News about RCI

PETALING JAYA (Dec 30): Transactions in commercial and investment properties are anticipated to be priced 10% to 20% below their perceived market value in 2017, said Knight Frank Malaysia managing director Sarkunan Subramaniam in a press release on Knight Frank’s real estate round-up of 2016 and outlook for 2017, today.

SINGAPORE (Dec 20): DBS Group Research has an “underweight” rating on the Singapore REIT sector as it anticipates four interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve in 2017 alone.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 7): The negative trend in the property sector continues as the third quarter of 2016 registered a decline of 8.

SINGAPORE (Dec 6): Maybank Kim Eng is maintaining a “neutral” stance on Singapore’s property sector while positioning defensively at the lower end of the risk spectrum, expressing a preference for exposure to stable platforms over trading portfolios.

SINGAPORE (Dec 5): RHB Research is maintaining its “overweight” rating on the property sector as yields of Singapore REITs overtook 10-year government bond yields by 4.

In an environment where consumer sentiment is weak and new malls are struggling to perform, a shopping centre that is soon to be completed in Selayang, Selangor — Selayang StarCity Mall (SSCM) — is attracting interested buyers, including funds and real estate investment trusts.

SINGAPORE (Nov 18): Singapore real estate investment trusts (REITs) have seen price-to-book fall to 0.

Space, and how people interact with it, is ever evolving.

SINGAPORE (Nov 9): Investors now have a chance to accumulate Singapore REITs while the market overshoots, according to a Tuesday report by DBS.

SINGAPORE (Nov 1): The slowdown continues for Singapore’s property developers and real estate investment trusts (REITs), according to 3Q16 data by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).