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National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday sketched out what Woodlands Regional Centre will be like.

With 100 hectares of space available for development, Woodlands Regional Centre is a key component in reshaping northern Singapore laid out in the recent Land Use plan. 
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The Federal Reserve met market expectations Wednesday with another round of easing, this time with a pledge to keep interest rates low until unemployment falls below 6.5 percent and inflation tops 2.5 percent. Economists had been expecting the Federal Reserve to accelerate its debt buying program, known as quantitative easing, to the tune of another $45 billion a month, and the central bank came through.

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Private property sales in the primary market fell 26 percent n October from the previous month, according to data form Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority, as fresh tightening measures kept home buyers cautious and developers held back on new launches.

And, double-digit declines are expected to continue into 2013. Real estate analysts forecast transaction volumes will fall close to 30 percent next year to 16,000 units, down from 22,000 in 2012.

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While Singapore's trade dependent economy has had a tough 2012, even teetering on the brink of a recession earlier this year, the city state's residential property market has remained robust, with prices among the highest in the world.

Private home prices in this Southeast Asian financial hub have risen a whopping 56 percent since the global financial crisis, and most analysts expect this upward trajectory to continue into the new year, even as the market faces a drop in sales volumes amid a somber growth outlook.

Singapore's private housing market has seen months of double-digit declines in sales, including a 44 percent month-on-month fall in November, in part due to a number of cooling measures introduced by the government – yet prices have remained firm.

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Singapore's economy grew more vigorously than foreseen in the last three months of 2012, avoiding an expected recession, as gross domestic product (GDP) data for previous quarters was revised downwards.

Singapore's GDP expanded by an annualized 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter from the third quarter after seasonal adjustments, advanced estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry showed on Wednesday, reversing a larger than earlier reported 6.3 percent contraction in the July-September period.

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Sluggish economic growth and six rounds of property cooling measures over the past three years, yet Singapore home prices remained on the boil in 2012. That can only mean one thing, say analysts: fresh curbs to cool the housing market in the months ahead.

Private home prices in Asia's financial hub, ranked as one of the world's most expensive cities to live in, climbed 2.8 percent last year, according to flash estimates by the city's Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), after a 1.8 percent rise in the final quarter of 2012 – the fastest pace since the second quarter of 2011.

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Third time lucky for some, could it be a case of seventh time lucky for Singapore? The city-state has just unveiled its latest and most stringent measures to cool a sizzling property market, which has defied a slew of steps since 2009.

Late on Friday the Asian financial hub increased a tax on foreigners and corporates buying residential property via an additional buyer's stamp duty of 15 percent of the purchase price, up from the previous 10 percent.

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Singapore's central bank on Friday introduced rules to ensure that a property buyer's monthly payments do not exceed 60 percent of his income, a move aimed at cooling the housing market and ensuring investors are not caught out by a rise in interest rates.

"The TDSR (total debt servicing ratio) will apply to loans for the purchase of all types of property, loans secured on property, and the re-financing of all such loans," the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in a statement.

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The new housing subsidies to help first-timers buy bigger homes will cost the Government at least $150 million a year, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan revealed yesterday.
 
This raises the amount to be spent on grants for new flats from about $290 million to over $440 million a year, a sum which includes both the Additional Housing Grant and the Special Housing Grant (SHG).
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Businesses confidence in Singapore rose in the first half of the year on the back of improving access to capital and a brighter economic outlook, a survey published by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) on Thursday showed.

According to the survey, 44 percent of finance professionals surveyed were more optimistic about the macro-economic environment in the first half of the year, saying things were either getting better or about to do so,compared with only 19 percent in the second half of 2012.

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Shopping, it is said, is a national pastime in Singapore and evident from the crowds that throng the city-state's malls every day.

And analysts say that an affluent and a well-traveled consumer class are now helping to shape new shopping habits in the Southeast Asian nation, home to a population of about 5.2 million.

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Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of the year was revised higher on Monday, leading some analysts to suggest the economy's gloomy times could soon be over.

On an annualized basis, GDP rose 15.5 percent on the previous quarter, faster than an advanced estimate made a month ago of 15.2 percent, and above analyst expectations of 14 percent. The positive data comes after the Singaporean government hiked its growth outlook for 2013 to between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent last week, from between 1 and 3 percent.

