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SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – The Housing & Development Board (HDB) in exploring the potential of developing Tengah into a first-of-its-kind Smart Energy Town, today inked three new research agreements with industry partners at the World Cities Summit. HDB intends to advance its goal of creating smart and sustainable homes for Singaporeans. Through these partnerships. HDB said it aims to further leverage...

SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – South Beach Residences is a brand new luxurious condo development by the renowned City Developments Limited, located at 28 Beach Road. Situated at the heart of Singapore city centre, the iconic development will feature well-furnished apartments and penthouses, office spaces as well as retail outlets. A luxury hotel and an exclusive clubhouse will also be part of the South Beach...

SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – Riverfront Residences is a brand new condominium development located in Hougang Ave 7, District 19. The site, which was formerly known as Rio Casa, is on a 99 years leasehold tenure and was acquired by Oxley-Lian Bent Venture at a cost of S$575 million. And the condo project is currently being run by Singapore’s well-known Oxley Holdings Ltd in joint venture with KSH Holdings...

SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – Jade Scape, which lies where former Shunfu Ville was, is a brand new property launch by Qingjian Realty located along Shunfu Road in District 20. Sitting on a massive 408,927 sqft piece of land, the condo development is expected to yield a total of 1,100 units with an average size of about 1,000 sqft. For those looking for a condo that’s located near the city and has a nostalgic...

Proptech sector boosts Singapore to 1st rank in Asia in global real estate transparency index SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – Proptech sector boosted Singapore to 1st rank in Asia in JLL’s Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) 2018. The 10th edition of GRETI contains the most comprehensive country comparisons of data availability, governance, transaction processes, property rights and the...

SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – A District 9 freehold development along Sophia Road, Casa Sophia, is up for collective sale at a reserve price of $36 million. The announcement of the en bloc sale comes on the heels of the new property cooling measures. Image credit: ERA Marketing agent ERA Realty Network said that the reserve price translates into a land rate of about $1,390 psf per plot ratio. All of the owners...

SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – Rating agency Moody’s said on Monday that Singapore banks will benefit from tighter regulations to cool the property market. In noting the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Ministry of Finance, Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Trade & Industry instituted new regulations to cool Singapore’s property market price appreciation and transaction volume,...

SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – Jurong Lake District’s momentum and vision has not changed despite the uncertainty over the Kuala-Lumpur to Singapore High Speed rail project. The Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong who said this in Parliament today added: “Some details may need to be adjusted along the way, as circumstances change. But the bottom line is that we have an exciting transformation...

SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – The Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (Redas) on Friday challenged the Government’s latest round of property cooling measures saying there was “no rationale” for the new property curbs.  imposed on Friday (July 6). REDAS. the leading developers’ group here, said the  additional buyers’ stamp duty (ABSD) and lowering of the loan-to-value (LTV) limits...

SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – JLL on 5 July presented for sale a restored CBD commercial shophouse. The CBD commercial shophouse s located at  19 Hongkong Street, and is a brand new beautifully restored part-four part-six storey commercial shophouse. The property is situated within the trendy Hong Kong Street area, one of the up-and-coming F&B and lifestyle destination that is rising in popularity...