Chong Xin Wei
JOURNALIST
Chong Xin Wei is a journalist at BT’s property desk. She is a graduate of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information.
Upcoming EC projects that are exempt from new rules get a ‘bonus’, as buyers steer towards them: analysts
Scrapping of deferred payments could be a major blow to sales on sites sold in the future
New EC rules to cool prices: MOP doubled to curb flipping, no more deferred payments and more units for first-timers
Land bids, new launch sales expected to slow with first-timer priority raised to 90% of units, extended to 2 years
Frasers Property H1 profit falls 37.8% to S$88.4 million on impairment loss
Revenue for the half-year falls 5.2% to S$1.51 billion
Balestier Regency up for fourth en bloc sale bid at S$255 million
The price tag is about 17% higher than the second attempt in 2018 when it was launched for sale at S$218 million
JLL Singapore cuts over 20 jobs or 1% of workforce; Knight Frank Singapore also lays off staff
The latter confirms it is trimming a ‘small number’ of marketing and communications roles
MLT posts 7% fall in Q4 DPU; eyes up to S$300 million in asset sales
China assets earmarked for sale are to be offloaded into a planned renminbi fund
Mapletree Industrial Trust to divest up to S$600 million of North America assets, eyes Japan and Europe for growth
The divestments are expected to be carried out within the next 1 to 2 years
CapitaLand Investment sets sights on single flagship C-Reit to drive scale
In the longer term, it hopes to combine CapitaLand Commercial C-Reit with a second China Reit slated to list this year
Qingjian venture markets Hudson Place Residences in one-north from over S$2,200 psf
The development has 327 units and retail space spanning 400 sq m
UI Boustead Reit, Fraxtor Group to develop two Japan logistics facilities
The Reit’s share of the total development cost is about 2.5 billion yen, or S$20.4 million