1st Oct

Singapore Economy

• A Cabinet for today and tomorrow
• Mr Fix-It knuckles down to his task
• Non-resident population growth continues to ease in 2015

Singapore Real Estate

• $16.3m house sold, price is highest at auction this year
• Oxley duo buying into Int'l Healthway Corp
• Prime retail rents dip to lowest since '06
• Keen competition seen for sites near Redhill MRT, Sembawang Park
• Gym operator Virgin Active to be anchor retail tenant at Guoco Tower

Companies' Brief

• Roxy-Pacific
• GuocoLand
• IndoSpace 'considers Reit listing in Singapore'
• JTC Corp's FY2014 surplus up 16% at S$1.19b
• Bobby Chin appointed HDB deputy chairman
• CPF interest rates to be extended

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Preserving the good name of Meinhardt group

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Canadian funds make big buys in Manhattan
• Tight regulations making it costly for landlords to build homes
• Hoteliers seeing unexpected boost from migrant influx
• Skanska may expand US office property business
• Zurich luxury-home rental feels heat from immigration curbs
• US hotel chains race for Cuban deals
• China eases rule to spur housing sales
• Meet the Hipster Real Estate Developers Building for Millennials

2nd Oct

Singapore Economy

• Panel being set up to chart future of economy
• Singapore economy in need of review: PM Lee

Singapore Real Estate

• MND will focus on new housing policies: Lawrence Wong
• New trends in property market after GE2015
• Downtrend in private home prices picks up momentum
• Headwinds expected to continue for HDB resale flats: consultants
• Foreigners buying fewer homes in Singapore
• Reserve site in Upper Serangoon triggered for tender
• NUS in project to cut energy use with better city planning
• Rising interest rates to hit homeowners

Companies' Brief

• Sinarmas Land share buyback raises questions
• BBR Holdings

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Ascendas' OneHub Saigon breaks ground
• US retail Reit sells minority stakes in 5 malls to GIC
• Thai hotel group to acquire 10 properties in Europe in 3 years
• Sydney home prices 'at a near standstill'
• Australian Sept home prices rise 0.9%
• Manhattan home prices near million-dollar mark
• British 'DIY group' turns architecture into art
• Gehry's Conde Nast cafeteria to stay
• Starwood Hotels plans to expand presence in Africa
• Meyer Bergman Venture Agrees to $630 Million Oslo-Property Deal
• China's Anbang Said to Buy Canada Office Tower From Brookfield
• Blackstone's Gray Says REIT Buyouts Loom Amid Bearish Market
• Blackstone Gets $15.8 Billion for Biggest Ever Real Estate Fund
• Ireland's NAMA Raises Lifetime Profit Forecast to $1.95 Billion
• New York REIT Plans Strategy Review Following Litt Critique
• A Billionaire New York Landlord Who Doesn't Trumpet His Wealth
• RBC Hires LaSalle’s Brinkmann for Real Estate Lending in Europe

3rd, 4th & 5th Oct

Singapore Real Estate

• Phase 2 of Greenwood Mews cluster homes launched
• Q3 property investment sales dive to lowest level since Global Crisis
• HDB builds new generation neighbourhood centres for upcoming estates
• Buildings win prizes for water-saving features
• Shophouses in Bugis Village uneven

Companies' Brief

• CapitaLand to donate S$1.3m to charity

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Billionaire Kenneth Griffin goes on record-setting spending spree
• Bouygues readies for Paris battle to emulate WeWork
• Jefferies MD Rich Ford joins home-trading startup Roofstock
• Blackstone sees more asset sales, takeovers in US
• Phase 2 of Greenwood Mews cluster homes launched

6th Oct

Singapore Real Estate

• Ser Luck: Govt to look into foreign worker levy
• Relocating staff to Singapore gets cheaper
• Singapore office rents soften in Q3 on economic outlook: DTZ
• Woodlands Civic Centre lauded for new initiatives

