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Set in the heart of the US$30 billion Marina bay, Asia's most exciting urban lifestyle hub, the 66- storey, 239-metre tall Marina Bay Suites sets new standards for exquisite luxury living in Marina Bay. Fortunate residents will enjoy dynamic city skyline vistas and exclusive views of the elegant Central Linear park. An oasis of peace and tranquility in the heart of the new Downtown, the Central Linear...

Artist Impression of the Entrance & Security Outpost @ Jardin Location : Jalan Anak Bukit / Dunearn Road • Former Yeo Hiap Seng Site; • Infront of Garden Vista - A 99yrs Leasehold currently sells @$1300/psf by the same developer- Far East Organization) • Within 1km from Methodist Girl’s School & Pei Hwa Presby Pri Sch • Cold Storage (King Albert Park) & NTUC (Bukit Timah...

Marina Bay Suites is seeing strong demand despite uncertainty in the market, according to its marketing agents. Both CB Richard Ellis and DTZ Debenham Tie Leung say they've received significant numbers of enquiries from both local and foreign buyers. What goes up may not necessarily come down, even in these uncertain times. Demand for these luxury apartment units overlooking Marina Bay seems almost...

Keppel Land has appointed Bellingham Marine Industries to design and build marinas on its waterfront properties in the region. The first is Marina at Keppel Bay, located within the Keppel Bay precinct. This will have floating berths that can accommodate 170 yachts of up to 250 feet. The berths will be built over two phases. The first phase will cost S$9 million and will have 75 berths. Keppel Land says...

Letter from STEVE K NGO I REFER to the report, “Private home sales shrink 46%” (Jan 16). I am disturbed by the apparent obsession of “industry experts” in Singapore to over-stimulate the property market by painting a picture that is rosier than the situation dictates, particularly so in the midst of a looming financial crisis. The truth is that the crunch is already upon us, with the United...

Allow potential buyers to make higher use of CPF to own a home Letter from ANTHONY TAN LIKE many first-time flat buyers, I am having great difficulty getting a Housing and Development Board (HDB) unit so that I can start a family. To buy a unit, you can either ballot for one or buy one on the resale market. But at last month’s balloting exercise, there were 5,147 applicants for 316 available units. It...

Demand for ‘condo-like’ HDB flats outstrip supply by five times. APPLICATIONS for the second batch of condo-like HDB flats, near Boon Keng MRT station, closed yesterday, with demand outstripping supply by five times. As of 6pm yesterday, City View @ Boon Keng, part of HDB’s Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS), attracted 3,499 applications for the 714 flats up for sale. About 50 more applications...

Homebuyers were more cautious and realistic when paying for new properties last month, according to analysts’ assessment of the latest data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The figures showed the number of new properties sold in December was just half of those sold in the previous month. After peaking at 1,800 units in August, monthly sales of new private properties have dropped to just 291...

Lull normal during year-end holiday season: Analysts The number of new private homes sold in December about halved from the month earlier, but analysts attribute the drop to the year-end holiday season and say it is not necessarily an indication that the property market has peaked. According to data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday, 328 new private residential units were sold in...

ONLY 39 buildings made the mark last year. But just two weeks into 2008, nearly 120 building projects, both private and public, are lined up and eager for a Green Mark rating. The idea of building sustainability is gaining acceptance among industry players and builders, even as need and legislation are providing the added impetus. "So far, over 70 buildings have been Green-Mark-certified, and many more...