1st Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• DC rate for industrial use cut but left unchanged in other use groups
• S'pore leads in pursuit of green buildings
• CapitaLand doubling EV charging stations in its S'pore properties
• Strange hues spoil views on Emerald Hill
• Singapore July bank lending rises on housing loans
• Restored, rebuilt, renewed

Companies' Brief

• GuocoLeisure
• Mike Barclay to step down as Sentosa Development Corporation CEO

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• China eases home purchase rules again
• Developers offer to buy Tianjin blast homes
• Mitsubishi Estate to build new Tokyo office, retail complex
• Dubai Properties CEO says revenue will be higher this year
• Australia city home prices rises 0.3% in Aug: RPData
• Greece Revives Privatizations With One Difference: More Time 

2nd Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• Tightening foreign labour policy ‘not only way to create level playing field’
• 77 Robinson Road back on the market
• The 'Hungry Ghost month' effect on housing

Views, Reviews & Forum

• DC decisions speak volumes

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Bangkok blast expected to further weaken property market
• China's August home prices rise for first time in 2015: surveys
• Dubai Property Prices Fall Most in the World, Knight Frank Says
• Manhattan Gets First Crowdfunded Condos
• Luxury Home Sales Soar as Foreigners Seek Canadian Stability

3rd Sept

4th Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• HDB resale prices rise 0.3%, transactions fall 6.8% in Aug: SRX
• JBE's Yishun project may have lowest psf price for ECs this year
• Home construction quality standards must be raised

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Diversify Smart Nation conversation
• Shiny new fixtures for mature town, but residents ask for more to be done

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Emaar to launch luxury homes despite Dubai property slump
• Philly landlords bank on Pope's visit to seal marked-up rentals
• Cerberus buying US mortgages shunned by banks
• Oil plunge hurting North Dakota hotel sector
• Times Square's very success breeds hassles
• London's car-melting skyscraper wins architectural horrors award
• Beverly Hills Estate's Record Asking Price Cut to $149 Million
• Alfred Taubman Record $500 Million Art Trove Lands at Sotheby's
• Dubai as Worst Market No Deterrent for Emaar Creekside Homes

5th, 6th & 7th Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• Singapore private home prices register second-largest drop in Asia
• A ride through S'pore's property market
• S'pore private property prices fall 3.2% for Q2
• Suburban condo rents feel the squeeze
• Heritage Buildings: Syed Alwi Road shophouses rich in style
• Architect Raymond Woo's 268 Orchard has glasses boxes that display metal cables
• Real estate agents feature strongly among opposition-party candidates

Views, Reviews & Forum

• SPP takes aim at PAP's housing, education policies
• NSP: Let people buy first HDB flat at cost

Companies' Brief

• Keppel Reit buys retail units in Melbourne

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Walter to pay US$29.63m in reverse mortgage settlement
• German landlord Vonovia joins DAX Index after buying spree
• Ghana's mortgage holders feel the pain as US dollar climbs
• Sweden plans forced mortgage payments
• Hong Kong Home Prices May Start to Slump in 2016, JPMorgan Says
• China's Turmoil Could be Just a Blip, If 1960s Japan Is a Guide
• Dubai Stocks Drop With Mideast Markets on Fed Rate-Increase Bets
• Spain's real estate sector starting to hum
• Hoshino eyes Japan hotel chain expansion as visitors rise
• Walkie Talkie worst new building

8th Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• Progress made in housing, but more to be done: Khaw
• Curbs on foreign workers 'meant to serve S'pore'
• Singapore property may face ageing threat

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• BlackRock sees new opportunity in China real estate
• HK property prices may correct next year: JPMorgan
• Architect Hadid in Olympic stadium re-design
• UAE property crisis fears overblown: HSBC
• Rise in luxury London home prices slows over higher taxes
• Worsening housing shortage challenge for Sweden's central bank
• Redefine to Buy U.K. Commercial Properties for $744 Million