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Riyadh to convert state housing fund into bank
• Hamburg to seize empty commercial space for refugees
• São Paulo mayor battles resistance to ease gridlock
• Who's afraid of vacancies? Not billionaire Larry Friedland
• Cerberus Leads Buyers as Europe Trims Bad Property-Debt Pile
• How Peltz's $2.5 Billion Investment Will Make GE Hurry Up
• Short Sellers Take On Hong Kong's Best-Performing Property Stock

7th Oct

Singapore Real Estate

• Competition for land still strong despite tepid market
• Crane at Bedok worksite keels over

Companies' Brief

• Oxley CEO lifts stake in IHC, stirring talk over what's next

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Vision SG100: Floating cities in the sea

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Cerberus leads buyers of distressed property debt in Europe
• Shenzhen is China's hottest property market
• China property firm Country Garden plans Islamic bond in Malaysia
• Dubai set for first residential Reit amid softening prices
• In North America's Costliest City, Rich Chinese Take the Blame
• Blackstone Bullish on New York, Miami Rental Homes, Gray Says

8th Oct

Singapore Economy

• Singapore business optimism index plunges

Singapore Real Estate

• Developers' calls to extend project deadline meet with a "no"
• Windsor Park GCB sold for $21.8m
• Local industrial property firm opens first data centre
• Freehold building at Eunos for sale, asking S$14m
• Seven office projects for collective sale: Report
• Court rules on collective sales tainted by bad faith

Companies' Brief

• A powerful tool for the sector
• Retail most resilient among Reits in Q3: DBS
• Ascendas Reit
• CDL's Kwek Leng Joo wins President's Award for the Environment
• 3M to spend $10m on 'smart lab' for urban solutions

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Foreign worker levies hurting productivity

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• TPG raises over US$2b for its first multi- investor property fund 
• First Skyscraper at Manhattan's Hudson Yards to Open in March
• Britain's financial watchdog starts home loans competition review
• IVG said to tap banks to sell its property business
• Marriott to triple Brazil hotels on hopes that recession would be brief
• Iran's biggest mall taking shape in Isfahan
• US commercial property investors now prefer inland cities: report
• Cameron vows to tackle housing woes

9th Oct

Singapore Real Estate

• Buyers return as HDB resale prices consolidate
• Kingsland's $100m data centre up and running
• High-rise home improvement
• Singtel to build S$400m data centre in Jurong
• SLA provides 'green map' for NParks

Companies' Brief

• Savills Singapore beefs up team to double valuation revenue
• Lippo-backed VC fund launched
• Global Logistic Properties

Views, Reviews & Forum

• How long will the residential property downcycle last?

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Ascott extends its hospitality to Cebu and Pattaya
• Norway sovereign wealth fund to focus on Singapore, Japan
• Commerz Real fund's half stake in 78 Shenton Way on the market
• New York property market still hot: Colliers
• UK home sales pick up in September
• HK August home prices hit record high
• Housing activity in Britain up, but prices rise at slower pace
• Foreign Homebuying Drops in California as China Slowdown Seen

10th, 11th & 12th Oct

Singapore Real Estate

• Managed hybrid IT will contribute towards a smarter Singapore
• Sectoral manpower plan for hotels unveiled
• UOL, Kheng Leong to sell first phase of Alexandra condo at over S$1,600 psf
• Ivy Lee Realty fighting application to wind up firm

Companies' Brief

• Singapore Property
• Singapore Retail Reits
• Ascendas Reit

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Rich Chinese face backlash in North America's costliest city
• For sale: San Francisco Bay Area's largest ready-to-build site
• Developer plans aggressive expansion as Egyptians exit Cairo
• Blackstone buys BioMed Realty Trust for US$8b
• Foreign homebuying drops in California as Chinese slow buying
• Brooklyn homes sell at fastest pace in 8 years as prices surge 15%
• Boom in Seoul's mini-room housing
• Foreign Homebuying Drops in California as China Slowdown Seen
• Chicago's Landmark Tribune Tower Marketed for a Potential Sale

