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BCA Gallery showcases development of Spore’s built environment By Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 26 April 2008 0303 hrs SINGAPORE : A new Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Gallery was opened on Friday to showcase the past and latest technology used to erect buildings in Singapore. Located at Braddell Road, the gallery’s interactive exhibits [...]

HDB gets 5,700 applications for 490 flats in April sale By Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 April 2008 2037 hrs SINGAPORE: The Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) April sale of four-room and bigger flats closed on Wednesday, with 5,700 applications for the 490 flats offered. These flats are located in various towns such as Bukit [...]

Property sales total S$8.4b in Q1, up 1% quarter-on-quarter By Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 April 2008 1619 hrs SINGAPORE: Investment sales level in the Singapore property market in the first quarter of 2008 was similar to that in the fourth quarter of 2007 despite deepening concerns regarding the US economy. A report by DTZ [...]

KSH Holdings clinches S$126.8m deal to build condo at Sentosa Cove By Rachel Kelly, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 April 2008 1610 hrs SINGAPORE : Construction and property developer KSH Holdings has secured a S$126.8 million contract to build a condominium development at Singapore’s Sentosa Cove. The contract is the first of its kind to [...]

Private home sales inch up in weak market 301 units, excluding condos, sold last month; Q1 figures worst since 2003 By Joyce Teo, Property Correspondent PRIVATE home sales last month rebounded slightly from February, but taken as a whole, the first quarter was the worst since Sars wreaked havoc on sales in 2003.A total of [...]

Property investment sales up at S$8.36b in Q1 but still off 2007 peak Posted: 08 April 2008 2025 hrs SINGAPORE : Property investment sales rose nearly 3 percent to S$8.36 billion in the first quarter compared to the previous three months. But this was still 36.6 percent below the peak of S$13.2 billion worth of [...]

En bloc market suffers double whammy as investors look elsewhere By Ng Baoying, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 08 April 2008 2210 hrs SINGAPORE : En bloc sales have been slowing down over the past few months, but it’s not just due to the recent tightening of the rules governing such transactions. Amid the global credit [...]

Signs of a property slowdown? Buyers seem to be gaining ground again in the private homes market but consultants say it’s far from crashing yet Sale volumes and interest have fizzled out just as quickly as the market surged last year. – ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG AFTER rocketing to dizzying heights last year, the private [...]

S’pore home prices slow after record year By Joyce Teo Prices of private homes gained 4.2 per cent in the first three months. – PHOTO: ST FILE SINGAPORE private home prices rose at the slowest in more than a year in the first quarter of this year, reflecting a general slow down in the property [...]

Hotel site amidst garden setting in Balestier Road up for tender THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday launched a hotel site at Balestier Road for sale by public tender. The 1.77 ha land parcel is one of two hotel sites to be launched for sale in the Government Land Sales Programme for the first [...]