Top Stories

• Govt to provide support as industries transform
• Right skills for right jobs 'key in future economy': PM Lee's May Day message
• Singapore well-equipped to handle slowdown

Singapore Economy 

• Up to S$200m boost for NTUC education fund
• Services sector pessimistic about next 6 months
• Labour Movement to develop strategy of ‘employment insurance’: Chan Chun Sing
• S'pore bank lending falls for 6th straight month in March

Singapore Real Estate

• Shophouses draw keen investor interest
• Malls sweeten lease deals amid tricky retail scene
• Frasers to open 10 properties in China
• FEH keen to expand brand to Australia, NZ
• The Straits Times Classified, PROPERTY

Companies' Brief

• Mapletree Commercial Trust
• Mapletree Logistics Trust's Q4 DPU falls 2.7%
• Frasers Hospitality Trust's Q2 DPS falls 3.6% to 1.33 cents
• CDL Hospitality Trusts reports 9% drop in Q1 DPS
• Comparing Reit fees: two cases of anomalies
• Richard Magnus to succeed Danny Teoh as chairman of CMTML

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Condo sales terms favour developer

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• IMF warns of severe headwinds from weak global recovery
• In Rome, cheap public housing hid for years in plain sight
• Saint Petersburg celebrates its unique communal flats
• Housing recovery sees great divide around Atlanta
• HK March home prices fall for sixth straight month
• Casino sells Vietnam unit to Central Group for 1b euros
• Berlin curbs Airbnb rentals to cool market
• Sony Building to stay as office block after all
• Cloud hangs over US housing rebound
• China's HNA to buy owner of Radisson hotel chain
• Meet the Jerry Maguire of Real Estate
• HK luxury retailers look to Macau for expansion
• Australia to block sale of farmland to Chinese
• Centurion to buy four UK student dorms

Top Stories

• Developers must take in needs of non-motorists from July

Singapore Real Estate

• Muted response to launches of two residential projects
• Commercial property rents, values seen falling further
• HDB clarifies rule change on flat ownership transfers
• Large office spaces up for lease in Jurong
• Troubled US retailer Aeropostale's Singapore outlets open for now

Companies' Brief

• Manulife's US Reit gives Singapore listing another try
• Management fees lift ARA's Q1 earnings

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Rise in China's home prices accelerates in April
• China's Dalian Wanda in deal to build US$900m skyscraper in Chicago
• Leon Black Selling at Miami's New Billionaire Condo Tower
• Live in a 18th Century Mexican Mansion Hidden Behind Plain Walls
• Global economic gloom turning into a political headache
• IMF cuts growth forecast for Asia as headwinds loom

Singapore Economy

• A quality strategy for tourism
• FDI confidence in S'pore up again

Singapore Real Estate

• Price cuts at some housing projects help boost sales
• More undecided about using a property agent
• Chopard siblings pay S$25m for Tong Building space
• HDB tightens rules on changes on flat ownership
• Aeropostale seeks six months to beat bankruptcy

Companies' Brief

• Average DPU of 5 industrial Reits for January-March quarter down 3.5%

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• SouFun seeks to switch listing from US to China
• Unsold unit costs add to squeeze on developers in sluggish market
• Blackstone said to be in talks to buy Sime Darby's Australian assets
• Developers eye Bangkok's historic Chinatown
• Dalian Wanda Group's unit may seek backdoor listing
• Riding the Dubai property roller coaster
• Indonesia posts sluggish Q1 growth
• Euro zone business surveys suggest slow but steady growth in Q2

Top Stories

• EC e-applications not translating to sales

Singapore Economy 

• Whole-economy PMI slumps to 49.4 in April

Singapore Real Estate

• DRB-Hicom calls off sale of The Verge
• HDB resale volumes in April hit 3-year high as prices stabilise
• Frasers Centrepoint Trust to enter Australian market wombat-style
• The challenge of retail in Asia

