• 1 in 5 HDB loan applicants asked for larger loans: MND
• Feb BTO exercise: Bidadari continues to see high demand
• Singapore corporates on the prowl for properties in Australia
• Golden Wall Centre eyes S$250m to S$270m in enbloc sale

Companies' Brief

• Profits of S'pore-listed companies hit by fall in oil, property prices
• JLL Singapore reshuffles its research arm
• SRX launches new property magazine
• Singapore's cleantech companies starting to take off in the region

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Possible extension for HDB shops

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• China new home prices up in Feb
• Luxury home prices in central London suffer biggest fall since 2009
• Home values in Sydney rise for 2nd straight month
• KKR Swoops in as Distress in India's Property Market Worsens
• Artis REIT, Peers Take Calgary Office Hit Amid Oil-Price Slump
• Redefine Buys Stake in $1.3 Billion Polish Real Estate Company

• HDB resale flats up 0.2% in February: SRX Property
• Cairnhill Nine's units attract strong interest
• OCBC sells 8 shophouses and strata shop units for S$31.7m
• Singapore developers 'can build on Viet market potential'
• Lease extended, but fate of Alkaff Mansion restaurant still uncertain
• Fire breaks out at Tg Pagar building site

Companies' Brief

• Hongkong Land full-year profit up 52% on non-trading gains
• CapitaLandCom to replace Noble in STI Index
• LH Group plans to acquire Pacific Star Dev in S$140m RTO deal

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Market watchers expecting slashed prices will be waiting for Godot

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Pan Sutong's Goldin Financial Holdings wins land site for HK$6.38b
• UK housing market risks rising, but lower than in 2014
• Forget the Loft: The Newest Trend in Luxury Real Estate Is Walls
• China Policy Moves Risk Property Price Bubble, PBOC Adviser Says

• Budget 2016 to focus on slowdown, economic transition: Heng Swee Keat
• 'Keep calm and carry on' as Singapore economy slows

Singapore Real Estate

• Africa beckons, as Surbana Jurong eyes 40-60% of revenue from overseas in 3-5 years
• 2016's first EC launch outperforms recent projects
• Camden Park bungalow plots owned by late-ACS principal on market
• More private property owners selling at loss as resale, rental markets weaken

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• China will struggle to reach GDP targets till 2020: analysts
• Eviction economy stands in the way of decent housing in the US
• Johor's Forest City now a duty-free zone
• Blackstone expects lower property returns as CMBS falters
• Milan eclipses Rome in home sales
• Fortress bets on Japan property
• Shanghai Property Market Is `Overheated,' Top City Official Says
• Student Lender SoFi Said to Explore Mortgage REIT Formation
• World's Best REIT Hands Fortress 700% Gain on Bets After Tsunami
• Property bubble fears in Chinese cities
• Foreign workers 'boon to KL economy'

• Vision of a 'people's garden' at Jurong Lake
• Integrating tech and nature in Jurong

Singapore Real Estate

• Ascott secures 50-unit serviced residence at one-north
• Orchard Road and Tampines foodcourts up for sale

Companies' Brief

• Frasers Centrepoint
• Hongkong Land 
• Hotel Properties
• OUE H-Trust plans S$238m rights issue to buy hotel extension

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Forest City developer presses ahead amid reclamation issues
• China set to crack down on loans for home downpayments
• HK home sales tumble 70% as slowdown intensifies
• Mitsubishi Estate to build 50b yen 'Marunouchi' of Myanmar
• Canada revs up hunt for foreign flows into housing market
• Trump-branded tower is funded by rich Chinese who invest cash for visas
• Yangon faces growing pains in real estate
• Commodities Rebound Hinges on China's Real Estate Market: Chart
• U.S. Commercial Property Prices Drop for First Time in Six Years

• More Singaporeans living in condos, fewer driving cars: National household survey
• Economist lauds countries' moves towards structural reform
• Challenging year ahead for tourism industry

Singapore Real Estate

• Condo resale prices slip 0.3% in Feb: SRX
• Suburban apartment resale prices down
• Singapore prime homes a good buy now: JLL
• The rise of 5-star hospitals in Singapore
• BCA investigating Ang Mo Kio lift that shot up 17 floors

