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February 2013

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1-Feb

 Government

·         Singapore offers a glimpse of its future

Residential

·         700,000 new homes by 2030: too many or too few?

·         BTO prices not pegged to resale flats

Commercial

·         Business buzz to fan across Singapore

Industrial

·         Two JTC industrial sites put up for tender

·         Construction starts on new P&W facility in Seletar

International Markets

·         UK house prices rise on lending boost from BOE

2-Feb

 Government

·         6.9m population figure not a forecast or target: Khaw

Residential

·         Too soon to bet on plot ratio hikes: analysts

·         Tampines North may pip Tengah in attractiveness

·         Chance to invest? Don't be in a hurry: Experts

·         Island south of Sentosa zoned for housing

·         More home owners 'decoupling' property to avoid hefty duty

·         CapitaLand cuts prices at Alexandra condo project

·         Sales of ECs increase despite new cooling measures

Industrial

·         Industrial, food sites up for sale in Jurong

·         Changi properties ready for take-off

International Markets

·         China home prices up 1% in Jan; biggest gain in two years

3-Feb

 

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5-Feb

 Residential

·         2.2 first-timer applicants for each unit in latest BTO sales exercise

·         Slow weekend for sales at showflats

Commercial

·         HDB may allow 'non-approved' uses for its shops

6-Feb

 Residential

·         Few bids for site in Queenstown

·         Indirect discounts for home buyers under review

·         Affordability remains core principle: Khaw

·         S$22m paid in resale levies to HDB every year: Khaw Boon Wan

·         Demand for shoebox units cools off

Commercial

·         Landmark ruling: Property taxes for landlords remain

7-Feb

 Residential

·         Next-gen HDB flats will be better designed: Khaw

·         Bill gives more teeth to Controller of Housing

·         Enough homes so young S'poreans 'need not worry'

International Markets

·         Outlook remains hazy as UK home prices fall in Jan

8-Feb

 Residential

·         Homing in on property price cuts

Industrial

·         Call for review of zoning policy for industrial land

9-Feb

 Residential

·         More checks to go with private home loans

·         Private home resale deals up 16.7% in Jan

·         Property still good investment: Analysts

·         Show-flats open despite festivities

Commercial

·         Mapletree Business City a boost for Alexandra area

Industrial

·         Strong demand for industrial sites; bids at top of forecasts

10-Feb

 

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12-Feb

 Residential

·         Far East sold most private homes last year

International Markets

·         UK home prices inch up in January: report

13-Feb

 Industrial

·         Developers rapped for misusing industrial space

14-Feb

 Residential

·         New priority scheme for flats attracts families

·         New private home discounts not cause of dip in resale prices: analyst

15-Feb

 

16-Feb

 Residential

·         Rush to beat curbs propels home sales

·         Developers anxious about cooling measures

·         New projects inject vibrancy into Yishun

·         Home sales brisk during Lunar New Year holiday

Industrial

·         Net allocation of JTC ready-built factories dips

Investment Sales

·         Talks on, Park Regis S'pore sale in the offing

17-Feb

 

18-Feb

 Residential

 

·         More holding on to their HDB flats

19-Feb

 Investment Sales

·         Six prime office units at Samsung Hub up for sale

International Markets

·         Asking prices for UK homes hit five-year high

20-Feb

 Commercial

·         Shell to move office to Buona Vista

21-Feb

 Residential

·         Cooling moves dampen developers' outlook

·         More resale flats sold at close to $1 million mark

·         Roxy-Pacific set to launch residential projects in April

Commercial

·         Office rents here half that of Hong Kong's

22-Feb

 Residential

·         Seventeen new condos primed for launch

Commercial

·         Shaw Centre to undergo revamp

Industrial

·         JTC's change of rule catches Reits offguard

·         Dyson's $100m plant to create 210 jobs here

23-Feb

 Economy

·         Mild relief from growth pains, but still no cheer

Residential

·         Completed and unsold

Commercial

·         Sizzling strata-titled office space in the CBD

International Markets

·         China new home prices in January up 0.8%

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