Mar 11, 2014 | Singapore Property Market
By Paul Ho (Guest Contributor) The numerous property cooling regulations imposed by the MND, URA, MAS and IRAS have done much to curb the speculative fever in the property market, but regulations to stop the latent demand are futile. In short, if there are 20,000...
Feb 25, 2014 | Singapore Property Market
By Mr. Propwise Okay so you’ve read various outlooks for the property market in 2014 and beyond, you’ve heard everyone’s arguments about why the property market should go up (yes someone actually predicted that), down or sideways. But what you really want to know is –...
Mar 19, 2013 | Singapore Property Market
By Mr. Propwise By now you’ve read the scary headlines – new home sales in February “plunged” by 65% on a month-on-month basis to 708 units (excluding Executive Condominiums), versus the 2,013 units sold in January. Sounds like a big drop doesn’t it? Looking more...
Dec 28, 2012 | Singapore Property Market
By Mr. Propwise It’s that time of the year where we sum up what happened in 2012 and peer into 2013 to divine where the market may go. While I’m not a fan of forecasting (the type that says “the market will fall by 5% in the second quarter”) because I believe that the...
Dec 18, 2012 | Singapore Property Market
By Mr. Propwise On 14 December 2012 the Ministry of National Development (MND) announced the Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme for the first half of 2013. A total of 23 residential, two commercial, four hotel, and three mixed-use sites were announced. These sites...