13th Oct

Singapore Economy

• Analysts downbeat ahead of Q3 GDP results, expect technical recession

Singapore Real Estate

• Rental growth of business parks, high-tech parks eases in Q3
• Two commercial shophouses up for sale: Savills
• Weak property market bleeds agencies, sales agents
• Fewer real estate firms, agents run afoul of rules
• Efforts to preserve Pearl Bank Apartments hit roadblock
• SBF, SMC join hands to push for mediation in commercial tenancy disputes
• CoAssets in crowdfunding platform tie-up

Companies' Brief

• OKP unit wins S$12.7m JTC contract
• SPH Reit maintains Q4 DPU at 1.39 cents
• Perennial to join retail bond market with S$150m offering
• Tee International's Q1 net profit up 77.9% at S$2.46m

Views, Reviews & Forum

• A super-aged Singapore: Policy implications for a Smart Nation

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Cameron plans to boost UK home-building amid supply drought
• Home Flipping Frenzy in Sydney Sparks Warnings on Housing Risks

14th Oct

Singapore Economy

• MAS to slow appreciation of Singapore dollar
• Singapore’s economy grew 1.4% in third quarter of 2015

Singapore Real Estate

• Productivity to count for more in tenders for govt projects from 2016
• Technology adoption still slow among smaller builders
• Company’s drone venture may help building industry
• Portal to match foreign workers with urgent jobs
• New committee to oversee innovation in hotel sector
• Raised EC income ceiling hits private resale market
• Prime-area private condos see resale prices rise 2.8% in September
• 0.1% dip in private apartment resale prices last month
• Norway fund, CapitaLand team said to be preferred bidder for Asia Square Tower 1
• Airbnb in talks with URA for clearer rules on short-term leasing

Companies' Brief

• SPH FY15 profit falls 2
• SPH Reit
• Lian Beng Q1 rides on devt business
• Colliers appoints new MD for its Singapore business

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Property flipping frenzy in Sydney spurs warnings of overheating
• Oversupply and Tighter Lending Threaten Korea's Property Market
• Goldman's Lone Hit Among Asia's Junk Flops -- China Developers
• Canadian Household Confidence Gains for Third Straight Week
• Real Estate Safest Bet Amid Volatile Markets, Sternlicht Says

15th Oct

Singapore Economy

• MAS ignores calls for more aggressive easing of Singdollar
• Q3 growth not enough to lift full-year GDP forecasts

Singapore Real Estate

• Market volatility seen driving up mortgagee sales
• Weakness in private condominium rents persists in September
• The information advantage of Singapore's real estate agents
• CapitaLand confirms talks to buy Asia Square Tower 1

Companies' Brief

• Perennial Real Estate's placement tranche of retail bonds oversubscribed
• CapitaLand conferred President's award for volunteerism, philanthropy
• Soilbuild Reit posts 5.1% rise in Q3 DPU

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Inflation in China slows further in September
• Canada urged to compile data on home purchases by foreigners
• UK landlords renting to illegal immigrants could face jail
• Glut, tighter lending threaten South Korea property market
• Mall-owner Taubman invests in China's second-tier cities
• Banks helping rich clients invest in marquee property deals
• Vonovia bids 9.92b euros for Deutsche Wohnen
• NYC's Luxury-Condo King Shifts Gears in Bid for Chinese Buyers
• Deutsche Wohnen Rejects Vonovia's Takeover Offer as Inadequate
• Bank of England’s Fried to Head Billionaire Kirsh Family Office
• Goldman's Lone Hit Among Asia's Junk Flops -- China Developers
• Buffett Says U.S. Housing Picking Up, Citing Furniture Gains 

16th Oct

Singapore Economy

• Retail sales surge 6.1% in August, again on exuberant car buying
• NUS to launch smart nation research cluster

