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Singapore private home rents steady; boost expected from curbs, en-bloc sales

Rentals for condominiums and private apartments continued to stabilize in July while the more volatile rents for HDB flats reversed direction and rose, with both markets enjoying a pickup in activity, according to SRX yesterday. Flash estimates from SRX real estate portal show rents for non-landed private homes saw no month-on-month change in July after inching down 0.1 per cent in June. Private...

Latest cooling measures to bite harder than earlier ones: CDL

The group chief executive of City Developments Ltd (CDL), Sherman Kwek, says the impact of the property cooling measures rolled out last month will be rather different from that in the 2010-to-early-2013 period. Despite successive rounds of cooling measures being rolled out during those years, private home buyers managed to get round the negativity and continue pushing on, he recalled. Developers...

CDL posts 79.5% rise in Q2 profit on the back of strong sales

City Developments Limited’s (CDL) second-quarter net profit soared 79.5 per cent from a year ago, on the back of strong sales. The property developer on Wednesday (Aug 8) posted a net profit of S$204.8 million, up from S$114.1 million in the same period a year ago. The rise came alongside an almost 60 per cent increase in revenue for the quarter to S$1.36 billion, compared with S$854 million last...

CapitaLand Q2 net profit up 4.4% to S$605 million

Singapore developer CapitaLand's second-quarter net profit rose 4.4 per cent from a year ago to S$605 million, boosted by contributions from newly acquired investment properties in Singapore, China and Germany as well as revaluation gains. These were partially offset by lower portfolio gains and contribution from the group's residential business, CapitaLand said in a statement on Wednesday (Aug 8)...

Latest property-cooling measures may present buying opportunities: CapitaLand CEO

Singapore's latest round of property curbs are probably enough to cool the market, and may present buying opportunities, the head of the Republic's biggest developer said. "With the recent property curbs, we see new situations, new opportunities arising," CapitaLand chief executive Lim Ming Yan said in a Bloomberg Television interview on Wednesday (Aug 8). The Republic took additional steps to reign...

Tapering Singapore office supply gives landlords room to increase rents

Singapore’s office market is in the early stages of a recovery as tapering office supply and strong pre-commitment levels have caused the office vacancy rate to decline, offering landlords higher bargaining power to increase rents. “Office rent is expected to increase by 20 to 25 per cent between 2018 and 2020, of which 12 to 16 per cent is expected in 2018,” said Ms Regina Lim, head of capital...

The Regalia at River Valley Close for sale at $403m

The Regalia, a freehold condo at 2 River Valley Close, has been put up for public tender. The property has 112 apartments and four penthouses, sits on a site of 63,371 sq ft and commands "prominent corner dual road frontages" of about 150m along River Valley Close and River Valley Road, according to CBRE, the sole marketing agent for the collective sale. The owners have indicated a guide price of...

Resale prices of non-landed private homes went up 1 per cent in July: SRX

Resale prices of condominiums and private apartments climbed 1 per cent in July from the previous month, as the number of transactions dipped by 2.8 per cent, based on flash estimates from real estate portal SRX Property. Resale prices increased by 12.3 per cent on a year-on-year basis, while transaction volumes went down by 1.5 per cent. Prices have climbed 9 per cent since the beginning of this...

UOB launches fully digital home loan service

Prospective home owners will now find it easier to apply for home loans with the launch of United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) fully digital home loan system, the bank said on Tuesday (Aug 7). The new system includes the first bank-backed instant property valuation service in Singapore, and matches buyers to bankers via the GetBanker digital service. The service sees UOB partnering with four other...

The Tre Ver sells over 140 of 200 units in first hours of launch

More than 140 units of The Tre Ver, a new 99-year leasehold condominium in Potong Pasir, were sold within the first three hours of its launch on Saturday. The sales represent over 70 per cent of the 200 units released in Phase 1. The project, designed by Woha Architects, is developed by UVD (Projects), a 50:50 joint venture between UOL group and United Industrial Corporation (UIC). Jesline Goh,...