1st Dec

Singapore Economy

• Tight labour market, negative inflation raise median income
• Fitch affirms AAA rating for Singapore

Singapore Real Estate

• Prices of private resale homes inch up
• Small units lead price falls for completed condos
• Raffles Place's office rents catching up with Marina Bay's
• Property counters 'overly discounted': UOB KayHian
• Lower taxes for 93% of residential property owners in Singapore: Iras
• Shanghai buyer completes 137 Cecil Street purchase
• Ho Bee buys two office buildings in London for S$210 million
• Five weeks’ jail for ex-property agent who forged stamp certificate

Companies' Brief

• CapitaLand Mall Trust

Views, Reviews and Forum

• Inequality and housing policy in cities

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Aussie PM seeks to tighten rules on foreign investment
• Nippon Life plans Japan's largest Reit
• Asian investors in New Zealand project lose legal bid
• Pending Sales of Previously Owned Homes in U.S. Increase 0.2%
• Vonovia Shareholders in Favor of Biggest German Property Bid
• Delta Lloyd Plans to Raise $1.06 Billion in Rights Offer

2nd Dec

Singapore Economy

• Public housing, social integration go hand in hand: DPM Tharman
• Business confidence at 3-year low: Survey

Singapore Real Estate

• Interest in Singapore property seen waning in 2016
• Ho Bee acquires London property for £99 million
• CCT's Wilkie Edge being quietly marketed by agents
• Next phase of Civic District improvements under way in Singapore

Companies' Brief

• Rules still largely missing in potential new Reit markets
• Teo Eng Cheong leaving IE S'pore for Surbana Jurong
• Corporate lawyer joins SPH Reit Management board

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Price Cuts Herald Sydney Home-Boom End as Foreigners Retreat
• Pope Orders Audit of Church's Wealth as Whistleblowers Pursued
• Sydney Home Prices Drop Most in 5 Years as Regulation Bites
• Asia Pacific Land 'to sell Tokyo building'

3rd Dec

4th Dec

Singapore Economy

• ADB trims SingaporeĄŻs growth forecasts for 2015, 2016

Singapore Economy

• ADB trims SingaporeĄŻs growth forecasts for 2015, 2016
• Few surprises expected for H1 state land sales
• Ang Mo Kio to be model walking, cycling town
• S'pore reaffirms commitment to green building & construction sector
• AsiaMalls to roll out new initiatives
• Pre-war sites off Shenton Way under scrutiny
• 13 Stop-Work Orders issued so far in enforcement operation: MOM

Companies' Brief

• China-based BHG Retail REIT launches Singapore IPO

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Interest rates here 'to rise at moderate pace'
• Home-building slump to weigh heavily on ChinaĄŻs GDP: StanChart
• Evergrande extends buying spree with 13.5b yuan China deals
• Canada mulls higher down payments to cool property market
• Middle East investors drawn by US property as returns lag at home
• S Korea govt unit warns of home supply glut in 3 years
• Li Ka-Shing's CKI in running for London City Airport sale: sources
• AIG Said to Dismiss Real Estate Group's Chief, Other Executives
• How Healthy Is the NYC Luxury Apartment Market?
• American Homes 4 Rent to Acquire American Residential

5th Dec

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8th Dec

Singapore Real Estate

• The Fullerton Hotel gazetted as S'pore's 71st National Monument

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Crafting responsive housing policies

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Mortgages replace cash as Vietnam housing rebounds
• Land bids point to property boom in China cities
• Chinese demand for Australian homes down by up to 15%
• Shared Offices in China for $109 a Week Target Startup Tenants
• Acciona Plans Real Estate IPO as It Focuses on Renewables
• McGrath Shares Drop on Debut as Australia Home Market Cools
• Dexus to Buy Investa Office in Deal Worth $1.8 Billion

9th Dec

 Singapore Economy

• Entrepreneurs rank S'pore highly

Singapore Real Estate

• Property market perking up
• Resale prices of non-landed homes in CCR and fringe fare better
• Singapore builders face wall of debt as earnings drop
• Wanted: Ideas to bring neighbours closer together

