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S'poreans unfazed by foreign property curbs

New taxes and levies unlikely to cut interest dramatically

Published Fri, Dec 20, 2013 · 10:00 PM

    Singapore

    SINGAPORE investor interest in overseas property is unlikely to change drastically because of a recent string of measures introduced by governments abroad on foreign investors, market watchers said.

    The latest move came from the UK, which is imposing a capital gains tax on foreign investors of up to 28 per cent on profits made on sales after April 2015.

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