Companies' Brief

• Hit by performance fees, A-Reit's Q4 DPU falls 8.1% to 3.41 cents
• Property developer Oxley sparkles in March quarter
• Roxy's Q1 profit dives; group to launch six projects in 2016/17
• CK Tang brothers in move to complete succession planning
• New estate agents association names its inaugural CEO

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Smart property for a smart nation

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Britain's economy slows to near-stall pace in April
• 'Go small' approach helps boost Oxley's home sales in Cambodia
• Goldman Sachs tips 20% drop in HK home prices
• Crown Resorts sells US$800m stake in Macau casino venture
• Affordable homes on NYC housing authority land
• Seven Over-the-Top Equestrian Estates Across America
• London home prices see parents jeopardise their own finances to help kids

Top Stories

Heading for SGX this June could be a S$900m Frasers Reit

S'pore again world's best spot for infrastructure investment: index

Singapore Economy

Singapore, Australia seal deal to strengthen economic ties

Skills, will and heart key to country's success: Lim Swee Say

Singapore Real Estate

MBS operator open to selling mall when exclusivity expires next year

Developers still gloomy about prospects

Keppel Club offered new sites, but no golf facilities

Gain City uses downturn to fortify market position

Bugis Street Online out to make a difference

Companies' Brief

• Frasers Hospitality Trust buys German hotel for 58.4m euros
• Wing Tai's revenue hurt by slowing sales
• OUE H-Trust's DPS hit by rights issue
• Bonvests divests properties
• Property developer GSH tips back into the black

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Developers should be made liable for negligence by subcontractors
• Over 300 attend first day of Property Seminar & Showcase 2016 for insights in uncertain market
• Building a pro-cycling city
• Tweak property policies to reduce household debt

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Seven Over-the-Top Equestrian Estates Across America
• 'Go small' approach helps boost Oxley's home sales in Cambodia
• Japan quake victims face temporary housing woes
• Housing is top priority for London's next mayor
• Rising London home prices hurting Bank of Mum & Dad
• Moscow's avant-garde buildings under demolition threat
• Economic risks rising in central Europe: IMF
• China's yuan policy holds out hope for HK retailers
• MGM China Q1 revenue falls 25%; casino may miss opening deadline
• Asia's push to take SMEs global

Singapore Real Estate

• HDB shops to get more funds for upgrading
• Cautious suppliers lean on retailers to pay earlier

Companies' Brief

• H1 economic growth likely to be under 2%: survey

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Fall in prime office rents spurs flight to quality
• FCL seeks Reit listing for Australian assets
• Stanley Quek companies sell 7 shophouses for S$81.4m to 8M Real Estate
• More newly-completed units going on the block
• Oxley offers 4-year retail bonds with 5.15% return

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Miami faces glut of upscale hotel rooms
• British seaside town approves ban on new holiday homes
• ANZ, Westpac find mortgages backed by dubious foreign income
• Saudi Arabia imposes annual tax on undeveloped land
• Midtown TGI Friday's to Become the One57 of Assisted Living
• Macau, heed Vegas' switch from sin to convention city

Top Stories

• Bringing back Orchard Road buzz
• Developers to get incentives to provide cycling facilities
• Trade associations get S$90m funding boost
• Latest MAS easing move 'appropriate': IMF

Singapore Real Estate

• Resale condo prices, volume up again in April
• Job fears, cooling moves will continue to hurt home sales: FCL CEO
• Property market emerging from the doldrums?
• More Malay families living in rental flats
• Yishun 10 ground floor podium for sale at $48M
• Fullerton Health to raise S$300m in proposed SGX listing

Companies' Brief

• Frasers Centrepoint Ltd's Q2 profit hit by fair value losses
• One Raffles Place boosts OUE C-Reit's Q1 DPU

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Creating a more people-friendly city

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• London campaigners organise tour of houses bought with 'dirty money'
• Abu Dhabi developer Aldar reports rise in Q1 net
• Marriott's bid for Starwood challenged in suit by hotel owners
• This $8.6 Million British Manor Will Have You Living Like a Lord
• Midtown TGI Friday's to Become the One57 of Assisted Living
• China's April inflation stable, tempering fears of deflation
• China at an inflection point: what's in it for Asia?

