It's official: July new home sales down 73% 15 Aug 2013 | 04:40 pm

Sales of new private homes in Singapore plunged in July. Figures from the Urban Redevelopment Authority show that just 481 units of new homes were sold last month, down 73% from June. 1,806 units wer...

July new home sales down 63%..?! 13 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm

Property analysts expect new private home sales in Singapore to likely plunge by some 63% in July. And they say the sharp drop in sales volume is partly due to new property loan restrictions implement...

DBS Interest Guard: Want to know more? 31 Jul 2013 | 11:31 am

The good folks at DBS have sent us details of their latest "Interest Guard" product. They have also thrown in details of their "Hybrid" mortgage products for good measure So for those seeking peace ....

Interest rate hike: First the warnings, now comes the insurance... 31 Jul 2013 | 06:48 am

Our de facto English newspaper has reported today that DBS has introduced a product offering to help protect home owners in case their mortgage instalments start increasing. The DBS Interest Guard ac...

Mortgage serviceability: Reality versus Fantasy... 26 Jul 2013 | 01:52 pm

The following article contributed by Mr. Kuo How Nam appeared in the Forum page of our de facto English newspaper today. Borrowers need reality check THE key element determining a person's ability t...

Foreign buyers getting cold feet..? 25 Jul 2013 | 07:40 am

New private homes sales up 5.4% in May! 17 Jun 2013 | 12:31 pm

Sales of new private homes, excluding executive condominiums, climbed 5.4% to 1,455 units in May. This is compared to 1,380 new homes sold in April 2013, according to figures released by the Urban Re...

Private resale dips in May! 7 Jun 2013 | 11:34 am

Prices of resale private homes softened in May as the government's cooling measures continued to dampen the market. Non-landed private residential units showed an overall price drop of 0.5% in May co...

End of the road for "Specuvestors"..? 6 Jun 2013 | 05:44 am

The level of speculative activities in the private residential market in Singapore has dropped substantially in the past few years. Sub-sales of private residential properties hit a six-year low of 4...

Revival of private resale? 31 May 2013 | 08:48 am

Market watchers have said the private resale property market is seeing a gradual recovery after a drop in transaction volume in the first quarter this year following the introduction of cooling measur...