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Singapore home sales fall for second month as demand weakens
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/05/2025
» Singapore private home sales fell for a second month as demand for new projects dimmed at a time when trade tensions are fuelling unease about the economic outlook.
Generation Rent
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 02/12/2024
» Potential homebuyers from Gen Y and Z face significant obstacles to owning a home, with the primary one limited access to mortgages.
Singapore home sales reach 11-month high
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/11/2024
» Singapore home sales rose to the highest level in nearly a year, after developers released more inventory in suburban districts.
Property rules could mimic Singapore
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 03/07/2024
» The government should ensure Thais can afford homes and should limit the areas for extending foreign ownership of condos to specific zones, even within a single province, to avoid opposition, says a property research firm.
Cabinet endorses property stimulus
Business, Phusadee Arunmas and Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 10/04/2024
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved fresh property measures, including new cuts of the transfer fee and raising the limit for home and condo prices eligible for the transfer and mortgage registration fee benefits to 7 million baht, up from the current level of less than 3 million.
Chinese buyers benefited from Hong Kong's property curbs removal
South China Morning Post, Published on 26/03/2024
» HONG KONG: Mainland Chinese buyers are aggressively snapping up new luxury homes worth HK$30 million (140 million baht) or more since the removal of all of Hong Kong's property curbs last month, JLL said.
Hong Kong home sales sink to 33-year low
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/01/2024
» Property transactions in Hong Kong descended to the lowest level in 33 years in 2023 as sentiment among potential homebuyers was submerged under a deluge of poor economic news and high interest rates, although December's sales figures showed some rebound.
Contractors push for tax incentive
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 31/10/2023
» The government should offer tax incentives to buyers of self-built homes as it can contribute to the economy, increase stamp duty revenue and deter irresponsible builders, says the Home Builder Association.
Singapore’s sky-high rents show first signs of cooling
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/08/2023
» Singapore’s rental price growth slowed in the second quarter, cooling a years-long boom that has sapped affordability and threatened to dent the city-state’s appeal as a finance hub.
Hong Kongers shun Singapore for homes in Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/08/2019
» SINGAPORE: Singapore’s housing market isn’t turning out to be the beneficiary many may have thought from Hong Kong’s increasingly fraught protests. Instead, investors are looking to cheaper property markets like Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan.