Olevia Cheong

Report: 70 % of Office Space taken up before Marina1 and Duo official launch SINGAPORE: More than 70 per cent of the office space at Marina One and Duo had been taken up before its official launch on Monday (Jan 15). Both developments by M+S, which integrate commercial, retail and office space, were launched by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday evening. M+S Chairman Azman Yahya and M+S CEO Kemmy Tan told reporters in a media briefing held before the launch that among the 70 per cent already leased out in Marina One, some of the occupants are tech giant Facebook, ride-hailing company Grab and financial institutions like Bank Julius Baer, Prudential and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). Duo’s 570,000 sq ft of Grade-A office space has companies like Abbott Laboratories, Chevron and Mastercard as its tenants.  Ms Tan said there was a trend of tech companies ...

Dear friends and contacts, I have put together a list of all the various projects (condominiums/ landed houses) marketed by my company - Orange Tee and Tie. Edmund Tie and Orange Tee announced the merger of the two companies on 28th October last year, and the new company name is Orange Tee & Tie with Orange Tee having more agents in their company. So, we are now able to offer many new projects (condominiums/landed houses), providing you all the relevant information you need pertaining to the following projects. D1 - Marina One Residences 21 Marina Way Commercial / Residential  Price: Fr $2.481Mil, $2,175psf D2 - Wallich Residence 3 Wallich Street Residential Highrise Price: Fr $2.039Mil, $2,901psf D3 - The Crest 101 Prince Wales Crescent Residential Highrise Price: Fr $1.803Mil, $1,738psf D4 - Seascape at Sentosa Cove 55 Cove Way Residential Highrise Price: Fr $6.596Mil, $2,726psf D4 - Reflections at Keppel Bay Keppel Bay View ...

Singapore property market rebound may extend through 2019 Analysts believe the four-year slump that has plagued Singapore’s property market may have come to an end as private home prices rose for a second consecutive quarter in the period ended-31 December. In fact, analysts at Credit Suisse expect home prices to grow by as much as 10 percent in 2018, while OCBC Investment Research and Morgan Stanley expect an eight percent hike, reported Bloomberg. Data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority showed that prices increased one percent in 2017 compared with a 3.1 percent drop in 2016. Developer valuations also continued to be attractive, said Credit Suisse. The firm named UOL Group Ltd – one of two developers considered by OCBC with the best prospects – as its top pick due to its high exposure to the city-state as well as its residential market. City Developments Ltd, on the other hand, emerged as the favourite of Morgan Stanley and one of OCBC’s best picks. Credit Suisse e...

Report: Average home prices in Singapore could rise by 17% over 2018-2021 Romesh Navaratnarajah  •  January 11, 2018 Investment volumes to remain strong for Singapore, while home prices are forecast to rise.  The prospects for the Singapore property market are bright, with investment volumes to remain strong and home prices forecast to rise, revealed a 2018 Asia Pacific Property Outlook report released by Colliers International on Wednesday (10 January). On the back of strong economic growth seen in 2017, property investment sales in the city-state are likely to remain robust this year. There was a slew of transactions in 2017 which amounted to an estimated $40.2 billion, up 54 percent from the previous year. The majority (54 percent) were residential deals due to the strong demand for sites via public tender and the collective sale market. According to Colliers, this was the highest annual investment sale value since the 2007 property boom. “This positiv...