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Buying a big-ticket item such as a home or piece of property is always a daunting journey.
Buying a big-ticket item such as a home or piece of property is always a daunting journey.
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): It looks like the local property market is still not out of the woods, just yet.
PETALING JAYA (Dec 4): AmInvestment Bank expects the property market to remain subdued in 2018 as elevated home prices, low financing margins by banks, and high debt-service ratios (DSR) among prospective homebuyers continue to plague the market.
SINGAPORE (June 30): Singapore’s property cooling measures are here to stay, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
The government recently announced that the seller’s stamp duty and holding period would be lowered for residential properties bought on and after March 11.
SINGAPORE (March 13): A surprise letup of property cooling measures — albeit minor and targeted tweaks — on Friday sent property developer stocks soaring to the highest in more than 20 months.
SINGAPORE (Jan 17): Singapore's residential home sales including executive condominiums reached 12,432 units in 2016, an improvement of 21% over 2015 levels.
SINGAPORE (Sept 5): When the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced changes to the Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) framework last Thursday, the regulatory authority made it clear that it was not the easing of property cooling measures that some are hankering after.