Companies' Brief

• City Developments
• HLH Group

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• S'pore developers gun for bigger slice of Vietnam pie
• Roxy-Pacific buys two Sydney sites for A$67.4m 
• HK's property cooling measures to stay: Leung
• Palazzo for sale for $22.4m
• Nobody's Home: Australian Boom Leaves Swath of Empty Properties
• Blackstone to Buy Apartments From Greystar in $2 Billion Deal
• Calgary Surge Leads Canada Building Permits Higher in October
• Aetos Capital Said to Prepare Sale of Super 8 China Hotel Chain

10th Dec

 Singapore Economy

• Economists trim outlook for 2015 and 2016: MAS quarterly poll

Singapore Economy

• Prices of private homes likely to stay depressed
• Rents for private, HDB flats ease further in November
• SingLand-UOL venture is top bidder for Clementi housing site
• Ascendas Reit acquiring One@Changi City for S$420m
• Guidelines on energy-saving retrofit works coming soon
• Funan DigitaLife Mall to be closed 3 years for redevelopment
• Hotel in Katong lifts artist's work without his permission

Companies' Brief

• BHG Retail Reit IPO to go ahead despite bland demand
• GL
• Frasers Hospitality acquires four boutique hotels in the UK
• Key Sibor rate jumps ahead of Fed meeting

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• 3-year property boom leaves Melbourne with empty homes
• BlackRock plans 2.5b euro Europe boost
• Blackstone to buy apartments from Greystar for US$2b
• Americans struggling to keep up with sky-high rents: study
• Rise in China's CPI hints at economy stabilising

11th Dec

Singapore Real Estate

• Redas SG50 exhibit at URA Centre
• AccorHotels lands Raffles Hotel as part of maiden acquisitions in S'pore
• Accor - Europe's largest hotel operator with presence in 92 countries
• S'pore office rents seen easing until 2016 at least
• CMT to redevelop Funan DigitaLife Mall
• Closure of Funan DigitaLife Mall a 'further setback for Singapore's tech haven image', say analysts
• Challenger to close megastore at Funan DigitaLife Mall
• Red House Project on track to reopen by 2nd quarter of next year
• Retail manpower study launched
• Harvey Norman opens new superstore at Millenia Walk
• Tender for Singapore's largest solar panel installation awarded to Sunseap Leasing

Companies' Brief

• CDL re-enters Australian residential sector with A$275m Brisbane project
• TMC Education to sell Peninsula Plaza strata lots for S$1.21 million loss
• Goldman upgrades Singapore market, expects 7% return
• Corporate deal value reaches 4-year high
• OUE Limited
• Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust
• Boosting liquidity: fundamental rethink needed
• Market weighed down by bank stocks

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Global economy caught in monetary easing trap
• Long road ahead to global recovery but main players are on right track
• Buy a second property without the worry
• Singapore can afford to be more open in sharing data

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Choppier growth for Asia in 2016: Nomura
• Abe buys support from Japanese business firms with early tax cut
• Blackstone seeking to raise US$4b for real estate debt fund
• Crisis still reverberating in Credit Suisse property bonds
• China property firms' debt issuance jumps, more to come
• New Zealand house prices ease in November: REINZ
• Spanish Home Prices Rise Most Since 2007 as Recovery Takes Hold
• Billionaire Westons Fund Said Among Bidders on Toronto LCBO Plot
• Buffett's Stake in Seritage Spurs Landlord's Shares to Climb
• Saudi Mall Builders Ignore Oil Rout as Shoppers Want More

12th, 13th & 14th Dec

Singapore Economy

• Market experts expect a volatile 2016

Singapore Real Estate

• Raffles City Singapore remains jointly owned by CCT, CMT
• Capsule hostels the inn-thing
• Accor deal doesn't change ownership of Raffles Hotel
• Jurong Country Club may appeal for higher compensation
• Hilton Hotel driveway ceiling collapses: 4 hurt

Companies' Brief

• Much value in hotel brands
• Build on Raffles Hotel’s heritage, ‘so that people have reason to come’
• Possibilities are limitless for head of CapitaLand
• Design of the Year award goes to 13 projects here
• Stabilisation helps BHG Reit price on debut day
• City Developments

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Is the Sports Hub pricing itself out of the game?
• Let CPF monies, share of HDB flats be covered by a will