Singapore Economy

• Singapore stocks slide back into the red
• Eu Yan Sang seeking alternative prescription with SGX exit?

Singapore Real Estate

• Condo rents flat, rental volume slumps 10% in April: SRX
• HDB homes to feature in Singapore's fifth Venice Biennale appearance
• Marriott in talks to manage Singapore's South Beach hotel

Companies' Brief

• CDL Q1 profit slips; group buys another UK property
• Cityneon places out 40m shares at S$0.55 each
• Haw Par Q1 profit rises 26.8% on broad improvement
• Keppel, Mapletree not likely to sell swapped HarbourFront assets to their Reits for now
• UE Q1 net profit down 72% at S$6.9m

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Asian economies sailing in rough waters

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Slower growth in China 'sign of maturing economy'
• Genting HK orders 10 cruising vessels worth 3.5b euros
• London office projects hit record as rents surge
• NZ central bank assessing whether more housing market curbs needed
• Raimon Land eyes Chiang Mai
• Chinese firm Bluesky in C$2.1b deal to buy InnVest
• Boost for Yanlord's Q1 from China home-buyer demand
• Probe finds James Monroe's real home
• Marriott's bid for Starwood challenged by hotel owners
• Competition will throw up best investors for Myanmar
• Staples and Office Depot drop merger plan after court blocks it
• China will meet economic growth goal this year: vice-premier Zhang
• Thailand holds key rate, sees more risks to growth

Singapore Real Estate

• S'pore prime land 'exorbitant': CityDev
• Roxy Pacific plans upscale Maldives resort
• Singapore Fund Likes Hong Kong Property as Curbs to Stay at Home
• Orchard Road's future lies in its past
• Stiffer penalties for workplace safety lapses
• Enabling Village among 3 developments to receive top design award
• Phantom EC applicants, phantom households

Companies' Brief

• Ascendas Hospitality Trust's Q4 DPS rises 4%
• UOL Q1 profit up on higher property development revenue
• Manulife US Reit prices S'pore IPO at US$0.83 per unit
• Manulife US Reit comes with single ownership cap of 9.8%
• Hotel Properties
• FJ Benjamin

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Can this real estate gimmick save the world?
• HK property market is in 'free fall', says head of US hedge fund
• UK unveils plans to stem 'dirty money' in London property market
• Make Your Own Wine at This $18.8 Million Tuscan Villa

Top Stories

• Spring to be 'administering agency' against errant retailers

Singapore Economy

• In S'pore's automation drive, execution is key
• Q1 profits disappoint, outlook dim: analysts

Singapore Real Estate

• How S'pore, Vienna and Berlin provide affordable housing
• Serangoon Road shophouse up for sale via auction
• Reits taking steps to cut risk
• More take up HDB's Lease Buyback Scheme after enhancements
• Watsons aims for bigger slice of healthcare pie
• Brands take up more shop space – online
• Car sales expected to cushion retail sales till year-end

Companies' Brief

• Perennial's Q1 profit buoyed by fair value gain
• City Developments Limited
• Sim Lian Group
• Sinarmas Land
• Eu Yan Sang's Q3 profit hit by weaker revenue, higher expenses
• Genting Singapore Q1 gain battered by bad debt, softer gaming revenue

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Retailers to set market mood this week
• Brexit carries risks for Britain, says Iswaran
• Lagarde issues yet another bleak warning if UK chooses Brexit
• London's office market resists Brexit flight risk
• Malaysia grows at slowest pace in over 6 years
• HK economy contracts in Q1
• Hines said to offer US$5.5b real estate
• How to buy a house without an on-site visit
• Houston developers know how to build apartments
• Luxury home sales fall in London, NY
• Homes near EPL clubs get price boost
• April retail sales post largest gain in a year
• Rising London home prices put Bank of Mum and Dad at risk
• Real estate crowdfunding sites mushroom on the Internet