9th Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• Stanley Quek buys shophouses in Duxton Hill for S$19.6m
• No End in Sight for Slide in Singapore Home Prices as Rates Rise
• RCR top performer in resale prices of condos
• Lafe seeks nod at EGM to sell 21 Emerald Hill units
• Latest smart construction technologies at BuildTech Asia

Companies' Brief

• Singapore property

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Toronto mall shops for crowdfunding investors
• Shandong to buy unsold homes amid property downturn
• Consumer Credit in U.S. Increased More Than Forecast in July
• Blackstone to Acquire Strategic Hotels for $3.93 Billion
• China's Shandong to Buy Unsold Homes Amid Property Downturn
• Spanish Home Prices Jump Most Since Crisis Bolstering Recovery

10th Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• Impact of GE result on property market likely limited
• Aug condo rents fall 0.4%, lease transactions slide 1.6%
• 83% committed occupancy at CapitaGreen
• CDLHT makes first hotel acquisition in UK
• Judge chides contractor for repeated appeals

Companies' Brief

• Latest selldown could be buying point for Reits, say analysts
• Dennis Yeo joins CBRE as regional head of industrial and logistics services

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Luxury homes unsold after a year shows glut in south London
• Centara eyes major cities, new markets
• Blackstone buys Strategic Hotels and Resorts for US$6b
• Build and They Might Come: Dublin Seeks to House Next Facebook
• Top-Performing Hedge Fund Becomes Available for Japanese Savers
• Tight Housing Market North of L.A. to Get 1,500 New Homes
• Citigroup Sees 55% Risk of a Global Recession Made in China
• The New Money-Laundering Sting: Come to the U.S., Get Arrested
• Sunac Shares Drop After Developer Signs Pact With Indebted Yurun
• Luxury Homes Unsold After a Year Showing South London Glut

1th, 12th, 13th & 14th Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• PAP racks up landslide win, takes 83 out of 89 seats
• Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty 'can be safely removed'
• Buyers throng Yishun EC show-flat
• Metro to shut City Square store at year end

Companies' Brief

• CDL HOSPITALITY TRUSTS

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Growing importance of land is bad news for the economy

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Jakarta's planners 'could look to S'pore'
• Drought dogs Cali developers amid soaring housing market
• Investors find safe haven in Canadian mortgage-backed bonds
• Manchester United legend Gary Neville making his mark in property
• China "red flags" report had errors, but nothing major, Moody's tells HK tribunal
• Crowdfunded Tokyo condos appeal with 5% yield
• Oversupply clouds China firm's sukuk debut
• Rio's property bubble bursts with buildings vacant and rents down
• Hotel room workspaces in US go casual
• Manhattan church brings in Norway fund as partner
• HLH fans out into property development in Cambodia
• Commercial Credit Is the New Mortgage Credit
• REITs May Not Be the Answer for Retailers 

15th Sept

Singapore Economy

Economy's outlook just got hazier

Singapore Real Estate

Time is hot to remove one cooling measure

Row of five Joo Chiat shophouses up for sale

Several landed properties going under the hammer

Two commercial projects up for sale by EOI

Industrial sector seen as first AEC beneficiary

GA Property to give shares to sales staff

Companies' Brief

Global Logistic Properties

Eight experienced valuers quit Colliers

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

For Mumbai's Poor, a $9,500 Home Comes With a Chopper Ride, Job

Morgans Investor Rambleside to Offer $507 Million for Hotels

16th Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• Singapore Vote Won't Reverse Property Curbs -- A Price Drop Will
• Aug slump in new home sales unlikely to affect cooling measures: analysts
• CapitaLand in 7th housing project in Vietnam
• Row of three shophouses at Joo Chiat Road up for sale
• UOL's Pan Pacific pumps US$35m into four hotels
• Property firm bolsters ranks, targets prime areas

Companies' Brief

• CapitaLand Mall Trust

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Commercial property prices to rise in Japan, US on demand: JLL CEO
• AccorHotels to operate in Iran
• Affordable urban homes set to take off in India
• The Battle Over Prized Land Under Silicon Valley's Trailer Parks
• Compass Said to Be Valued at $800 Million After Funding