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Fed looks certain to raise rates
• Check out properties in Cambodia and Vietnam
• Canada tackles runaway home prices in Toronto, Vancouver
• Hong Kong developers offering rebates, hidden discounts
• US developer bets on strong rental demand
• Notre Dame Endowment Gains 8.7% on Private Equity, Real Estate
• GP Investments to Buy Up to 63% of BTG-Backed BR Properties
• Blackstone Seeking to Raise $4 Billion for Real Estate Debt Fund
• Buffett's Stake in Seritage Spurs Landlord's Shares to Climb
• Billionaire Westons Fund Said Among Bidders on Toronto LCBO Plot

15th Dec

Singapore Real Estate

• H2 2016 may see green shoots of recovery for private homes
• Sinarmas Land to invest at least 4 trillion rupiah in Batam project
• Orchard Central to undergo major revamp
• Orchard incidents 'likely due to heavy rainfall'

Companies' Brief

• Singapore interest rates rise ahead of Fed's decision
• Ascendas Reit

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Give 'Cycling Sundays' a try

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Markets fragile with Fed set to lift rates
• Buzz over bid by China's 'Silicon Valley' to draw foreign talent
• Saudi mall owners continue building despite oil rout
• Central London home prices seen stagnating as buyers 'give up'
• Severe flooding puts damper on Florida Keys
• ANZ sees end to Sydney mortgage market shortfall in 5 years
• Home of best new US restaurant sells for US$4.1m in historic deal
• Vietnam's urban migration leading to packed cities, empty villages
• America must bring the corporate tax exiles home
• Murder-Free Days Underpin Property Boom in Biggest Pakistan City
• Billionaire Triguboff Likes Aussie Property as Stocks `Terrible'

16th Dec

Singapore Economy

• Market experts expect a volatile 2016

Singapore Real Estate

• Good location, pricing push up sales of new private homes
• November new home sales up 39% from Oct
• Private home sales in Singapore up 79% year-on-year in November
• Private home resale prices up 0.6% in Nov: SRX
• CityDev, Keppel Land unit in S$1.1b office venture
• SLA, STB award Dempsey site to COMO Lifestyle
• New grant, second HDB loan, 2-room flexi flats possible for Fresh Start Housing Scheme

Companies' Brief

• What's next for Changi Airport in 2016? 

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Underlying inflation creeps higher in November
• Move to restart stalled Penn station project
• Dubai developers strangle supply to stem price drop
• More tech malls lined up for Malay vendors
• What Asia's Billionaires Bought in 2015: From Mansions to Monets
• This $301 Million Paris Chateau Is the World's Priciest Home
• Casino to Release Funds From International Real-Estate Assets
• Inland Real Estate to Be Bought for $1.07 Billion in Cash
• Yahoo Japan Agrees to Buy Travel Site Ikyu for $830 Million
• Most Chinese Stocks Rise as Developers Advance; Yuan Weakens

