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News updated on 28 March 2020

• Singapore hotels 51% full in Feb, room revenues drop 40% – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 27 March 2020

• Chip Eng Seng tests Kopar at prices from $2,100 psf – www.edgeprop.sg
• Higher property tax rebates to keep businesses afloat – www.edgeprop.sg
• China tycoon sells S$14m of ESR-Reit and IReit units in a fortnight – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 26 March 2020

• OUE to rebrand Mandarin Orchard as largest Hilton hotel in Asia-Pacific – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Higher property tax rebates to keep businesses afloat – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 25 March 2020

• Coronavirus closures may hit Singapore Reits harder than the global financial crisis – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 24 March 2020

• Sengkang EC OLÁ sells 30% of units on first weekend – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 23 March 2020

• Singapore's Growing Home Price Divide Continues in 2020 – www.worldpropertyjournal.com

News updated on 19 March 2020

• 15% of OLÁ units to be priced under S$1m – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Covid-19 may amplify attractiveness of Singapore’s real estate market – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 18 March 2020

• Coronavirus: Singapore housing projects using prefab parts stalled by Malaysia lockdown – www.straitstimes.com
• Flexspace: winning the long game – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 17 March 2020

• Despite looming global recession, Singapore private residential property market still a safe-haven – www.theonlinecitizen.com

News updated on 16 March 2020

• New home sales up 114% in Feb, amid virus outbreak – www.straitstimes.com
• New private homes sales up 57.3% in February amid COVID-19 situation – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Singapore home sales jump, defying Asia property weakness – www.thestar.com.my

News updated on 13 March 2020

• Dawson HDB flats cross million-dollar threshold soon after MOP – www.edgeprop.sg
• Real estate still attractive despite short-term turbulence – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 12 March 2020

• Condo, HDB rents and volumes up in Feb: SRX – www.straitstimes.com
• Mortgagee sale listings could hit new record in 2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• How will Covid-19 outbreak impact the Singapore property market? – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 11 March 2020

• Singapore 2020 property auction listings may rise 10% – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Condo resale prices, volume fall in Feb – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 10 March 2020

• Condo resale prices and sales drop in February, hurt by coronavirus outbreak – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore property auction listings could rise 10% in 2020 due to coronavirus outbreak: report – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 6 March 2020

• What’s the difference between a ‘luxury branded’ EC and a regular EC? – cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 5 March 2020

• Singapore tops Asian outbound real estate investment for 2nd consecutive year: CBRE – www.retalkasia.com
• HDB resale market 'resilient' in February even though fewer flats change hands – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 4 March 2020

• Tenders for three housing sites close – www.straitstimes.com
• Tenders for three housing sites close – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 3 March 2020

• Are Singapore’s 99-year leases and falling property prices about to become an election issue? – www.scmp.com
• Buyer's market for private homes due to unsold units: CBRE – www.straitstimes.com
• Buyer's market for private homes due to unsold units: CBRE – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 2 March 2020

• Retail property rents may take hit this year amid outbreak: Study – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 1 March 2020

• What Covid-19 does to already fragile residential market – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 29 February 2020

• DC rates change announced by Chief Valuer – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Development charge cuts could help developers – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 28 February 2020

• DC rates trimmed 0.2% on average for non-landed residential use – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Singapore hotels: A legacy of resilience – www.edgeprop.sg
• SPH Reit to offer tailored relief packages for tenants – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 27 February 2020

• The Porcelain Hotel in Chinatown up for sale at $115 mil – www.edgeprop.sg
• Singapore real estate market to remain resilient in 2020 amid muted economic performance and uncertainty – www.cbre.com.sg
• Rents in Singapore hit three-year high as expat demand surges – www.theedgemarkets.com

News updated on 26 February 2020

• Colliers outlines real estate opportunities by referencing trends during SARS outbreak – www.edgeprop.sg
• Here's what property owners can do amidst the virus crisis – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 25 February 2020

• JTC launches two Industrial GLS sites for 1H2020 – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 23 February 2020

• Wing Tai sells 70% of The M over launch weekend – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 21 February 2020

• UOL to pass property tax rebates on to tenants at its 3 malls – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Bukit Sembawang sells nearly two-thirds of homes at Luxus Hills' final phase – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Changi Airport tenants get 50% rental rebate for six months – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Bukit Sembawang sells 65% of final phase at 999-year Luxus Hills – www.edgeprop.sg
• Applying property investment lessons from SARS to the COVID-19 outbreak – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 20 February 2020

• Easing Singapore property curbs not on radar: DPM Heng – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Why there are no goodies for property developers in Budget 2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Singapore Budget 2020: Property tax rebates a key part of $4b support package: Analysts – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 18 February 2020

