THIS week, The Edge predicts that home prices in Singapore will fall in the second half of this year, as developers begin to cut prices to move their unsold units.Over the past 4 months, the take-up rate of fifty projects in Singapore, which have sold less than 50% in total, was less than 0.8% a month.

SINGAPORE: A consortium that includes Singapore tycoon Ong Beng Seng and Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Ltd has increased its offer price for a stake in Hotel Properties Ltd to S$4 (RM10.33) per share, valuing the company at around S$2.07 billion.

LONDON: British Land Co plc, developer of London’s “Cheesegrater” skyscraper, said it was starting to benefit from a long-awaited recovery in Britain’s commercial property markets, as it posted a 15% jump in full-year net asset value (NAV).

MANILA: Khazanah Nasional Bhd and global private investment firm TPG have agreed to buy US$132 million (RM428 million) worth of shares in 8990 Holdings Inc, the Philippine mass housing developer said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Aica Bhd (Maica) expects “exponential” growth in both revenue and earnings over the next three to five years, driven by expansion in its property development, said executive chairman Datuk Ter Leong Yap.

KUALA LUMPUR: Glomac Bhd is foreseeing a challenging year ahead as the impact of Bank Negara Malaysia’s cooling measures sinks in curbing speculative demand.

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JOHOR BARU: Tebrau Teguh Bhd is currently in discussions with local and international property players to jointly develop strategic waterfront tracts sprawled across 400ha of the Tebrau-Plentong river basin here.

KUALA LUMPUR: Led by the property sector, the value of construction works done in the first quarter of the year grew a sharp 21.2% to RM25 billion —the fastest year-on-year (y-o-y) pace since Q42012 and the highest level since data collection began in 2008. Value of works done grew by a slower 11.3% y-o-y last quarter in contrast.