Companies' Brief

• OUE Hospitality Trust
• Mapletree buys student housing assets for £417m

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Property firms head overseas in hope of growth and profits

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Forest City's slew of incentives seen as a big plus
• Manhattan Fifth Avenue Properties Up for Sale in Test for Market
• Auckland's Property Boom Complicates Central Bank's Next Move
• China Housing Frenzy Makes Property Bonds Fund Manager Darlings

• Changes to housing developers' rules
• Property sector still in the doldrums
• Ground appears less firm for building firms
• HDB rents more resilient than those for apartments, condos
• PropNex proposes new way to tweak ABSD
• PropNex proposes tweaks to cooling measures, says it’s time to do so
• NUS book traces progress of real-estate sector
• Date set for 2nd S'pore hearing into tycoon's Canada land dispute
• Probe into case of lift that shot up 17 floors

Companies' Brief

• Ho Bee's recurring income strategy reaping dividends
• Cache Logistics Trust

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• China housing frenzy spurs fund managers to favour property bonds
• Manhattan Fifth Avenue Properties Up for Sale in Test for Market
• China Housing Frenzy Makes Property Bonds Fund Manager Darlings

• Singapore ranked world’s most expensive city for 3rd year running
• Singapore pushes for private investments in infrastructure
• Business leaders 'less upbeat' about economy

Singapore Real Estate

• No Asia Square sale to ARA on expiry of exclusive talks
• JTC Furniture Hub @ Sungei Kadut to be completed end-2018
• Strong interest in Cairnhill Nine ahead of launch
• Buildings can play part in green fight

Companies' Brief

• Low rent reversions ahead for industrial Reits: Credit Suisse
• Singapore unfazed after India ups Reit game
• Perennial Real Estate bonds draw good demand

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Is your time running out to grab a property bargain?

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• China's consumer inflation hits 2.3%
• Carrefour maintains plan for property unit's IPO
• Central Pattana to invest 46b baht over three years
• Shanghai Property Surge May Prompt Cooling Measures: Chart
• Battle for Aman Luxury Resorts Spills Over Into New York
• Americans' Home Wealth Recovers $7 Trillion as Prices Firm
• Manhattan Luxury Rents Slide as Condo Buyers Seek Tenants

• Straits Trading unit eyeing property in Australia, Japan, S Korea, China
• Healthy demand for Cairnhill Nine and The Wisteria
• New concepts at Downtown Gallery beckon
• Raffles Medical's new mall to open soon
• Govt to ramp up lift inspections islandwide
• Home owners still ready to pay for exclusive decor: Experts

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Costliest city? People have different needs from expats
• Unwinding property cooling measures now ‘could do more harm than good’
• Why HDB flat owners are in no hurry to sell
• 'Rare' for HDB to allow flats to be sold early
• Selling home without engaging an agent

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Blackstone to sell US luxury-resort firm to China's Anbang: sources
• Some Midtown Manhattan office landlords lower rents
• Airbnb loses Virginia battle as it seeks statewide recognition across US
• Hotel industry set for more M&A deals after busy 2015
• India passes bill to regulate real estate sector
• Greenland's 19 hotels worth $4.5b could be part of a Reit

• Parliament passes changes to Economic Expansion Incentives Act
• Weak growth in 2015 to dent government revenue
• S'pore becoming more reliant on services sector

Singapore Real Estate

• Hotel New World rescuers dug with their bare hands
• Orchard Road malls seek new ways to draw the crowds
• HDB will be flexible with third HDB loan: Lawrence Wong

Companies' Brief

• Ascott Reit acquires second New York hotel
• Keppel Land seeks to cancel remaining shares

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Starwood Hotels gets rival bid from Anbang consortium
• China Overseas Land in 31b yuan deal to buy Citic's property assets
• Property swap is constructive reform
• China Vanke brings in Shenzhen Metro as 'white knight' in up to US$9.3b deal
• Much uncertainty about Vanke's rescue plan
• Anbang Is Splashiest Chinese Investor in Property Spree: Chart
• Anbang Is Splashiest of Chinese Investors in Property Deal Spree

• Singapore's financial services sector resilient amid new challenges
• January retail sales beat expectations with 7.5% rise

