covid-19 pall – www.edgeprop.sg
• Prices of residential properties fall 0.6% m-o-m in April: NUS – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 26 May 2020

• Parliament: Banks approve 90% of applications to defer mortgage payments amid Covid-19 – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 25 May 2020

• Singapore Among Favourite Destinations For Chinese Property Buyers – www.propertyguru.com.sg

News updated on 22 May 2020

• Changing landscape for office sector after Covid-19 – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 21 May 2020

• Show galleries to remain closed until further notice: URA – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Oxley Holdings sells retail podium of former Chevron House for $315 mil – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 20 May 2020

• Potential buyer for Chevron House's retail, banking units offers $315m – www.straitstimes.com
• Commentary: COVID-19 will reshape the Singapore office property market outlook – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 19 May 2020

• LOGOS SECURES SINGAPORE SITE AFTER CLOSING S$1.2B IVANHOE, CPPIB FUND – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 17 May 2020

• Resales of small HDB flats slipped 10% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 16 May 2020

• New private home sales fall to five-year low in April – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 15 May 2020

• Singapore new private home sales plunge 58% in April amid COVID-19 circuit breaker – www.channelnewsasia.com
• ‘Fire sales’ of penthouses in prime districts – what you can get for under $8.8 mil – www.edgeprop.sg
• Million-dollar HDB unit at SkyTerrace @ Dawson sold during circuit breaker – www.edgeprop.sg
• Post-Covid-19 recovery in private residential market expected to be similar to post-H1N1 rally – www.edgeprop.sg
• CBRE’s Moray Armstrong sees ‘a raft of opportunities’ post-Covid-19 – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 14 May 2020

• Singapore posts 78% fall in property investment volume in Q1: report – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Property investments down 78% YoY to $613.79m in Q1: study – sbr.com.sg
• Home buyers turning to virtual viewings of property during circuit breaker period – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 13 May 2020

• Property buyers get temporary reprieve from making payments under Covid-19 law – www.straitstimes.com
• Frasers Property CEO warns 'business as usual' is not an option as 2Q earnings drop – www.edgeprop.sg
• Home buyers active in April despite circuit breaker: Knight Frank – www.edgeprop.sg
• Condo, HDB rental volumes plunge more than 36% in April from March – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Condo rents up 1.8% in April – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 12 May 2020

• Singapore condo resales plunge 57% in April amid circuit breaker period: SRX – www.straitstimes.com
• CDL sells more Singapore properties in Q1 but at lower sales value; shuts 30% of hotels amid Covid-19 lockdowns – www.straitstimes.com
• April home sales dive 62%; May unlikely to see improvement – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Prime grade office rents down 1.1% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 11 May 2020

• Rent regulation needed to sustain Singapore’s competitiveness – theindependent.sg
• Ikea to launch new concept store in Jem next year – www.edgeprop.sg
• HDB resale prices tipped to decline 1.3% in 2020 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 10 May 2020

• 2020 posts highest first-quarter resale volume in eight years – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 9 May 2020

• Some expats in S'pore asking for rental cuts – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 8 May 2020

• Urban farming in Singapore – www.edgeprop.sg
• Expats in Singapore ask for rent cuts as employers face squeeze – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• HDB resale flat volume falls 78.3% in April; only 423 units changed hands amid circuit breaker measures – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 7 May 2020

• Developers get reprieve on completion, sale, ABSD, QC deadlines – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 6 May 2020

• Singapore Unveils Temporary Relief Measures for Property Firms – www.bloomberg.com
• Govt rolls out temporary relief measures for property sector amid pandemic – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Residential mortgage auction listings jump 61% in 2019 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Home prices may further drop in Q2 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 5 May 2020

• Half of developers likely to cut prices of Singapore new launches – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Occupancy of homes in OCR rose to 95.9% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 4 May 2020

• Cheap condos dominate Q1 sales to top three foreign buyers – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 3 May 2020

• Foreign buyers bought fewer homes in Q1 – sbr.com.sg
• Luxury condo sales surged 72% in Q1 despite weak property market – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 30 April 2020

• HDB launches exec condo site in Yishun, extends tender period to 6 months due to Covid-19 – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore’s Reits continue to be squeezed by coronavirus fallout and measures, with government support bringing little relief – www.scmp.com

News updated on 28 April 2020

• Singapore home prices set for first decline since 2016 as economic recession bites, Colliers says – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 26 April 2020

• Auction listings dipped 3.5% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 25 April 2020

• S'pore retail and office prices, rents fall in Q1 – www.straitstimes.com
• Q1 private home prices fall 1%, less than initially estimated – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 24 April 2020