17th Dec

Singapore Economy

The Singapore economy, colloquially speaking

Singapore Real Estate

1.1-ha reserve list site at Marina Bay excites market

CDL surges on news of asset monetisation

Big-ticket deals set to be the lowest in 6 years

How school proximity affects house prices in Singapore

Owner of Hotel Vagabond fixes sights on expansion

M&G Real Estate buys remaining stake in Compass Point

High costs ‘a new reality’ with new National Stadium

Hilton main entrance boarded up after scare

Companies' Brief

City Developments Limited 

Fortune Reit

Roxy-Pacific

The Reit way to go

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

Fed raises key interest rate for first time in almost a decade

Sales of Canada's existing homes rise in November

Essay contest to determine new owner of Maine theatre

Paris mansion sold at record price of 275m euros

Murder-free days fuel Pakistan property boom

Prices of London's most expensive mansions rebound

What Asia's billionaires bought in 2015: from mansions to Monets

Fullerton India to inject $32m in housing finance arm

Hilton Shares Jump 5.2% After Report of REIT Plan for Hotels

U.S. Housing Starts, Industrial Production: Economic Takeaways

NAMA Raises Lifetime Profit Forecast to at Least $2.2 Billion

Goldin Properties Agrees to Sell $2.8 Billion China Real Estate

U.S. Housing Starts Top Forecast on Single-Family Homes

18th Dec

19th, 20th & 21st Dec

Singapore Real Estate

• Private home prices to drop 5-15% over 2016-2017: OCBC
• Foreign developers out to woo Singapore buyers
• Waning rents, tenant demand prompt malls' repositioning
• Rental gap narrowing between suburban and Orchard malls
• Tenants' market as industrial property fever cools
• Properties put up for auction at 6-year high
• CapitaLand looking to invest in Vietnam's office segment – exec
• Green building a smart, socially-responsible way to do business
• M1, Keppel Land run pilot of smart home system at condo
• 9 in 10 satisfied with Building Service Centres: HDB
• Government in talks with construction firm over delay in finishing Ng Teng Fong hospital
• Rise in loan interest 'won't be drastic'
• Proposed rules worry training centres

Companies' Brief

• More retail-friendly bond issues in 2016
• Fitch affirms GLP at BBB+, with stable outlook
• Architect of green building movement

Views, Reviews & Forum

• S'pore as Asia's start-up nation, infrastructure financing hub?
• Global Economy & Global Real Estate
• The Fed could be forced to reverse rate hikes
• Impact of Fed rate hike disappointing
• US eases 35-year-old tax on foreign property investors
• US$5.4b Stuyvesant Town complex deal completed after threatened lawsuit
• Malls, high rise buildings transforming ex-ghost city Phnom Penh
• S Africa builder sees prospects in graves
• China home prices rise for second straight month in November

22nd Dec

Singapore Economy

• Committee on the Future Economy's work critical to Singapore's next lap of growth: DPM Teo
• Businesses dominate panel to chart Singapore's future economy
• Transformation to digital economy 'a top priority'

Singapore Real Estate

• Take a 'tour' of building before construction starts
• Sales value of auctioned properties at 5-year high
• CapitaLand eyeing Vietnam office properties
• Fire breaks out at Orchard Plaza carpark; no injuries reported

Companies' Brief

• Transport, property, telco stocks in focus

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Oil slides to 11-year low amid fears glut will worsen
• Despite fall in joblessness, US inflation may not rise
• The twisted logic of the Fed
• Lotte's hotel unit likely to file South Korea's largest IPO in recent years
• Facebook paying workers to move closer to HQ
• Virtual giants in a place of steep housing costs
• Australia's Westfield sells 5 US malls for US$1.1b as part of divestment plans
• Cape Cod town unveils tax perk to halt winter exodus
• $7.6b NY apartment deal closed successfully
• U.S. Eases 35-Year-Old Real Estate Tax on Foreign Investors
• Banks' Commercial Real Estate Lending Under Fire From Regulators

23rd Dec

Singapore Real Estate

• The Verge sold for S$317m, to make way for serviced residences
• Poll: Most people back demolition of 38, Oxley Road
• More may opt for mortgages tied to fixed deposit rates
• Compass Point to be renamed Sengkang Mall
• Worker dies after excavator bucket falls on him
• Employer faces investigation over unlicensed dorm

Companies' Brief

• Hiap Hoe

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Asian real estate investors plan to invest in the region in 2016: Colliers
• NYU spends at least US$1.1m to renovate president's residence
• Still time for permabears to join Aussie home-loan party
• Cheap money likely to push up UK house prices in 2016
• Shenzhen landslide: Outrage over safety lapses
• Sales of Existing U.S. Homes Slump on Delayed Contract Closings
• Jewels, Shares, Art Help Raise $531 Million for Irish Bad Bank

24th Dec

Singapore Economy

• Fresh ideas for charting future
• Prices fall for 13th straight month, but core inflation still positive
• Inflation stays negative for 13th straight month

Singapore Real Estate

• Waterway Point in Punggol to open on Jan 18

Companies' Brief

• A-HTrust managers review options after takeover interest
• SGX Real Estate Index priced below book value; yields near 6%
• Start Singapore: Kluje offers online service to property managers

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Why CPF monies, share of HDB flats not automatically covered by a will