Singapore Real Estate

• Private home sales down 6.8% in February
• New private home sales in Feb at 14-month low
• Keppel Data Centres and NSCC seek strategic collaboration
• AsiaMalls' portfolio holding up in retail downturn
• Upper Aljunied Road to be realigned to free up more space in new Bidadari estate
• Fire breaks out at Tang Plaza; no one hurt

Companies' Brief

• Property veteran to helm Redas as its new CEO
• Ascott Residence Trust
• Four more resign from Colliers office team

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Lift safety: Reliability issue should be a priority

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Divergent China housing markets 'pose issues'
• Manila office building hits 26-year high on outsourcing boom
• China parents paying top dollar for properties that come with school rights
• Beijing's house price curbs are biting
• China's P2P Property Lending Growth Six Times Faster Than Banks
• Shadow Lending for Chinese Home Down Payments Prompts Crackdown
• Ireland’s NAMA Seeks Bids for Loans Once Worth $5.2 Billion
• How Do You Fight Poverty? With the World's Biggest Flower Show

• Economists again cut forecast for Singapore's 2016 GDP growth

Singapore Real Estate

• Economy hotels likely to be worst hit in 2016: HVS poll
• Some privatised ECs in high demand
• Property firms tapping bond market to raise funds at attractive rates

Companies' Brief

• Singapore property sector
• Hiap Hoe unit to sell second Melbourne property

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• New York's high-end residential market slows down
• HK luxury land plot prices below expectations
• Vancouver property price hike pushes up country average
• Mah Sing says it's time to shop for more land
• China clamps down on shadow banking for home downpayments
• Dublin rents rise above peaks hit a decade ago
• 'Sleep box' developer eyes Suvarnabhumi as next target
• Loans get scarcer for US developers trying to finish jobs
• First-time US house hunters lose out in busy homebuying season
• Newhouse Family Said to Give $200 Million to Media Venture Group
• U.K. Apartment-Building Buyers to Pay Higher Stamp-Duty Tax
• This $200 Billion Manager Says He's Seeing Value in Bonds Again
• First-Time House Hunters Lose in Busy U.S. Homebuying Season
• China's P2P Property Lending Growth Six Times Faster Than Banks

• SME sentiment at neutral after 6 years of optimism

Singapore Real Estate

• Reprieve for property developers unlikely
• Co-working space seen as boon for office landlords and tenants
• Seaview condo defects: Residents hit snag

Companies' Brief

• Ascendas, Lum Chang join peers in issuing bonds
• Singapore Reits

Views, Reviews and Forum

• High-end properties lose some gloss, but long-term appeal remains

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• HK economy in worst shape in 20 years: Li
• New York's Plaza Hotel put up for auction: source
• Institutional investors to pay higher stamp duty for UK properties
• China's No. 3 Developer Makes Deals as Default Risks Escalate
• These Are the Cities Where Rich Millennials Live
• Wanna Gamble on Property Market for Megarich? Consider Marnier
• Billionaire Li Ka-shing Says China Property Prices `Reasonable'
• Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Property Posts $2.01 Billion Full-Year Profit
• UniCredit Cuts Property Burden With $1.7 Billion Sales Last Year
• Buy This Irish Castle for the Bargain Price of $7 Million

• Jobs, slowing economy top concerns for Singaporeans

Singapore Real Estate

• Developers sanguine about selling out before ABSD deadlines
• More properties to go on the block
• Firm fails to get more land compensation
• Spice trader's District 15 bungalow put up for auction
• Beach Road 'hotel' still draws in tourists
• TEE Land's Thai unit to build luxury, landed units
• Building owners, event organisers ready to beef up security

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Investors see opportunity in EC market

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Starwood signs deal to manage hotels in Cuba
• NY's housing authority cooperating in 'very expansive' federal inquiry
• China property tycoon Wang Jianlin eyes sporting trophy
• British Columbia readies new rules to tackle 'shadow flipping'
• After stellar boom, UK housebuilders face tougher progress
• Ascott targets 2,000 units under new Tujia Somerset brand by the end of 2016
• China home prices soar in Feb
• Anbang makes binding Starwood Hotels bid
• Chinese developer Greenland's default risk rises
• Lim Guan Eng opens bungalow to newsmen
• Starwood Hotels Plans to Accept Anbang's $13.2 Billion Bid