• Cooling measures may have spared property market greater pain – www.straitstimes.com
• Industrial prices, rents face coronavirus pandemic pressure – www.straitstimes.com
• Opportunistic buyers snap up deals amid circuit breaker lull – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 23 April 2020

• Industrial rents, prices face downward pressure due to coronavirus spread: JTC – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 22 April 2020

• Tenants in limbo as some coworking firms work out arrangements for rental rebates – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Prime rents in Orchard Road fall 1.4% in 1Q2020 – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 21 April 2020

• Secondary condo sales slumped 25.3% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 18 April 2020

• Perennial sells 30% stake in 111 Somerset to Shun Tak for $155m – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 17 April 2020

• Sales galleries and showflats go online – www.edgeprop.sg
• Singapore Residential Sales Rose 20% In Q1: Huttons Asia – www.propertyguru.com.sg

News updated on 16 April 2020

• Industrial rents in Singapore to moderate in 2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Coronavirus: New measures to give Reits more flexibility in raising funds, managing cash flow – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 15 April 2020

• Singapore home sales set for harder hit as lockdown tightened – www.nst.com.my
• New home sales down 37.4% in March: URA – sbr.com.sg
• Condo rents up 3.2% in March – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 14 April 2020

• Singapore property investment sales may dive up to 70% in 2020 – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Property investment sales plunge 37% in Q1 amid virus crisis: Report – www.straitstimes.com
• Lendlease rolls out Covid-19 community relief efforts across Asia – www.edgeprop.sg
• Condo resale prices up 0.4% in March – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 13 April 2020

• Property investments fell 37% to $3.02b in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 12 April 2020

• Singapore property investment sales take coronavirus hit with 37% Q1 drop: Report – www.straitstimes.com
• Coronavirus: Singapore property prices set to tumble, fire sales ‘unlikely’ – www.scmp.com

News updated on 9 April 2020

• HDB resale prices up 0.7%in March – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 7 April 2020

• Parliament: Law compelling landlords to pass on property tax rebates to tenants 'doesn't make them worse off', says DPM Heng – www.straitstimes.com
• MAS waives TDSR limits for borrowers seeking to defer mortgage repayments – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 6 April 2020

• Mandarin Orchard Singapore to rebrand as Hilton property – www.businesstraveller.com
• More rental support for govt's industrial, office, agri tenants – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• City Development's retail tenants get full rental rebates in April, 50% in May – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Bigger rent waiver for industrial, office, agricultural tenants: Heng Swee Keat – www.straitstimes.com
• Will co-living survive in Singapore's fast-changing rental market? – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 5 April 2020

• Kopar at Newton sees 77 units sold ahead of enforced shut down of all sales galleries – www.edgeprop.sg
• Over 9,000 home units set to launch in 2020 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 4 April 2020

• Developers told to suspend all showflat galleries for a month – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 3 April 2020

• Covid-19: New laws to compel landlords to pass on property tax rebate – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Retail unit facing Tanglin Road sold for S$43m – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Reits sold down as investors fret over challenges facing landlords – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Co-working firm JustCo rolls out rebate for members – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 2 April 2020

• Government to introduce legislation to make landlords pass on property tax rebates to tenants 'in full' – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Tenants need ‘unprecedented’ rent relief amid COVID-19 outbreak, say retail and F&B groups – www.channelnewsasia.com
• ASCENDAS REIT BUYS OUT MITSUI STAKE IN SG BUSINESS PARK FOR S$103M – www.mingtiandi.com
• DBS says Singapore retail Reits 'in for rough ride' – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Analysts predict up to 8% full-year drop in private home prices – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Data centre, industrial, healthcare Reits most resilient in recent sell-off – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• HDB resale prices flat in Q1 amid Covid-19 outbreak – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• HDB resale price index remains unchanged for 1Q2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Malaysians bought less condos from fringe districts in 2019 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 1 April 2020

• Private property prices fall 1.2% in Q1: URA flash estimates – www.channelnewsasia.com
• HDB resale price index remains unchanged for 1Q2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• IPS proposes to sell Kallang factory to StorHub for S$26m – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Ascendas Reit takes 25% stake in Galaxis for S$102.9m – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Analysts don’t expect private property prices to tumble, despite fall in Q1 based on prelim data – www.todayonline.com
• Average monthly rent for Singapore expats swells 1.4% – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 31 March 2020

• Coronavirus: Individuals can apply to defer property loan, insurance premium payments; Singapore SMEs to get cash flow support – www.straitstimes.com

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