Top Stories

• April new private home sales down 11.6%
• Parkway Parade retail mall closed 'until further notice' after fire

Singapore Economy

• Iswaran to ensure work goes on in Future Economy committee

Singapore Real Estate

• Lum Chang in JV for mixed-use M'sia project
• All quiet at foodcourts in two Kallang malls
• Consortium launches privatisation bid for Eu Yan Sang

Views, Reviews & Forum

• HDB can help shops in virtual world too
• Brexit will not make Britain the Singapore of Europe

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Brexit could lead to downgrades for other EU countries: Fitch
• China's April economic activity data disappoints
• Chinese top foreign buyers of US homes in 2015
• Hines offering real estate portfolio for sale: report
• Housing scheme history repeats itself
• Squatters see new haven in Las Vegas
• Five Midcentury Modern Mansions on the Market Now

Top Stories

• Next stop: underground mall linking Marine Parade station
• NRF to put up S$85m VC funds jointly with CapitaLand, DeClout, Wilmar, YCH

Singapore Economy

• No change to timeline for CFE: Iswaran

Singapore Real Estate

• HSR fined, barred from en bloc deals for a year
• Parkway Parade to stay shut for a few more days
• Is there room for co-living in S'pore?
• Consumers welcome proposed changes to law against errant retailers
• Claims lodged against Jason Holdings, subsidiary

Companies' Brief

• Yanlord Land Group

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Sao Paulo property prices seen staying low until at least next year
• Hotel room resale websites catching on
• Brexit vote: US banks reviewing Europe ops
• Silicon Valley Mansions Linger on Market in Real Estate Slowdown
• From car parts to condos, faltering Thailand lures Chinese money

Top Stories

• Mapletree bets more than £500m on UK business park
• More time needed to study short-term stay: URA

Singapore Real Estate

• Freehold site in Novena up for sale for S$26m
• CDL sets new targets for sustainability
• Shunfu Ville set to heat up collective sale market
• APP seeks buyer for factory site in Pioneer Road
• Zouk delays relocation date to Clarke Quay

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Unexpected Q1 rebound saves Japan's economy from renewed recession
• The potential damage from 'Brexit' extends far beyond Britain
• China's home prices grow fastest in 2 years
• S Korea's Hotel Lotte plans 5.7t won IPO: sources
• Britain's largest listed property developer expects London office rents to rise more slowly
• CBRE to buy 49% of Malaysian real estate services provider WTW

Singapore Real Estate

• CDL to home in on strategic investments in real-estate firms
• Keppel Land builds up Myanmar presence with expansions
• QIA said to be in exclusive talks to buy Asia Square Tower 1
• Yoma's non-real estate businesses lift fourth-quarter profit
• Shunfu Ville sold for S$638m to Qingjian
• GEM Residences developers give full price list ahead of launch
• W Hotel keen on downtown Singapore presence
• Parkway Parade reopens today after fire
• Singapore is 4th priciest logistics market: CBRE
• If the place is right, buyers will jump in
• Worry over defaults in First Sponsor's property financing business may prove unfounded
• New rules relax prospectus burden for retail bonds from quality issuers

Companies' Brief

• GLP's revenue, earnings jump in Q4
• Manulife US Reit

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Take time to contemplate issues on short-term rentals

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Genting HK confident about its 'risky' cruise market splash
• Future looks good for Genting Hong Kong: group chairman
• Condos at NYC’s ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Site Get Global Financing

Top Stories

• 1996: Curbs take property market by surprise
• Warehouses may hit crisis-level vacancy in coming quarters
• New panel set up to boost productivity drive
• Rising interest rates worrying for Singapore economy: economists
• Exits from SGX will continue, but who's next?