17th Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• Developers renew call to tweak cooling measures
• Manage cooling measures exit 'for soft landing'
• REDAS to work with Government to address oversupply of private homes
• International Plaza's 36th floor office units put up for sale
• Pontiac bags its first Aussie project

Companies' Brief

• Singapore Reits
• Family of Ng Teng Fong donates S$20m to museum

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• 7th Vietnam-S'pore industrial park takes off
• Carlyle raises US$4.2b for US real estate fund
• Marriott to bring its brand into South Africa
• Senegal plans city to ease capital gridlock, woo China investors
• Commercial land prices in Japan's big cities on the rise
• Battle over mobile-home parks in California
• Danish central bank warns of rising speculation in housing
• Billionaire's London Mayfair homes project gets go-ahead
• Miami's `Scarface' Pad Has New Resident: A Billionaire Ex-President in Exile
• Stocks and Bonds Losing to Real Estate in Draghi's World of QE
• Carlyle Raises $4.2 Billion for Seventh U.S. Real Estate Fund

18th Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• 'Property cooling measures to stay'
• CPF Board launches public tender to sell Robinson Rd building
• Queen Astrid GCB site up for sale at S$49-51m

Companies' Brief

• HDB incurs $2.02b deficit in last FY

Views, Reviews & Forum

• PAP or Opposition ward? No difference to home value

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Fed hike may not cool hot NY property market
• M&C Hotels signs four properties in Madinah, Saudi Arabia
• A building that resembles what it stores: salt for New York City's roads
• Wellington blocks farm purchase by China firm
• Stocks, Economy No Drag on China Home Prices as Policy Loosened
• Under the Hood of U.S. Housing Starts Is Tamer Rental Inflation
• Housing Starts in U.S. Fall in Sign of Slow, Steady Recovery
• Draghi's QE Boosts Property Returns More Than Stocks, Bonds
• Homebuilder Confidence in U.S. Strengthens to Highest Since 2005

19th, 20th & 21st Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• Hougang BTO project gets top marks for quality
• Higher repayments ahead for home loans
• Tiong Bahru Plaza to reopen next year after $90m revamp
• Marina One unveils anchor retail tenants
• Town club loses appeal over value of property
• Design reviews delay opening of Geylang Serai community hub

Companies' Brief

• S-Reits rebound after Fed holds rates for now
• Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-Reits): 
• Ascendas Reit
• Centurion Corp
• China Merchants Property Devt to delist from SGX

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Keeping Home Protection Scheme premiums affordable
• Public can flag safety lapses at construction sites

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Mapletree sees Vietnam as growth opportunity
• Frasers Centrepoint unit to raise A$112m from Aussie asset sale
• UK house prices hit record high as squeeze leads to 'extremes'
• Prices of prime and new residences in London dip
• Miami condo market swings back to boom time
• Construction at NY buildings declared 'vacant' for work riles their tenants
• China's home prices up for 4th straight month
• Fuld's estate in Sun Valley sets record at auction
• New Home ‘Tsunami’ May Snap Sydney Romance With Exuberant Prices
• Deutsche Wohnen Offers to Buy LEG to Challenge Vonovia
• Household Wealth in U.S. Rose in Second Quarter on Real Estate

22nd Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• BTO flats in Bidadari estate to come at a premium: Analysts
• Homegrown Kim Soon Lee buys Tuas warehouse from ISK
• GCB site off Upper Thomson up for sale

Companies' Brief

• Ascendas Reit

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Deluge of new homes may end high property prices in Sydney
• KKR seeks at least US$1.5b for second US property fund
• London leads UK home prices to all-time high
• Toll Brothers sees Manhattan luxury-condo glut
• Jinjiang International buys 81% of Keystone Lodging
• Swiss home vacancies at 14-year high, cities still 'strained'
• Sales of existing homes down more than forecast in August
• China party mouthpiece lashes out at tycoon Li Ka-shing
• Rents soar in big rush to catch up with own future
• Aussie property market facing glut of new homes
• Hong Kong Domestic Demand for Property Seen Countering Declines in China
• Why Barrack, Sternlicht Joined Forces in U.S. Home-Rental Merger
• Previously Owned U.S. Home Sales Retreat on Limited Availability
• Fall in Housing Optimism Erodes Canada Consumer Confidence Index
• Sales of Previously Owned U.S. Homes Fall More Than Forecast
• Lennar Earnings Beat Estimates as New-Home Sales Increase