• IOB Building in Cecil Street up for sale with $217.7m guide price – www.straitstimes.com
• Parc Canberra EC sells 64% of units at launch – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore Budget 2020: Property tax rebates a welcome boost, but will it be enough if outbreak, downturn are protracted? – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 17 February 2020

• New private home sales rebound after year-end holidays; strongest January showing in 7 years – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Singapore developers sell 618 private homes excluding ECs in Jan, up 14.9% from Dec – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• New home sales surged 41.4% in January: URA – www.msn.com
• Singapore considers floating structures as solution to land scarcity – www.asiapropertyawards.com
• Coronavirus threatens fragile gains in retail, industrial real estate – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 15 February 2020

• Singapore's property market can withstand the impact of Covid-19 – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 14 February 2020

• No award of tender for Woodlands industrial site – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Tech firms drive up premium office rents in Singapore – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 13 February 2020

• Leasing volume lower in January; market likely to slow down – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 12 February 2020

• Condo and HDB rents rise in January on lower volume; coronavirus outbreak may hit leasings – www.straitstimes.com
• Condo and HDB rents rise in January on lower volume; coronavirus outbreak may hit leasings – www.straitstimes.com
• Condo rentals rose 0.9% in January – sbr.com.sg
• HDB rents up 0.8% in January – sbr.com.sg
• Tiong Seng bags two home development contracts worth $123.9m – sbr.com.sg
• Singapore Shopping Centre back on en bloc market with S$255m price tag – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 11 February 2020

• Condo resale prices and volume rise in January, ahead of any coronavirus impact – www.straitstimes.com
• Search HDB Launches 3,095 Flats in February 2020 BTO Exercise – www.hdb.gov.sg
• Aberdeen Standard adds first Singapore asset to global real estate portfolio – realassets.ipe.com
• Condo resale prices up 2.3% in January – sbr.com.sg
• HDB launches 3,095 flats in Toa Payoh, Sembawang in first exercise of 2020 – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 10 February 2020

• https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/frasers-property-unit-acquires-manager-of-singapore-malls-office-building – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 9 February 2020

• Coronavirus outbreak: Impact on Singapore real estate – www.straitstimes.com
• PHOENIX SELLS SINGAPORE SHOPHOUSES TO ABERDEEN STANDARD FOR S$54M – www.mingtiandi.com
• Half of all new two-room flexi flats bought by seniors, 40-year lease most popular: HDB – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 8 February 2020

• Exemptions for some listed developers unlikely to have major impact on property prices: Experts | Video – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 7 February 2020

• Singapore Property Rule Easing May Start Regulatory Shift – www.bloomberg.com
• Listed Singapore developers can get exemption from QC scheme – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 6 February 2020

• Hmlet launches more co-living properties in Tiong Bahru – www.straitstimes.com
• Long-time tenants at Sungei Kadut to move into new facilities as part of estate's revamp – www.straitstimes.com
• Chart of the Day: Foreigner-bought posh home sales held steady in 2018-19 – sbr.com.sg
• Enhanced CPF housing grants boosted HDB resale market in H2 2019 – sbr.com.sg
• HDB resale prices up 0.3% in January – sbr.com.sg
• Hmlet launches more co-living properties in Tiong Bahru – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 5 February 2020

• Yield from CPF may surpass that for private homes: Study – www.straitstimes.com
• Chart of the Day: Tech firms beat finance companies in filling office spaces in 9M 2019 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 4 February 2020

• Retirement savings may best real estate returns in Singapore – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 2 February 2020

• Low interest rates and high foreign capital bright spots in property capital markets: CBRE – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 31 January 2020

• Property investment sales to accelerate across all segments in 2020 – sbr.com.sg
• Newer HDB flats reach record sales in 2019 – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Wing Fong Mansions and Wing Fong Court in Geylang for sale – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Residential investment sales plunged 70% in Q4 2019 – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Private residential property market expected to ‘remain resilient’ in 2020: REDAS – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Private residential property market expected to ‘remain resilient’ in 2020: REDAS – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 30 January 2020

• Colliers forecasts Singapore property investment sales to cross S$31b in 2020 – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Property investment sales to accelerate across all segments in 2020 – sbr.com.sg
• Singapore home prices expected to grow 3% in 2020: Colliers – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 29 January 2020

• JTC launches tender for industrial site in Tuas South – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Singapore's real estate market is 9th most dynamic in the world, Sea Group buys Canadian game developer Phoenix Group – sbr.com.sg
• Chart of the Day: 2.2 million sqm of industrial space to be completed in 2020 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 28 January 2020

• Chart of the Day: 170 uncompleted strata-titled industrial units up for sale in Q4 2019 – sbr.com.sg
• Home prices jumped 2.7% in 2019: URA – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 24 January 2020