Singapore Real Estate

• Shunfu Ville sale may be one-off
• UOL buys second London property, for £99m               
• Stars of Kovan units fetch even less than expected
• Park Hotel Group signs deal to manage first Malaysian hotel
• Parkway Parade reopens but work remains
• Other privatised HUDC estates that also went en bloc
• Almost 88,000 households applied for elderly-friendly home improvement scheme
• Co-working spaces help to keep costs down
• Can Singapore make room and rules for Airbnb and other home-sharing offerings?
• Asia a fast-growing region for home-sharing firm Airbnb
• Extra cash spurs some to open homes to strangers
• Direct Home founder unfazed by haters
• Contractors call for review of approach to workplace safety
• The Big Read: After decades at the top, Orchard Road faces a time of reckoning
• The need to get retail bond offerings rated
• New rules mean bigger buffet of retail bonds for investors
• Challenger beefs up its online retail presence

Companies' Brief

• Osim moves on to buy back rest of its shares
• OKH Global
• Soilbuild Reit
• Yoma Strategic Holdings
• Lacklustre debut by Manulife US Reit

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Retail industry must face the music on rising costs

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Foreigners buying homes in Aussie state face tax hike
• C$ weakens to a six-week low as retail sales, oil fall
• Interest in British property 'will rise whatever the result'
• Berlin cracks down on home-sharing
• China's Sunac says land purchases from other developers to continue
• Smaller expat packages hit HK luxury home rentals
• Genting Singapore still a cash cow, says chairman Lim Kok Thay
• Sydney housing market stalls as election jitters sideline sellers
• Condos at NYC's 'Ground Zero Mosque' site get global financing
• Silicon Valley mansions linger on market in real estate slowdown
• Buy a Massive, Newly Renovated French Château for $11.4 Million
• US property market 'looking good'
• One month away, Brexit prospects recede amid global warnings
• Gap to close 75 overseas Old Navy, Banana Republic shops

Singapore Economy

• Economists eye growth, labour data to track MAS's next move
• Singapore Real Estate
• CapitaLand Commercial Trust to buy remaining 60% stake in CapitaGreen for S$393m
• Hong Leong seen awarding more hotel contracts here to Marriott
• Shun Tak acquires its first hotel site in S'pore
• Retail gloom in Singapore offers expansion opportunities: Taiwan’s iROO

Companies' Brief

• KOP Limited

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Regulation on home-sharing must put residents' needs at its heart
• Prevention is the key to a safer workplace

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Brexit shock will cause severe unemployment, recession: UK Treasury
• China's cash-strapped local governments looking to boost funds
• Malaysia to build aviation hub to complement Changi

Top Stories

• Concern over rising workplace deaths

Singapore Economy

• Singapore economy grew 1.8% year-on-year in Q1 2016: MTI
• Asian markets fall on interest rate hike concerns
• New labour guidelines call for 'responsible retrenchment'

Singapore Real Estate

• Hotel Grand Central selling hotel in Surfers Paradise for A$80m
• Qingjian submits aggressive bid for Bukit Batok West site
• SilverNeedle ties up with QIC Global to open Melbourne hotel
• Sengkang mall finds its Compass again
• 5 shops in Parkway Parade still staying shut
• 3,770 BTO flats launched for sale
• Group pushing to save Dakota Crescent
• Why Singapore's status as a shopping paradise is being eroded
• Chinese fund raises Eu Yan Sang stake further

Companies' Brief

• The Hour Glass' full-year net profit drops 10% to $52m

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Corralling black sheep of retail industry
• Global Economy & Global Real Estate
• Suzhou land sales halted as bids exceed limits
• New-home sales in April surge to highest level since 2008
• Indonesia opens doors wider to foreign investors
• A $26.5 Million Mansion That's Good for the Environment
• EQT Partners puts UK 'on ice' till Brexit vote

Top Stories

• Economists expect Singapore growth forecast for 2016 to be cut again

Singapore Economy 

• Let market forces weed out less productive firms: MTI study
• MTI flags concern over slower rates of capital investment