Singapore Real Estate

• Normanton Park up for collective sale
• Private home sales drop 34% in Sept to year’s low
• Macroeconomic volatility weighs on new home sales
• Singapore family offices give better returns compared to peers in Asia-Pacific: Survey
• S'pore prime-office rents may fall 3% in next 3 years
• S'pore still a top-20 investment destination for commercial real estate
• Thomson Impressions to be launched at S$1,400 psf on average
• CMT to sell Rivervale Mall for S$190.5m

Companies' Brief

• CapitaLand
• Soilbuild
• Sabana Reit
• Financing offer for A-Reit's perpetual bonds
• Hedging pays off as Keppel DC Reit's Q3 distributable income beats forecast
• Regina Lim to join JLL in newly created post covering S-E Asia
• Kwek Leng Beng receives HICAP Lifetime Achievement Award

Views, Reviews & Forum

• A wishlist for the new MND minister to consider
• Smart cities can change the way we pay

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• McDonald's Close to Making a Decision on Real-Estate Structure
• Blackstone Planning New European Real Estate Fund, James Says
• Rajan Gives Fillip to Modi's Goal of Housing for All by 2022
• NYC's Luxury-Condo King Shifts Gears in Bid for Chinese Buyers

17th, 18th & 19th Oct

Singapore Real Estate

• More BTO flats likely next year: minister
• Not time yet to unwind property cooling measures: National Development Minister Lawrence Wong
• Why collective sales slowly losing shine
• S'pore-based investors pump S$3.8b into real estate abroad in Q3
• S'pore-based firms snap up $24b of properties abroad
• Green office buildings: the new norm?
• New lease of life for old, non-green offices
• HDB makes it a point to be more accessible - and real
• Some Centrale 8 defects to be fixed, others unaddressed
• Homeowners react slowly to interest rate volatility

Companies' Brief

• First Reit
• Soilbuild Reit

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Smart technologies bring new risks
• The travails of looking for a first home

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Reits prospects in US, Britain outshine outlook in Singapore
• Don't overpay for pricey new London properties, warns adviser
• AccorHotels sees challenges in Asia-Pac expansion
• M'sian top fund buys property stocks at 32% discount
• German property market sees takeover surge
• NYC's Stuyvesant Town said to be for sale with Blackstone weighing bid
• NYC's luxury-condo king shifts gears in bid for Asian buyers
• Growing foreign interest in Vietnam's real estate
• Property still a 'compelling proposition' for investors
• Sydney Home Market Cools With Auction Clearances at 10-Month Low
• Private Equity Real Estate Hiring Gets SEC Scrutiny
• McDonald's Is Close to Deciding on Real-Estate Structure

20th Oct

Singapore Economy

• PM Lee: Fusionopolis Two to bring manufacturing to next level
• Core inflation expectations lowest in 4 years
• Private capital in infrastructure: Illiquid assets still a hurdle

Singapore Real Estate

• Euro-Asia Apartments eyes collective sale

Companies' Brief

• Boost for Keppel Infrastructure Trust from acquisitions
• Keppel Reit's Q3 distribution up 4.6% at S$54.4 million
• Mapletree Logistics Trust Q2 DPU falls 1.1%
• Lian Beng
• Guocoleisure

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• China economic growth slows to 6.9% in Q3
• China property now a 'buy': BlackRock
• Blackstone Nears Deal to Buy NYC’s Stuyvesant Town for $5.3 Billion
• Dubai Property Seen too Expensive to Get Iran Sanctions Bounce
• Pan Pacific to launch serviced suites in Puteri Harbour project

21st Oct

Singapore Economy

• Tharman unveils 3 initiatives to draw institutions to infrastructure

Singapore Real Estate

• Spike in HDB lease buyback applications

Companies' Brief

• Mapletree Ind Trust posts 7.3% rise in Q2 DPU
• CNQC International completes RTO deal

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Indonesian eco-resort to be accessible only from Singapore
• Housing starts rise as construction bolsters US economy
• Treasuries Decline as New-Home Construction Climbs in September
• Blackstone buys NY's Stuyvesant Town complex
• Blackstone Builds on Apartment Foray With Manhattan Invasion
• Philippine billionaire Villar may merge his residential, mall units
• New database tracks large land deals
• Sydney housing market cools as auction rate falls