• Why Singapore's property market is booming – www.asiaone.com
• Luxury Real Estate in Singapore Draws Rich Chinese – www.finews.asia
• Mortgagee sale listings in 2019 increase by 61% – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• ESR-REIT's CEO outlines merger benefits, growth plans – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Flight to quality continues in industrial property as tenants flock to limited high-spec space – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Office rents in central region eases 3.2% in fourth quarter – www.straitstimes.com
• HDB rents inched up 1.3% YoY in December – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 23 January 2020

• Singapore private home prices up 0.5% in Q4, 2.7% for 2019 as take-up drops 13.5% for year – www.straitstimes.com
• Private property prices rise 2.7% last year, led by landed homes – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Prices of industrial space down 0.2% q-on-q in Q4 2019, rents flat: JTC – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Retail space rents grew 2.3% in Q4 2019 – sbr.com.sg
• Office rents edged down 3.2% in Q4 2019 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 22 January 2020

• Amoy Street, Bukit Pasoh conservation shophouses up for sale – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Why Singapore's property market is booming – www.asiaone.com
• CapitaLand sets sights on APAC REIT market with proposed merger of CapitaLand Mall Trust and CapitaLand Commercial Trust – www.capitaland.com
• Chart of the Day: Retail occupancy rates in Orchard/Scotts Road hit 94.2% in Q3 2019 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 21 January 2020

• F&B firm offers to buy Jurong West coffee shop for $31m: Report – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 20 January 2020

• Chart of the Day: Industrial property supply to hit 26.2 million sqft by 2022 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 19 January 2020

• Office space leads Singapore's property scene as deal value jumps 53.5% in 2019 – sbr.com.sg
• Chart of the Day: Occupancy rates of private industrial spaces remained flat in Q3 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 17 January 2020

• New private home sales up almost 15%, thanks to HDB upgraders – www.straitstimes.com
• Appetite for land subsides after en bloc fever dissipates – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 16 January 2020

• CapitaLand wins tender to manage Bugis Village and Bugis Street – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• 2019 new home sales top 10,000 units, up 15% from year ago – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Proposed dementia village at Gibraltar Crescent, Sembawang, draws one bid – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Appetite for land subsides after en bloc fever dissipates – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 15 January 2020

• Rents for private non-landed homes and HDB flats rise in December 2019 from a year ago – www.straitstimes.com
• New private home sales in December down 53% from November, 10.6% drop from year ago: URA data – www.straitstimes.com
• Condo resale prices inch up in 2019, but sales plunge – www.straitstimes.com
• Developers sell 538 private homes excluding ECs in Dec, down 53% m-o-m: URA – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• 6 Chinatown shophouses up for sale with S$141m guide price – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Property auction listings surge as mortgage defaults hit owners in 2019 – sbr.com.sg
• MIT buys 10 data centres in North America for $750.1m – sbr.com.sg
• Chart of the Day: Almost 20,000 HDB units per annum to hit MOP in 2020 onwards – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 14 January 2020

• Condo resale prices eke out 1.7% gain in 2019 as number sold drops 27%: SRX data – www.straitstimes.com
• Freehold 12-unit Casa Sophia sold en bloc for S$29m – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Tee International to sell Tee Land stake to Amcorp for S$50.62m – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Citizens from new markets among buyers of top condos here – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Grade A office rents to see slowest growth in four years – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 13 January 2020

• Office spot rents likely to plateau in 2020 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 12 January 2020

• Greener HDB projects to be ready from this year – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 10 January 2020

• CDL top bidder for Irwell Bank Rd housing site – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 9 January 2020

• 3% fall in HDB resale flats sold in December even as prices dip slightly – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• HDB resale prices dipped 0.3% in December 2019 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 8 January 2020

• Sim Lim Square fails in 2nd collective sale bid; 11 shops put up for sale – www.straitstimes.com
• More shophouses up for sale in three areas – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 7 January 2020

• Singapore hailed as third most attractive real estate market – sbr.com.sg
• Chart of the Day: Home price growth moderated to 0.3% in Q4 2019 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 6 January 2020

• Green Court in Geylang up for collective sale with reserve price of $28m – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore hailed as third most attractive real estate market – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 5 January 2020

• Marina Mandarin gets new name under UIC – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 2 January 2020

• Singapore private home prices up 0.3% in Q4, 2.5% for 2019: URA flash data – www.straitstimes.com
• Private property prices rise 2.5% in 2019, down from 7.9% in previous year – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 1 January 2020

• Look Ahead 2020: Property — Few policy changes ahead but Sers, co-living to excite the market – www.todayonline.com

News updated on 31 December 2019

• JTC launches 2 sites at Jalan Papan, Tuas Avenue 6 for tender – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 30 December 2019

• What is the outlook for Singapore property market in 2020? – sg.finance.yahoo.com

