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Showing posts with label property. Show all posts
Showing posts with label property. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Relatively speaking, it is still for the poverty-stricken.

This is from the article, Singapore public housing: 'A nation of homeowners', in AFP.

Public housing is often associated with poverty-stricken slums and other social ills but Singapore's high-rise apartment blocks built by the government are an exception.

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

The nature, the rent, the haunt, the traditional colonial house

This is from the article, In Singapore, a House Steeped in Tradition, in the New York Times, Great Homes and Destinations by By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop about a house at S$22000 rent.

The Pickerings’ is one of 33 black-and-white houses around the Mount Pleasant area; there are similar pockets elsewhere in the city. The houses are magnets for expatriates but unloved by Singaporeans, for whom they have sinister associations. “Some of the more senior taxi drivers don’t like to come here at night,” Mrs. Pickering said. “These houses were taken over by the high command of the Japanese military during the Second World War, and some Singaporeans believe they’re haunted.”

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Monday, March 17, 2008

We are the third this time

This is from the article, The Hamilton: Upcoming condo equipped with garage in the sky, in Lushhome :: Online news and information on Singapore property market.

But when built, it will become the first residential high-rise in Singapore, and only the third in the world after developments in New York and Dubai, to have this vroom-with-a-view parking feature.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Hot but not yet boiling

This is from the article, Singapore ranked top Reit market in Asia-Pacific, in lushhomemedia.com sourced from Business Times about REIT markets.

The findings also showed that China, India and Vietnam are ranked as the top three hot property growth markets in Asia-Pacific for the next five years. Singapore, which ranked fourth, was the highest placed established Reit market. Good growth is also expected in Malaysia.

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