• More banks may cut back on office space amid weakening outlook

Companies' Brief

• Ascendas India Trust
• Keppel Corporation
• Yongnam Holdings

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Masterplanning A Mindset Shift

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Global house prices in 2015 build on 2014 gain
• Existing home sales in February down more than forecast
• Hong Kong's Housing Market Looks Like It's Avoided a Bust
• Previously Owned U.S. Home Sales Decline More Than Forecast
• One More Big Reason You Can't Buy a Home
• New World Development Wins Go-Ahead to Take Chinese Unit Private
• Starwood Battle to Have Little Impact on Price of Rooms
• Starwood accepts sweetened bid from Marriott
• Marriott Wins Starwood Hotels Support With Improved Takeover Offer
• Iron Ore Climbs as Signs of China Property Revival Boost Outlook
• Canadian REITs Tap Banks, Sending Bond Issuance to Four-Year Low
• Cheung Kong Property Rises to Two-Month High After Share Buyback
• Shanghai planning to curb property price hikes: sources
• China property bubble looming for int'l investors

• Budget 2016 and the remaking of Singapore's economy

Singapore Real Estate

• Observers hope Budget 2016 will address issues with Fresh Start Housing Scheme
• NUS, CDL to develop green building technologies
• Up on the roof, there's energy to be tapped

Companies' Brief

• Bigger Is Better for Singapore REITs Facing Consolidation
• Good buys for Reits harder to come by with lower debt limits

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• HK developers' share prices show little reason to fear crash
• As London landlords wilt, S Africa Reits defy slowdown
• Japan's 2015 commercial land prices increase for first time in 8 years
• US house prices climbed 0.5% in January as inventory tight
• Sell Real Estate to Fund Tunnel, Port Authority Head Degnan Says
• Property Bubble Ghost Haunts Central Bankers Trying to Boost Prices
• Macy’s Adds Real Estate CEO to Board to Help With Property Plans
• As London Landlords Wilt, South Africa's REITs Defy Slowdown
• China's Hot Property Market Helps Cut Asian Junk Bond Yields
• Why Israeli Investors See Cracks in New York's Most Expensive Buildings
• Hong Kong's Housing Market Looks Like It's Avoided a Bust
• Penang chief's bungalow purchase: Seller 'not forced to sell'

• Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat's first Budget likely to help SMEs weather the slowdown
• SIAS expanding purview to alternative investments

Singapore Real Estate

• Koh Brothers eyes more hotel assets and M&A targets
• CapitaLand latest to enter co-working space arena
• NEA hands out S$1.3m in quieter building grants

Companies' Brief

• S-Reits set for wave of consolidation: CIT chief

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Japan's commercial land prices post first rise in 8 years
• Developers raise Thai mall investment to 54b baht
• Overseas remittances fuelling boom in Vietnamese property market
• Steps to cool Australian property investment lending 'positive if modest': RBA
• JB can be Malaysia's second-biggest city: Johor Sultan
• Deal of the Week: Chinese Firms Turn `Homewreckers' in U.S. M&A
• Leon Charney, New York City Real-Estate Owner, Dies at 77
• China's Urban Consumers More Optimistic Even Amid Slowing Growth
• China Zhongwang Bids to Improve Valuation With Shanghai Listing
• Trudeau Wades Into Foreign Homebuyer Debate With Funding
• Sell Real Estate to Fund Tunnel, Port Authority Head Degnan Says
• Bordeaux Winemakers Are Snapping Up Napa Estates
• Business sentiment in Asia perks up: Survey

• Singapore Budget 2016: Property players fret over absence of relief
• Budget 2016 Quick Takes: Double whammy for property developers
• Govt says it again: Too early to lift cooling measures
• Innovation district to be created in Jurong
• $4.5 billion helping hand for industry
• Singapore Budget 2016
• Budget 2016: 10 things you need to know

Singapore Economy

• No bottom yet on economy, says Fullerton

Singapore Real Estate

• Q1 property investment sales set to plunge to near seven-year low
• Lagoon View owners group loses privatisation levy case
• Diner claims rat disrupted meal at new Punggol mall
• Plan to directly link Punggol and Pasir Ris towns
• ST reporter's taste of life in an 'HDB-style' dorm for workers

