Property

DESIGN

Brazilian soul on Singaporean soil: A 30-year-old home reimagined

This semi-detached house in Siglap brings contemporary design into an old superstructure

Gamuda Land's newly minted chief executive officer Gim Teck Yew has set a clear goal for the next three years – to double the company's revenue and profit and continue enhancing its presence in existing markets.

Gamuda Land doubles down on organic growth, shrugs off Sunway-IJM threat

The developer is set to launch RM10 billion in projects across Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore over the next 18 months

UOL posted a 21% year-on-year rise in net profit to S$276.2 million for the six months ended Dec 31, 2025, from S$227.8 million.
HOT STOCK

Shares of property players rise on higher earnings; UOL up 6.3%, CDL gains 4.4%

UOL’s H2 net profit rises 21% while CDL’s was up over four times at S$538.5 million

How should a long-term investor think about physical property versus shares of property developers versus Reits?

Is buying Reits and shares in property developers better than investing directly in physical property?

Get to grips on choosing among physical property, shares of property development and investment groups, and real estate investment trusts or Reits. Get investment ideas and learn what it takes to inve...

View of Sunway City Kuala Lumpur. If Sunway believes scale will define the next competitive edge in construction and property, the timing of its IJM bid is defensible.
THINKING ALOUD

Sunway, IJM and the politics of consolidation in Malaysia

The proposed takeover has sparked a brouhaha that goes far beyond commercial considerations

With congressional elections looming this year, the Trump administration has implemented a raft of measures, including purchases of mortgage-backed securities, to make housing more affordable.

White House proposes banning some investors from buying more homes, WSJ reports

Officials are looking to get the investor ban added to a Senate housing bill currently in the works

Prices showed no change in monthly and annual terms, Rightmove said, after reporting a record 2.8 per cent monthly rise and a 0.5 per cent annual increase for the five weeks to Jan 10.

UK property asking prices hold steady after post-Budget jump, Rightmove says

The number of homes for sale was at an 11-year high for the time of year

Seasonally adjusted median house prices fell 1.2 per cent from December, but nudged 0.4 per cent higher on the previous year, REINZ data showed.

New Zealand home prices dip in January, holiday lull hits demand

[SYDNEY] New Zealand home prices dipped in January as seasonal holiday patterns dampened demand and unusual severe weather across parts of the North Island disrupted activity, the Real Estate Institut...

Analysts say the involvement of state firms may cushion the pace of further home price falls and ease the drag that the property slump has had on China’s economic growth since 2021.

State firms in China buy foreclosed properties to slow downturn

State-firm purchases can partly compensate for weak private demand and ease supply pressure on prices