News updated on 23 December 2019

• House price growth slows down in Singapore – www.globalpropertyguide.com
• Why Singapore’s commercial real estate is red hot – www.theinvestor.jll

News updated on 21 December 2019

• Singapore property market expected to hold steady in 2020 – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• China property giant Greenland Group also gunning for digital wholesale bank licence in Singapore – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 20 December 2019

• URA offers sweeteners to Midpoint Orchard, Orchard OG and Faber House to join hands in redevelopment drive – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 19 December 2019

• Singapore private home prices to rise 2% in 2020, 2021: Fitch Ratings – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Singapore property investment volume 'respectable' despite 31.8% drop in 2019: CBRE – www.straitstimes.com
• Private home prices set to grow 2%: Fitch – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 18 December 2019

• Singapore easing property curbs seen unlikely as election looms – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• CapitaLand's Ascott steps up global spread, adding 7,500 units in 2019 – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 17 December 2019

• Expansion to cycling network in Singapore could be brought forward by 'a couple of years': Lam Pin Min – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore high-end apartments a magnet for Chinese buyers – www.bangkokpost.com

News updated on 16 December 2019

• New private home sales rebound in November amid supply glut: URA data – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore home sales surge in Nov amid apartment glut – www.bangkokpost.com
• Singapore home sales surge in Nov amid apartment glut – www.bangkokpost.com

News updated on 12 December 2019

• Singapore condo rents up in November, HDB rents slip: SRX – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• CDL chief calls for easing of property curbs – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Enhanced Housing Grant (EHG) — How Much Do You Get & How Does It Affect Your First HDB Flat Purchase? – blog.moneysmart.sg
• JustCo to open new Singapore, Seoul co-working centres – www.straitstimes.com
• ABSD 'extension' may ease property glut but experts flag limp demand – www.straitstimes.com
• S'pore policies 'causing glut' – www.thestandard.com.hk

News updated on 11 December 2019

• Singapore home glut tied to official curbs, key developer says – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• New MRT map launched with Circle Line as focal point – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 10 December 2019

• Singapore still top real estate investment market – www.bworldonline.com

News updated on 9 December 2019

• Singapore has a property glut that could take years to clear – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 5 December 2019

• Hakka association selling 13 semi-detached houses at Bt Timah with S$38m guide price – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 3 December 2019

• Property market stable but faces risks: Desmond Lee – www.straitstimes.com
• Government keeps steady supply of private housing for first half of 2020 land sales programme – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 29 November 2019

• Post-cooling measures, property prices 'closer to fundamentals' – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 28 November 2019

• Singapore property prices decoupled from global yield chase, speculators: IMF study – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Singapore property market faces risks from unsold units, uncertain economy: MAS – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 25 November 2019

• Chinese investors choose Singapore over Hong Kong for ‘diversification’ — but things could change – www.cnbc.com

News updated on 21 November 2019

• CapitaLand is selling The Star Vista to New Creation Church for S$300m and turning 1980s Liang Court into high-end homes – www.businessinsider.sg
• CapitaLand, CDL, Ascott Reit to redevelop Liang Court into mixed-use complex – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Singapore, Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City, Sydney and Melbourne will be top investment markets in Asia Pacific for 2020: report – www.retalkasia.com

News updated on 18 November 2019

• The Barracks Hotel Sentosa by Far East Hospitality to open in December – sgx.i3investor.com

News updated on 16 November 2019

• Changi's Jewel shines with top global award for retail real-estate projects – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Changing tides of foreign buying – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 15 November 2019

• October private home sales down 27% from previous month – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 14 November 2019

• Condo rents slip in October, HDB rents inch up: SRX – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 13 November 2019

• Singapore condo resale prices extend climb in October: SRX – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• HDB launches 8,170 new flats in November sales exercise, includes 3 Tengah BTO projects – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 12 November 2019

• Singapore beats Hong Kong for property investment prospects – www.bangkokpost.com

News updated on 8 November 2019

• Developers confident of beating 2020 ABSD deadline – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 6 November 2019

• Slower pace of price depreciation for younger and older HDB resale flats in Q3: report – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 1 November 2019

• CapitaLand to divest 30 business park properties in the USA and Singapore to Ascendas Reit for S$1.66 billion – www.capitaland.com

News updated on 27 October 2019

• Singapore a top spot for Hong Kong commercial property investors in first half of 2019 – www.todayonline.com

News updated on 26 October 2019

• Strong private home sales, prices point to stabilising property market – www.straitstimes.com
• Office prices fall, retail rents up in central region – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 25 October 2019

• 10 private estates to get S$29 million upgrading – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Singapore private home prices continue to rise in Q3 – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 23 October 2019

• Bishan may get 1,500 new BTO flats by 2025 – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 18 October 2019

• Property investment sales up 33.8% to $8b in Q3 – sbr.com.sg

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