Companies' Brief

• Perennial to acquire 20% of China's Aidigong
• NUS, CDL collaborate to study smart building technology

Views, Reviews & Forum

• How the 5G mobile revolution could transform Singapore's hotel sector
• A Budget to transform the economy

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Stronger consumer spending pushes Q4 GDP growth to 1.4%
• Shanghai moves to cool red-hot property market
• Michael Jackson's home still unsold, 10 months on
• Once-empty Bell Labs building revived as New Jersey tech hub
• Vietnam's GDP growth slows in first quarter
• Office subleasing in San Francisco flags slowdown in city's economy
• China's Wanda to scale back construction in smaller cities
• Foreign names of China projects under fire
• Monte Paschi Said to Seek Buyers for $223 Million of Bad Loans
• Shanghai Tightens Non-Local Homebuyer Rules as Prices Surge
• Canada's OPTrust to Bring $6.8 Billion Fixed Income In-House
• Home-price rise exceeds wage growth in US: report
• Shenzhen banks asked to tighten home-loan practices
• Online Property Companies Soar on China's Real Estate Recovery
• NorthStar Realty Europe Said to Ready $1 Billion Assets Sale
• Tech Slowdown Seen in San Francisco's Commercial-Property Market

• Bespoke roadmaps for over 20 economic sectors in the works: Heng
• Four key challenges for Singapore in next 50 years

Singapore Real Estate

• Resale prices of private apartments inches up 0.4% in February
• Amara buying Newton Road bungalow for S$18.8 million
• Prices of completed private apartments up slightly in February
• JTC Food Hub @ Senoko offers fresh take on space
• Fire breaks out at Midpoint Orchard

Companies' Brief

• Frasers adds 8th property to Jakarta portfolio
• Keppel, the multi-business conglomerate

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Hot property market Shenzhen tightens rules to cool housing market
• China's real estate recovery spurs rally in online portals
• S Korean builder upbeat on US$20b Saudi housing deal
• No bids for US$2.7b Philippine infrastructure project
• Currency devaluation fans Egypt property boom
• NFL's Suh Has Real Estate Wagers in Four States, Filing Shows
• Starwood Gets Higher $14 Billion Offer From Anbang-Led Group
• China Stocks Fall as Property Curbs Overshadow Industrial Profit
• Antidote to Dollar Crunch Seen Fanning Egypt's Property Boom
• Online Property Companies Soar on China's Real Estate Recovery

• What Singapore could face in 2030
• Trade associations and chambers have to play more active role: Experts

Singapore Real Estate

• Famous hotpot chain founder buys GCB
• Takashimaya in rent dispute with landlord Ngee Ann City
• JTC launches sale of Woodlands industrial site
• Pest control checks done nightly: Waterway Point

Companies' Brief

• Low Keng Huat's Q4 earnings fall 58%
• Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Anbang's US$14 billion offer could kill Marriott's bid for Starwood
• Ex-wife of Wynn Resorts founder sues for control of her stake
• This $8.3 Million Italian Castle Comes With Its Own Town
• Starwood bid: Will Marriott check out?
• Buy a castle, get a town thrown in

• Q1 mortgagee sale listings close to 2008 crisis level
• Bukit Batok commercial, residential site up for sale
• No buyers for bankrupt trader's bungalow
• Tycoon ceases S'pore action against Concord
• Bukit Batok West mixed-use site expected to draw some interest
• More construction firms to adopt new technology to curb pollution
• Al-Futtaim to close 10 or more stores in S'pore
• nex Serangoon to be site for SCDF’s operational exercise

Companies' Brief

• Singapore retail and office Reits expected to be resilient: Fitch

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Plugging Asia's $11 trillion infrastructure gap
• China's future challenge for the world economy
• Banyan Tree eyes projects in Malaysian secondary cities
• Turkey's indebted tourism industry hit hard by terror attacks
• Evergrande shares fall as developer piles on debt to expand
• US 20-city gauge shows home prices continue to rise in January
• Starwood's losing bidder may find consolation in European sector