Now a number of analysts are turning more bullish on the economy and forecasting that the worst could be over.

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Singapore's long-held status as a financial market safe haven could come under pressure from potential risk of higher rates amid the imminent tapering of U.S. monetary stimulus.

The country is a favorite among foreign investors looking for fairly low-risk stocks that pay high dividends. But the prospect of a tightening monetary environment could erode that appeal, analysts say.

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The Tour Odéon site is located on the eastern side of Monaco on the border with France.

Looking to spend $200,000 for a villa in Monaco?

Good luck. For that amount, you'd be lucky to get a one-bath – as in a single four-foot by eight-foot bathroom.

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Property markets in Hong Kong and Singapore have turned red hot in recent times pushing buyers out of the market and raising fears of a bubble. But research from real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle suggests some of this heat could be coming off.

According to Jones Lang LaSalle's Residential Index - which measures luxury residential markets across Asia - Hong Kong and Singapore were the only two out of nine profiled markets which saw prices come down. Hong Kong's luxury property prices fell 1.1 percent quarter on quarter over January to March, while Singapore came down 0.6 percent.

 

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The Centrepoint mall on the Orchard Road shopping strip managed by Singapore-based REIT Frasers Centrepoint Trust.

Singapore's REITs, already taking a hit from rising interest rates and tapering expectations, may have further room to fall, possibly even crimping the city-state's initial public offering (IPO) pipeline, analysts say.

As persistent low rates and easy money from quantitative easing spurred investors to chase anything paying a yield, Singapore's REITs' payouts of sometimes more than 7 percent were popular, especially when coupled with the prospect that appreciation of the local currency could add a fillip to returns.

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Singapore on Thursday reported a surprise expansion in its economy in the first quarter, helped by a surge in financial services as trading in stocks and foreign exchange soared.

The Southeast Asian city-state, whose economy is heavily dependent on trade, manufacturing and financial services, said gross domestic product expanded 1.8 percent in January-March on a quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted and annualized rate, much better than the advance estimate of a 1.4 percent contraction.

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Singapore's economy grew an annualized 15.2 percent in the second quarter of the year from the first, well above expectations for an 8.3 percent rise in growth and its strongest showing in more than two years, data on Friday showed.

Strong growth in the manufacturing sector was behind the sharp jump in second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth, according to the government's advanced estimates.

 

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Even the Singapore dollar, underpinned by a robust economy, has failed to escape the pressure facing its regional peers.

The currency has fallen more than 2 percent against the U.S. dollar from a two-month high hit just over two weeks ago, raising the question of whether it may play catch up with neighboring emerging-market currencies that have been caught in a brutal sell-off