23rd Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• MAS to tighten rules on gold buyback and landbanking schemes
• Garden takes root in HDB project
• Lor Lew Lian housing site triggered for tender
• Smart Homes, Smart Environments
• Construction worker dies in accident at work site under Yio Chu Kang flyover

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Is it time to lift property curbs?

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Rowsley's Iskandar site to house healthcare city
• Concerns over Iskandar property glut ‘a bit overblown’
• Hong Kong nowhere near housing crash despite August data, say analysts
• Australia Q2 home prices leap 4.7%, biggest quarterly gain in 5 years
• China's Greenland ties up with Mizuho
• US properties include Manhattan penthouse
• Billionaire Macau Developer Denied Bail in Currency Scheme
• Ivanhoe Cambridge Gets Permit for Paris Tower Project
• Hong Kong Domestic Demand for Property Seen Countering Declines in China

24th & 25th Sept

Singapore Real Estate

• September BTO launch to be merged with November's: MND
• Flexi scheme 'unlikely to hurt singles' chances of getting an HDB flat'
• CDL, JBE in battle for EC buyers in Yishun (Amended)
• Balancing home affordability with price appreciation
• Singapore's retail sales tracking leaves an undesirable discount
• Modern makeover of heritage shophouses
• Construction sector urged to embrace Design for Manufacturing and Assembly process
• SEF Group's prefab hub opens in Kaki Bukit
• More land for integrated construction and prefabrication hubs to reduce construction manpower

Views, Reviews & Forum

• Keep property curbs for a healthy economy

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• The smartest building in the world
• How Frank Gehry became Frank Gehry
• New York builders may have to keep 25% of homes for low-income residents
• Report faults UK govt's land sales scheme
• Thailand plans measures to help property sector: minister
• BioMed Realty Trust exploring sale: sources
• FBI's HQ replacement mired in money issues
• Manhattan oasis, senior housing vie for space
• Why Americans are spending more on rent
• Mortgage bonds take a hit in Russia too
• Chinese firm to invest in UK housing projects
• Shanghai Zendai's S African 'city' takes off
• Raimon Land prices out speculators
• Aide to China billionaire developer admits to unlawful-activity funding
• Indian developer fined 72.7b rupees for raising funds without approval

26th Sept

27th Sept

28th Sept

29th Sept

Top Stories

• Younger, beefier Cabinet for post-SG50 Singapore
• Lawrence Wong to lead National Development

Singapore Real Estate

• New rules for developers: Showflats must correctly represent actual units
• Completed condo prices down 0.6% in August: NUS
• H2 sales of strata office and retail units to remain muted, says report
• Luxury home sales continue to sputter in third quarter
• South Beach to offer largest stock of women-only rooms
• Closing date for bids for 77 Robinson Rd postponed by 2 weeks

Companies' Brief

• Ng Kok Siong to be new CEO of Guangzhou Knowledge City
• Singapore Property: Global Logistic Properties and Wing Tai

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• Investors competing for property assets across Europe
• Ireland to link home rents to inflation
• Pending Sales of Previously Owned U.S. Homes Unexpectedly Fall
• JPMorgan Financing Los Angeles Mansions Starting at $115 Million

30th Sept

Singapore Economy

• 'A culture shift' with coordinating ministers
• Mr Fix-It called on again
• Singapore remains world's second-most competitive economy
• Singapore still 'leading commodities hub for Asia'
• Slowing productivity 'leaving the world vulnerable to slump'

Singapore Real Estate

• Singapore property auction market up in Q3
• No rush for ECs despite rule changes

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

• HK hotelier Artyzen eyes pan-Asian presence
• HK shop rents dive, even on most pricey strip
• US hotels spending big to keep up with latest market trends