22nd Oct

Singapore Real Estate

• Competition, manpower top challenges: S'pore chairmen
• Property 2015
• Developers make their mark here and abroad
• ECs stay relevant amid exciting developments
• Green is the colour of future real estate
• More active resale HDB market in the making
• Rule tweak gives HDB flat sellers more time to move

Companies' Brief

• First Reit agrees to Surabaya asset swap with Lippo
• MapletreeCom Trust's Q2 DPU up 2.5%
• Cache Logistics' Q3 DPU unchanged
• TEE Land

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Better deal for US millennials to buy than rent property: study
• Aussie mining towns see home prices dive
• Norway's fund will need nod for large property deals
• New York City testing post-disaster housing
• HK real estate equity group to buy Big Hotel for $203m
• Shanghai Halts Land Auctions as Surging Prices Worry Officials
• SEB Slides Reveal Sweden's Property Risks Bank Wants to Avoid
• Sydney Housing Boom Over as Price Growth Slows, Domain Says

23rd Oct

Singapore Real Estate

• Singapore property developer sentiment worsens in Q3: survey
• Private home prices fall for eighth straight quarter
• Far East Hospitality to expand Oasia brand next year
• HDB to appoint managing agents for new neighbourhood centres
• Pearl Bank Apartments get extension to secure approval for conservation

Companies' Brief

• Industrial space prices, rents soften in Q3: JTC
• A-Reit's Q2 DPU increases 13.7%
• Suntec Reit Q3 distributable income up 9.2%
• CMT's Q3 net property income slips; DPU up 9.6%
• FCT Q4 DPU up; eyes on rental reversions
• Suntec City officially reopens after S$410m revamp

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• GIC partners Tishman Speyer in Hyderabad JV
• Shanghai halts land auctions as surging prices worry officials
• Smaller price growth in Q3 shows end of Sydney housing boom: Domain
• Existing home sales rise more than expected
• Amaravati project a benchmark for new cities: Modi

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27th Oct

Singapore Economy

• Singapore must prepare for economic slowdown: PM Lee

Singapore Real Estate

• Property price drop will only have a small impact on GDP growth: Nomura
• Good Class Bungalow deals in Q3 down from previous quarter

Companies' Brief

• Viva Industrial Trust posts 2.4% decline in Q3 DPS
• Oxley offers up to S$125m retail bonds in maiden issue
• Frasers Hospitality to launch Modena brand in Bangkok
• Timely forum on sustainable development

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• China malls closing despite data showing retail sales rebound
• Supply glut still a hurdle to China property rebound
• Japan's Seibu eyes Tokyo hotel redevelopment project
• Student dorms drawing billionaires have record sales in UK
• Buildings for a happier, healthier and more productive life
• China's Bid to Prop Up Property Investment Challenged Amid Glut

28th Oct

Singapore Real Estate

• MAS: Housing sector has no strong link to jobs and business cycles
• HDB leads the way for residents with journey managers

Companies' Brief

• Adelaide, S'pore malls boost Starhill's Q1
• Viva Q3 income up but DPS dips on bigger unit base
• MGCCT's Q2 DPU up 13% despite weak HK retail market

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• CapitaLand to build its 6th condo in Ho Chi Minh
• Blackstone seeks mortgage for Manhattan complex
• Tokyo museum undergoes facelift
• China Vanke Q3 net profit jumps 22% as sales pick up
• Ping An, partner, in US property fund
• Airbnb fights move to curb San Francisco business
• Starwood Hotels Jumps on Report of Chinese Firms' Interest
• Starwood Bets $5.4 Billion That Apartment Rents Will Keep Rising
• Landlord Boom a Bigger Risk for Aussie Bad Debts Than Businesses
• GE Names Real Estate Chief to Run Jet Lessor With Liu to Retire