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Singapore, resilient so far to the turmoil that has swept emerging markets, appears to be one of the most financially vulnerable countries in Asia, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) said in a note on Monday. Singapore, India and Malaysia have the poorest scores among major Asian markets excluding Japan, based on 10 factors used to measure financial vulnerability, the report said. Those factors include excessive real credit growth, the gap between credit and economic growth, the returns on financial stocks and the state of the current account.
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District 1
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District 3
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District 4
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District 5
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District 8
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District 9
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District 10
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District 11
Chancery Court En Bloc | Chancery Court Condo | Thomson Road Condo | Novena Condo | Newton Road Condo | Pullman Residences | Pullman Residences Floor Plans | Dunearn Road Condo | 386 Dunearn | Dunearn Court Condo | Derby Court | Fyve Derbyshire | Derbyshire Road Condo | Kampong Java Road |
District 12
Balestier Road Condo | Toa Payoh Condo | Neem Tree | Riverbay | Boon Teck Towers | Eight Riversuites | Boon Teck Towers En Bloc | Gem Residences | Kallang Riverside Condo |
District 13
Woodleigh Residences | Upper Serangoon Road Condo | Park Colonial | Woodleigh Lane Condo | Mattar Residences | Woodleigh MRT Condo | Woodleigh Condo | Woodleigh Link Condo | Bidadari New Estate Condo | Upper Aljunied Road Condo | Tre Ver | Raintree Gardens | Potong Pasir Avenue 1 Condo | Potong Pasir Condo | The Maisons | The Quinn | Mattar Road Condo | The Poiz Residences | The Venue Residences | Sant Ritz |
District 14
Eunos Condo | Eunos MRT Condo | Sims Avenue Condo | Changi Road Condo | Parc Esta | Eunosville | Eunosville En Bloc | City Plaza | City Plaza En Bloc | Paya Lebar Road Condo | Sims Drive Condo | Park Place Residences | Paya Lebar Quarters | Sims Avenue Condo | Paya Lebar Central |
District 15
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District 16
Siglap Road Condo | Mandarin Gardens | Mandarin Gardens En Bloc | New Upper Changi Road Condo | The Glades | Bedok South Condo |
District 17
The Inflora |
District 18
Tampines Court | Treasure at Tampines | Tampines Court En Bloc | Tampines Street 11 Condo | Tampines Avenue 10 Condo | Coco Palms |
District 19
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District 20
Marymount Road Condo | Braddell View En Bloc | Lentor Hill Road Condo | Lentor Central Condo | Braddell View | Shunfu Road Condo | Jade Scape | Far Horizon Gardens | Far Horizon Gardens En Bloc | Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9 Condo | Faber Gardens | New Lorong Puntong Condo | Thomson Impressions Condo | Adana | Panorama | Upper Thomson Road Condo | Yio Chu Kang Road Condo | Lentor Road Condo | Caldecott Condo | Bishan Central Condo | Lentor Drive Condo |
District 21
Jalan Anak Bukit Condo | Beauty World Condo | Goh & Goh Building En Bloc | Pine Grove | Pine Grove Condo | Pandan Valley Condo | Ridgewood Condo | Ridgewood Condo En Bloc | Mayfair Collection | Mayfair Gardens Condo | Mayfair Modern | King Albert Park MRT Station Condo | Mount Sinai Condo | Ulu Pandan Road Condo | Pine Grove En Bloc |
District 22
Jurong Condo | Lake Grande Condo | Lakeville | J Gateway |
District 23
Toh Tuck Road Condo | Kismis View | Dairy Farm Road Condo | Dairy Farm Residences | Dairy Farm Residences Floor Plans | Foresque Residences | The Lanai | Hillion Residences | Bukit Batok Condo | Hillview Rise Condo | Dairy Farm Residences Prices |
District 25
Woodlands Square Condo | Woodlands Square Commercial | Woodlands Central Condo |
District 26
Springside Road Condo |
District 27
NorthPark Residences | Canberra Drive Condo Sembawang | Canberra Link Condo Sembawang | New Yishun Ave 4 Condo | The Wisteria | Condominium Yishun Central | Symphony Suites | Yishun Avenue 9 Condo | Sembawang Road Condo |
District 28
Jalan Kandis Condo | Kandis Residence |
Executive Condo
Parc Life EC | Choa Chu Kang Drive EC | Sol Acres EC | The Vales EC | Tampines Avenue 10 EC | Tampines Street 62 EC | Fernvale Lane EC | Tampines EC | Signature at Yishun | Choa Chu Kang Grove EC | Bukit Batok EC | Tengah EC | Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5 EC | Woodlands Avenue 12 EC | Sembawang Avenue EC | The Visionaire | New EC at Canberra Link | Canberra Link EC Sembawang | Parc Canberra | Yishun Avenue 9 EC | Yishun Street 51 EC | The Criterion EC Yishun | Yio Chu Kang Road EC | New EC | Serangoon North EC | Yishun Avenue 1 EC | The Terrace EC Punggol | The Amore EC Punggol | Westwood Residences EC | Anchorvale Lane EC Sengkang | Sungei Punggol Reservoir EC Sengkang | Anchorvale Street EC Sengkang | Ola EC | Ola EC Prices and Floor Plans | Westwood Avenue EC | Choa Chu Kang Way EC | Canberra Drive EC Sembawang | BrownStone EC | Choa Chu Kang EC | LakeLife EC Jurong | Jurong EC Jurong | Punggol Drive EC Punggol | Woodlands Avenue 5 EC Woodlands | Parc Canberra Floor Plans | Sumang Walk EC Punggol | Piermont Grand | Piermont Grand EC Prices | Punggol Central EC Punggol |
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