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Singapore housing and property
A look at Singapore's property market including trends, housing policy and home ownership options for both foreign and domestic buyers.
Updated: 08 Sep, 2020
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In Singapore, can monster malls scare retail woes away?
Instead of shrinking from the growth of e-commerce, developers are doubling down on large-scale mixed developments – but uncertainties remain over the future of physical retail.
02 Dec, 2019
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Singapore’s worrying trend of homeowners defaulting on mortgages
As the economy in the Lion City slows, more are defaulting on their home loans. Meanwhile, private homes continue to be built, prompting analysts to warn of an oversupply.
07 Oct, 2019
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In wealthy Singapore, about 1,000 people sleep rough every night
In the city where part of the Crazy Rich Asians movie was filmed and where the home ownership rate stands at more than 90 per cent, a forgotten few sleep outside.
08 Nov, 2019
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China’s new wave of ‘mid-tier’ investors set sights on Singapore property
Members of mainland China’s burgeoning middle class are increasingly looking to park their wealth outside the country, and as Hong Kong is roiled by anti-government protests, the Lion City has become a more attractive option.
25 Dec, 2019
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Analysis | Why Hong Kong cannot copy Singapore’s public housing success
Hong Kong’s struggles to house its population don’t just stem from its shortage of land, and looking to the Lion City as a model is unrealistic.
05 May, 2019
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How Singapore’s Sentosa Cove went from Crazy Rich Asians to a poor man’s Bali
Singapore’s Sentosa Cove was once touted as a home for the rich and famous. Twenty years on, with property prices in the doldrums, some wonder if it is more Bali than Monte Carlo. Still, there are signs its fortunes have turned.
01 Apr, 2019
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‘Hype, smoke, and hot air’ clouding Singapore real estate
There is no shortage of optimism about the Lion City’s housing market, but experts say that confidence is misplaced amid rising foreclosures, stagnating home loans growth and the worsening global economic outlook.
12 Aug, 2019
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Are Singapore’s 99-year leases about to become an election issue?
Public housing owners in Singapore fear heavy losses as their leases run out. But with an election looming, the government will surely step in. Won’t it?
02 Mar, 2020
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These Singaporeans won the housing lottery. Did money buy happiness?
A group of Singaporeans in their 60s and 70s became millionaires overnight when their condos were bought in collective sales by land-hungry developers. But it’s not all smooth-sailing, as health woes and other issues persist
02 Nov, 2019
