Straits Times: More companies warming up offices to cool off energy usage

Source : Straits Times (31 Dec 2007)

More companies warming up offices to cool off energy usage – Singapore
By Kua Zhen Yang
OFFICE workers in Singapore may soon be shedding some of those thick layers of clothing, as more firms raise the workplace mercury in an attempt to conserve energy.
Some office buildings are currently chilled [...]

Straits Times: Will sale of Singapore house affect tenancy agreement?

Source : Straits Times (30 Dec 2007)

Will sale of Singapore house affect tenancy agreement?
Q WE RENTED out our house in April last year. We signed a three-year tenancy agreement prepared by the tenant’s agent.
As the property’s price has gone up a bit, we wish to sell this house. A potential buyer is willing [...]

Straits Times: Interest in Singapore property auctions picking up

 Source : Straits Times (30 Dec 2007)
Interest in Singapore property auctions picking up
Record 810 sales closed this year as transparency of process, immediacy of deals attracts buyers
By Joyce Teo, Property Correspondent
A WIDER VARIETY OF HOMES WAS PUT UP FOR AUCTION THIS YEAR, including penthouses and high-end condominiums such as The Berth by the Cove, Marina [...]

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 Source : Straits Times (29 Dec 2007)1 . PROPERTY BOOM in Singapore
THE property sector waited 10 long years for a proper recovery. This year, new all-time highs were set in so many categories, so often, that people lost count.
The year saw the sale of the most expensive apartment in Orchard Residences (both in absolute cost [...]

Straits Times: More legislation needed to protect S’pore condo owners who do not wish to join en-bloc sale

Source : Straits Times (29 Dec 2007)More legislation needed to protect S’pore condo owners who do not wish to join en-bloc sale
I HOPE there can be some preventive measures to protect owners of condominiums which have failed in an en-bloc sale, or those who have spent substantial funds on upgrading.
In my condo in Clementi Park, [...]

Business Times: Singapore URA to launch industrial site at Playfair Rd

 Source :  (29 Dec 2007)By UMA SHANKARI
THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday said it will put up an industrial site at Playfair Road for public tender in about two weeks’ time after it received an application from a developer committed to bid at least $12 million for the site.
The price works out to about $52 [...]

Business Times: Property group Roxy-Pacific eyes mainboard listing

 Source : Business Times (29 Dec 2007)Property group Roxy-Pacific eyes mainboard listing – Singapore
Net proceeds from IPO expected to exceed $30m
By QUAH CHIN CHIN
HOME-GROWN property group Roxy-Pacific Holdings plans to raise capital through a listing on the Singapore Exchange mainboard.
The group lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday, with plans for [...]

Straits Times: Let’s hear it for a year of Singapore property records

Source : Straits Times: (29 Dec 2007)

It has been a spectacular year for the property market. The boom, after a long lull and slow recovery, was fast and furious as one mind-boggling record after another was set. JOYCE TEO recounts the record-busters
CapitaLand pays $1.339b for Farrer Court
CAPITALAND made history in June when it announced [...]

Straits Times: Singapore En bloc sales result in rewarding year for property consultants

Source : Straits Times (29 Dec 2007)
Singapore En bloc sales result in rewarding year for property consultants
Mega deals move some smaller firms and new entrants into new league
By Fiona Chan, Property Reporter
THE collective sale euphoria this year has swept in windfalls not only for home sellers, but also for the companies that brokered [...]

Channel News Asia: Singapore HDB to launch sale of residential site at Bishan Street 24

Source : Channel NewsAsia (26 Dec 2007)
Singapore HDB to launch sale of residential site at Bishan Street 24
SINGAPORE : HDB will launch the sale of a site at Bishan Street 24 for tender under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) on Thursday.
This is the fourth site to be offered under the Scheme.
Under DBSS, [...]