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• US dollar dips as effect of Fed rate hike fades
• Najib must now focus on the economy
• M'sian home prices propped up by GST, weak ringgit and hefty compliance costs
• Ranking of Asia-Pac logistics hubs expected to stay unchanged
• Sidelined top architect raps Tokyo's plan for 2020 Olympic stadium
• Anbang ups stake in Vanke with 2.8b yuan buy
• Davao expands seawards by building four islands
• Hotels impose fees, restrictions that drive new sources of revenue
• HK-led group wins US$2.5b Tahiti beach resort project
• White Plains repositions to draw new residents
• No place to dump construction waste

25th, 26th & 27th Dec

Singapore Economy

• Smart Nation revs up startup ecosystem

Singapore Real Estate

• The model approach to HDB's smart planning
• Many are happy to home in on HDB's Sers now

Companies' Brief

• CDL's office deal: What's next for the group and industry?
• A-Reit buying A$76.6m logistics property
• Colour Face swops shares for property in Cambodia

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Charting the future of Singapore's past
• Stabilisation, the key word in the property market
• How US rate hike will affect mortgages here

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Wee Hur buys land, building in Brisbane for A$63 million
• Hong Kong duplex sold for $107m could be Asia's priciest flat
• Multi-million dollar buyouts in NY getting common
• Goldin Properties soars after 18b yuan China deal
• China regulator scrutinising Baoneng's acquisition of Vanke stake
• Manhattan luxury-home prices in a slide amid weak investor appetite
• More than 100 homes destroyed in bush fire
• Vanke welcomes Anbang as ally in tussle
• Evergrande raises US$1.5b by selling convertible securities
• German building industry enjoys new boom
• Oxford mulls over removal of tribute to 'architect of apartheid'
• Top Asia Junk Bond Funds All Bought China Builders After Default

28th Dec

29th Dec

Singapore Economy

• Amid global uncertainty, S’pore set to look closer to home for growth

Singapore Real Estate

• More dark clouds loom for private housing market next year
• Prices of completed small condos down in November
• Industrial land supply for H1 2016 at 8-year low
• Old Seagate building gets top bid of S$250m
• Unit's owners have no stair access to upper floor

Companies' Brief

• First non-family CEO for Heeton
• Oxley accepts offer to buy Chiba Port Square for US$60m
• China Yuanbang Property Holdings

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• More pain ahead seen for Malaysia economy
• Knightsbridge the worst performer in central London home market
• Top Asia junk bond funds see opportunities in China developers
• This startup wants a stake in your home; poor credit is not a problem
• Return of the Single Female Homebuyer
• Top Asia Junk Bond Funds All Bought China Builders After Default

30th Dec

Singapore Real Estate

• Yio Chu Kang exec condo site up for tender
• Industrial sites at Tampines, Tuas go on sale
• Parts of CBD and Civic District to try out car-free Sundays

Companies' Brief

• S-Reits average -5.5% in total returns, 7.1% in yields
• AccorHotels making big moves to fight climate change
• Tiong Seng Holdings

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Review rules for inherited HDB flats from parents

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Japan architect builds quake-proof homes from the rubble in Nepal
• China Vanke in talks with investor in fight to fend off takeover
• HK billionaire sells 20.4b yuan of mainland projects to Evergrande
• Real-Estate Blues Bring 6th Straight Drop in Canada Confidence
• Billionaire Cheng Transfers Holdings to Family, Sells Assets

31st Dec

Top Stories

• 'Too early' to lift property curbs: Lawrence Wong
• Lawrence Wong: S'pore property market now healthy and stabilised
• HDB resale market on track for a soft landing: Lawrence Wong
• BTO flat supply to rise to 18,000 next year

Singapore Real Estate

• Keppel takes full control of Keppel Bay Tower
• Fire breaks out near City Square Mall; no injuries reported

Companies' Brief

• A-Reit announces board reshuffle
• TEE Land
• Far East Orchard

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Review rules for inherited HDB flats from parents

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Keeping Chile's buildings upright through years of quakes
• Beijing pins property revival hopes on migrant workers
• Real property tax could make China's cities safer
• BlackRock sells KL mall to Malaysia's Pavilion Reit
• US developers tap first-time buyer market
• Oil Slump Threatens $125 Million in North Dakota Property Debt
• Yahoo Seeks Buyer for Santa Clara Property in ‘Active’ Market
• Landlords Face Slowing Price Gains After U.S. Records Shattered