29th Oct

Singapore Economy

• Singapore to focus on 5 futures, says Swee Keat
• Singapore still the best place to do business

Singapore Real Estate

• Prices of completed condos up 0.1%: NUS index
• Two warehouse buildings up for sale, asking S$70m
• Apple seen taking up half the space at Fusionopolis Two tower
• Koh Brothers holds 30% stake in JV handling Changi's 3rd runway works
• SingPost's new mall to capitalise on e-commerce
• Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society wins bid for Fernvale Link site

Companies' Brief

• HDB's up-sized issue of S$1.2b five-year bonds snapped up
• CCT posts higher Q3 DPU; expects pressure on market rents
• A-HTrust's Q2 DPS up 8.7% despite income hit from currency movements
• Lippo to move two Reits from S'pore to Indonesia
• Wing Tai Holdings
• Keppel DC Reit

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Make some property curbs permanent

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Fed rate hike could burst HK property bubble
• Hyatt said to be in talks to buy Starwood Hotels
• Landlord boom a bigger risk for Australian bad debts than businesses
• Japan's Hulic to buy Simplex for 155b yen amid many bids
• Bailout exit, unity moves make Cyprus attractive: entrepreneur
• Paris 'palace' hotels face growing challenges
• Brooklyn becoming a serious rival to Manhattan
• Qatar Joins Brookfield's $8.6 Billion Manhattan West Project
• Apollo Third-Quarter Profit More Than Triples on Athene Unit
• China Firms Said to Seek Approval to Pursue Starwood Hotels Bid

30th Oct

Singapore Economy

• Strengthen Singapore's three comparative advantages to create value: Iswaran
• Land is a resource that must be managed carefully: Heng Swee Keat
• S'pore's hub status 'offers hope to hospitality sector'

Singapore Real Estate

• Bids for Ubi industrial site 'too low', says HDB
• Four more tenants set to move out of Knightsbridge
• Bedok Mall steps up checks, cleaning after rat clip
• Condo, mall to be renamed following complaints from St Andrew's alumni

Companies' Brief

• GP Hotels Q3 profit down 30%
• Frasers Hospitality Trust's Q4 DPS lower than forecast
• Ascott Reit's Q3 DPU dips 2% on one-off item's interest cost
• Q3 DPS drops 9.7% at CDL Hospitality Trust
• Tuan Sing's Q3 profit hit by impairment loss
• CityDev's M&C Hotels posts one-third fall in Q3 profit
• BCA CEO wins award for sustainability effort

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Still no clarity on uneven HDB resale levy
• Crowdfunding real estate

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• HK home transactions seen headed for 20-year low
• Qatar joins Brookfield's US$8.6b mixed project in Manhattan
• London and HK facing housing bubble risk, says UBS
• Hyatt keeps mum about talks to buy Starwood
• Pending Sales of Previously Owned U.S. Homes Unexpectedly Fall
• MGM Resorts Creates REIT for Hotels to Help Boost Value
• Swiss Apartment Prices Set to Decline for First Time in 15 Years
• New York Community Agrees to Buy Astoria in $2 Billion Deal
• Hairy crabs help China’s solar industry flourish

31st Oct

Singapore Economy

• Businesses more cautious on spending, investment

Singapore Real Estate

• Two condos launched over weekend notch 60% sales
• Home owners lose prime view after land-use changes
• 20% of resale flat buyers seek proximity grant

Companies' Brief

• Frasers Commercial Trust
• CDL Hospitality Trusts
• United Industrial Corp
• Roxy posts 7% rise in Q3 net profit
• GLP posts 27% jump in Q2 profit
• Hospitality sector
• Sinarmas Land

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Adjust property curbs to reflect how IT has changed market

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Japan property market set to bubble again
• NY condo builders target less-wealthy amid market turmoil
• Airbnb rings up US$451.4m revenue in NY in a year
• Australia on the cusp of new way to power homes
• Carpark that creates shade... and power
• KL set to sell state-owned land
• More rooftop recreation in Japanese commercial buildings