Singapore Real Estate

• CityDev CEO says it's a good time to buy commercial property
• Last units of Starlight Suites sold
• Consultants have mixed views about reserve site in West Coast Vale
• High demand for 3-room and larger BTO flats
• Savills Investment ramping up Asian business
• Record 34 projects win BCA's accolades

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• China banks lending more to property sector
• Bank Indonesia mulls easing of loan rules to boost credit growth
• Toll Brothers' quarterly revenue up 31% on higher home sales
• These Multimillion-Dollar Homes Let the Outdoors In
• WTO sees Brexit costing UK billions in trade tariffs

Top Stories

• CDL attempts third PPS deal, this time with top-end condos

Singapore Economy

• Economists unmoved by surprise boost in April factory output

Singapore Real Estate

• Buildings here still have room to improve: Lawrence Wong
• Singapore property market closer to bottom than Hong Kong, says fund manager
• CapitaLand launches Raffles City Shenzhen
• 99.co launches app, first revenue model
• NTU wins top award for eco design

Companies' Brief

• Bukit Sembawang
• Yanlord
• Metro Q4 net profit plummets nearly 85% to S$1.1m

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Fears about past burial grounds soon laid to rest

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Indonesian economy looks more fragile as Fed turns hawkish
• Taiwan president saddled with world's worst property market
• US shopping mall Reits hurt by department store woes
• CBL & Associates said to be under probe by FBI, SEC for fraud
• Obamas' next home: 9 bedrooms in wealthy Washington area

Top Stories

• Emerging market flows return as investors look for value
• URA kills GEM project's cheques-for-buyers scheme

Singapore Economy

• Local services industry business receipts down 3.8% in Q1

Singapore Real Estate

• 50% of Gem Residences sold in a day
• PPS3 to be priced 'much higher than S$2,300 psf'
• Mapletree Logistics Trust to pick up 4 Sydney warehouses for A$85m
• Constant mall renovations raise business costs, hurt S’poreans
• Proposal for Tanglin Club to be high-rise complex
• Singapore property market may reach bottom before HK
• BHG signs deal to take over space currently occupied by John Little at Jurong Point
• Retailers get in early before GSS kicks off
• Tough times for luxury watch retailers
• As the retail sector flounders, flagship stores hope to pull in crowds

Companies' Brief

• SingHaiyi reports fall in Q4 earnings; full-year profit soars 38%
• Regal International Group
• Courts' Q4 net profit falls 36%

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Solve home-sharing problems with some creativity
• Important that homes remain a safe haven, investment for S'poreans
• Rates: To raise or not to raise

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Indonesia sailing towards upgrade from S&P Global Ratings
• Taiwan cuts 2016 GDP forecast again
• Philippines to ride out Fed storm on ample buffers, policy space
• Q1 economic growth revised up to 0.8%
• Nanjing to impose price cap in land auctions
• How renovations can affect the value of a home
• What you should know before renting a storage unit
• For $13 Million You Can Live the Tuscan Life in Greenwich, Conn
• China to turn islands in South China Sea into resorts

Top Stories

• As Singapore retools, fresh takes on labour numbers
• Singapore slips in global competitiveness rankings

Singapore Economy

• Service sector decline is cause for concern

Singapore Real Estate

• Prices of completed private apartments up 0.3% in April
• Straits Trading Building may fetch record psf price
• Lend Lease's 391 Sydney homes sell out in 4 hours
• URA directs GEM Residences to tweak triple-key units
• Small units the big draw at new launch
• May BTO exercise: Demand outstrips supply for units in mature estates
• S-Reits hit by weaker market conditions

Companies' Brief

• KSH Holdings
• What brands need to survive in a digital world

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Default risks loom over wealth management products worth 35% of China's GDP
• Analysts slash UEM Sunrise's earnings forecast
• Duty-free Hainan to draw China's luxury shoppers